Head of Law China

4 days ago

Shanghai, Shanghai, China Continental Full time CN¥120,000 - CN¥240,000 per year

Company Description
The Business Area Tires offers the perfect tires for a wide range of different applications - from cars, trucks and buses to special vehicles, bicycles and motorcycles. Through continuous investment in Research & Development, Continental makes a major contribution to safe, cost-effective and ecologically efficient mobility. The portfolio of the Business Area Tires includes services for the tire trade and for fleet applications, as well as digital management systems for tires.

Job Description
Team Lead
lead, supervise and develop the lawyers (and assistants with interns if applicable) in legal team

ensure provision of high quality legal advise to companies within China

ensure integration of team members into the whole EMEA & APAC team across the various countries and locations

identify and continuously develop a successor of all leadership functions in the team including own function

plan and manage team budget

Risk Management / Decision Making
anticipate issues and opportunities and estimate risks for the companies in China

evaluate and weigh multiple inputs and impacts of possible decisions or course of action

identify solutions to minimize risks and maximize legal rights and opportunities

develop proposals for efficient and effective internal decision making

Cooperation
create trustful relationships with key stakeholders internally (e.g. general managers, BA heads, Central Functions etc.) and externally (suppliers, customers, external counsel etc.)

within the Global Law Department liaise with the leaders of other areas/regions for global coordination of legal services in cross-regional and cross-functional matters

coordinate retention and manage costs of outside counsel for those clients/areas of law where no in-house resources are available

Legal Advice & Claims
provide expert and strategic legal advice to management in complex, significant matters and supervise legal advice given by the team members ensure proper support of clients in claim management, both in and out of court, both as claimant and as defendant

Standardization
help to develop standardized solutions, where reasonable, to increase efficiency of law department (e.g. by further developing templates and tools)

Contracts
Responsible to draft and review contracts of all kinds and other legal documents

Offer support in negation of high complexity/high stake contracts

Ensure an updated library of contract templates in all legal areas

Ensure usage of available contract management/approval tools by the entire team

Trainings
Ensure that the team provides preventive workshops & training for assigned clients

Coach the team members in their technical as well as organizational skills

Reporting
Ensure tracking of all legal matters in applicable IT system(s) by the team

Report on all relevant legal matters and risks to the supervisor

Confidentiality
Respect the confidentiality of information he/she has access to inside the corporation

Company´s Procedures
Respect Internal Regulations and company's procedures.

Qualifications
University degree - Law School

at least 8 years of professional experience on legal position

independent advisory in complex national and international matters/projects

proven experience in formal or informal leadership (e.g. coordination colleagues in complex projects)

multiple years of working in an international team/company

Additional Information
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