転職 : LEGAL COUNSEL

職務経験

10年以上 

英語レベル

ビジネス会話レベル 

日本語レベル

流暢 

最終学歴

大学卒： 学士号 

現在のビザ

日本国籍、または日本での就労許可が必要です  

Responsibilities include providing legal advice and support to various business units; drafting, negotiating and reviewing contracts, facilitating IP litigation and other industry specific legal duties.

For exceptional candidates who are only interested in staying in Tokyo, the position may be worked out of the Tokyo office with commuting to Osaka required on a regular basis.

General Duties / Tasks

・ Draft, negotiate and review contracts including licensing agreements, business development agreements and manufacturing contracts in both English and Japanese
・ Provide legal advice and support to all the company’s business units on a variety of issues including employment, tax, compliance, antitrust and fair trade practices
・ Work together with employees across all business units to develop creative solutions to any issues or problems that arise
・ Facilitate IP litigation by acting as the liaison between management and external counsel
・ Provide legal advice to clients if necessary
・ Review and approve new company compliance regulations on an annual basis
・ Manage and supervise other legal staff
・ Report activities to the Legal Director in the International Division Chicago Office on a regular basis

The ideal candidate will have minimum 8 years legal experience, including substantial experience in international corporate and business transactions, strong contract drafting, negotiating and client communication skills. Native level Japanese and fluent English are prerequisite for this role.

Qualifications and experience
・ Minimum 8 years legal experience, including substantial experience in international and domestic corporate and business transactions
・ Strong contract drafting, negotiating and client communication skills
・ Admitted to practice law is preferred, but not essential
・ Successful record of counselling clients at a top law firm or in a major multinational corporation
・ In-depth knowledge of commercial law, civil law, company law and antimonopoly/antitrust law


Other requirements
・ Native level Japanese and fluent English ability
・ A second Asian language would be advantageous
・ Experience providing legal training to non-legal executives would be advantageous
・ Ability to adapt to changing environments and effectively work in a team
・ The successful candidate will have good time management skills, be entrepreneurial, resourceful and creative, and be able to work autonomously and independently

Legal Futures was founded in 1999 and is a dedicated legal, compliance and financial services boutique consultancy that operates from offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. Our recruitment business is categorised as specialist/professional. From Hong Kong we also service our clients in the PRC and Korea, whilst Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are serviced from Singapore. This enables us to deliver a total recruitment solution to regional team building in our clients’ key locations. We offer in-depth coverage from each office with a premium personalised consultancy service acting for international law firms, leading American and European investment banks and other employers of choice across all sectors of industry and commerce. For candidates, there is no charge for the services that we provide.

We operate three separate and highly specialised divisions:

Our Private Practice Division services the full spectrum of law firms sourcing qualified lawyers (both local and overseas admitted) at all levels from associates through to partners, also practice support lawyers, paralegals and business services positions.

Our Corporate Division services both domestic and international companies sourcing qualified lawyers (both local and overseas admitted) at all levels from Legal Counsels through to Regional General Counsels, corporate compliance officers, company secretaries and commercial/contract managers.

Our Banking & Finance Division services the full financial services industry from bulge bracket investment banks to retail banks and fund managers and is responsible for the recruitment of financial services executives, lawyers (both local and overseas admitted) at all levels from Legal Counsels through to Regional General Counsels, compliance officers at all levels from junior compliance officers up to Regional Heads of Compliance, also documentation officers, paralegals and mid-office personnel positions.

Our recruitment business is categorized as specialist/professional and our placements are limited to Japan only. Our service is free of charge. We will apply and follow the laws and principles of all relevant legislation and maintain data privacy at all times. Please refer to www.legalfutures.com to view our Privacy Policy. The person handling personal information is our license holder Matt Anderson who will also handle any complaints.