Legal Counsel, APAC

Roles & Responsibilities

This senior, regional legal role is an integral part of Cook’s in-house legal department reporting to the Director and Corporate Counsel, APAC. The Legal Counsel is responsible for providing strategic legal advice and support, covering an array of complex issues in the Asia Pacific region in a manner consistent with Cook’s business philosophy and strategy and in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. This role demands a proactive, innovative, and collaborative approach to legal problem-solving, as well as the ability to influence and lead across the different functional, business and operational teams, not only in Asia Pacific but also globally.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ability to advise on alternative legal solutions based on expertise and understanding of the business.
• Identify and mitigate risks by researching and providing advice on complex legal and commercial compliance issues, developing resolutions to identified risks, and exercising considerable judgment in proposing alternative solutions.
• Lead outside counsels by developing and managing reasonable budgets, coordinating internal efforts to meet requirements, and delivering results within established budgets.
• Stay updated on relevant laws, regulations, and evolving developments; providing strategic, accurate, high quality and practical legal advice to management and other attorneys and recommending policy and / or process changes as needed.
• Draft, negotiate and finalize a wide range of legal documents and agreements for use with operations including but not limited to confidentiality agreements, development agreements, compliance agreements, bids and tenders, video / audio releases, and funding agreements.
• Support design, management, development and implementation of functional policies, procedures, metrics, matter management systems and relative governance frameworks to drive attainment of organizational and global objectives.
• Develop and participate in education and training, ensuring appropriate employees and management are knowledgeable of pertinent standards, policies, and laws.
• Partner collaboratively and cross-functionally with various teams effectively and professionally through various levels of the global organization and ensure leadership of the law department and company is properly and timely informed about legal issues and risks facing the business.
• Engage with key external collaborators, including counterparts at other companies in the industry, trade associations, and outside counsel networks, to understand the current legal and business environment, identify trends and ensure legal policy interests are aligned and advanced.
• Develop, support, and participate in the development of processes, policies and procedures within and for the global legal function.
• Ensure that Cooks Code of Conduct is considered in all business matters carried out on Cook Medical’s behalf.

Requirements :

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Negotiation

Legal Documents

Corporate Governance

Due Diligence

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Healthcare

Risk Management

Written Communication

Dispute Resolution

Compliance

Legal Advice

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Regulatory Requirements

Conflict

Legal Issues