Senior Legal Counsel
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Position Overview
Job Description
Consultancy
▪Responsible to provide legal advice on national and international matters to all companies / clients in China in civil law, business law, corporate matters, labor law etc.
▪Consistently monitors changes in legislation applicable to supported legal entities and timely inform affected stakeholders explaining how the changes may affect the business
▪ Responsible to identify and analyze legal risks.
▪ Offer support for development and implementation of solutions for risk avoidance or its limitation.
▪ Offer support in communicating and negotiating with external parties in more complex/high stake matters (customers, suppliers, public authorities etc.)
▪ Responsible to independently lead or coordinate complex projects in multiple legal areas with multiple stakeholders
Contracts
▪ Responsible to draft and review contracts of all kinds and other legal documents
▪ Offer support in negation of high complexity/high stake contracts
▪ Responsible to independently draft and update contract templates in all legal areas
▪ Use available contract management/approval tools
Training
▪ Responsible to conduct workshops & training for assigned clients
▪ Responsible to coach more junior legal colleagues in their technical as well as organizational skills
Claims
▪ Responsible to assist and support clients in claim management, both in and out of court, both as claimant and as defendant
Communication, cooperation and coordination
▪ Communicates and negotiates with external parties (customers, suppliers, public authorities etc.)
▪ Cooperates with other central functions and departments within Continental
▪ Coordinates external law firms
Confidentiality
▪ Respects the confidentiality of information he/she has access to inside the corporation
Company's procedures
▪ Respects Internal Regulations and company's procedures.
Reporting
▪ Regulary records and tracks all legal matters in applicable IT system(s) and provide an overview when required
University degree - Law School
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in the field
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Practice Area
Position
Senior
Application Deadline
July 10, 2026
Employment Type
Full time
