The Legal Manager is overall responsible to protect all tangible and intangible rights of Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM). He/she shall provide legal and compliance/secretarial advisory to the management team and steer legal related MBM’s agreements to protect the company’s interests. In addition, he/she is to represent the Company and defend its interests in all legal proceedings. As such, he/she shall also be required to manage the interactions with all external (i.e. Bank Negara Malaysia) and internal parties during business negotiations.

Additional: Supervisory and Lead Legal Onehub Asia

Legal Supervisory- Providing all legal advice and legal support for onboarding of new relevant markets to Onehub Project team Malaysia. Reviewing and advising the project team on all related matters and the SLA Blueprint and DPOB and any matters related.

Advising on setting up of the new legal entity in Malaysia and registration thereof. Setting up the legal department within the entity and introducing the contract management process and all legal processes for the successful establishment of the legal entity.

JOB DESCRIPTION

1) Leadership and Strategy

• Lead, oversee and manage all legal and regulatory compliance matters and will be the principal legal advisor expert.

• Lead in safeguarding the Company’s legal interests, ensuring regulatory compliance, while mitigating legal risks and protecting the company's interests.

• Influencing diverse stakeholders and making legal decisions for Local management team in all its legal and regulatory affairs.

• Building and maintaining strong working relationships within the AAP region and HQ and understand business needs and strategic plans to provide proactive and valued advice for Onehub Asia

• Develop legal department strategy for Onehub and align with the regional business objectives and corporate strategies.

• Analyse complex legal issues to identify strategic and actionable solutions and communicates them effectively, mindful of the level of information required by the recipient(s).

2) Legal Consultant

• Defining, Leading  and Advising the business/ Management/ Department Heads on broad range legal and regulatory matters.

• Influencing and leading discussions with management on different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations.

• Defining legal framework in all  legal activities.

• Lead and oversees the delivery of training to management and personnel on legal issues affecting individual departmental activities and transactions.

• To provide legal advices and support in on Malaysia’s legal framework in areas such as Hire Purchase Law, Stamp Duties Act, Financial Act, Companies Act, Contract Act and Bankruptcy Act, Personal Data Law & Anti-Trust laws.

• Managing the legal risks and provide legal advice in respect of all corporate operational legal matters and ensure legal compliance.

• To conduct and keep abreast of any new laws and regulations applicable to the Company, initiate necessary change and impact to business operations.

3) Managing the interactions with external parties such as customers/regulators and external lawyers

• Additionally takes responsibility of ensuring that all allegations of legal misconduct are reported in a timely manner to the executive team to maintain integrity within the business.

• Instructs and assists external legal partners where necessary identifying potential legal risks and assessing the issues impacting legal risk, which ensures that all the business’s risk management approaches are viable.

• Leading communication with regulators, this means responding clearly and on time to regulatory enquiries as well as keeping on top of regulatory developments and helping teams to implement regulatory change.  

4) Managing and Supervising Team

• Lead and manage junior lawyers in drafting sensitive and high-value legal documentation necessary for business operations.

• Mentor legal department personnel, encouraging their professional growth, and grooming them.

5) Company Secretarial Advisory

Leading the overseeing the company secretarial function and conduct risk assessments for the Company, aggregate and analyze issues and trends, and provide feedback to the legal entity for all matters related to this.

EDUCATION/WORK EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree in Law (LLB) with at least 8 years of relevant experience. Experience in professional firms and in-house experience are viewed as an advantage.
• Good working knowledge in corporate and commercial contract.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with strong persuasive abilities.
• Strong and good written and oral communication skills in English.
• Accountability and high professional integrity and mature.
• Meticulous attention to fine detail and able to work to tight deadlines.
• Enthusiastic team-player, willing to learn, quality-conscious with an eye for detail, practical and discreet in dealing with confidential information.

COMPETENCIES & ATTRIBUTES

• Strong ability to think strategically and take decisions in economic, complex and international business relations contexts
• Strong contract drafting, negotiation and advisory skills
• High level of integrity, motivation, good interpersonal and communicative skills and team spirit
• Strong capabilities in networking and interacting in an international team
• Able to work independently and reliable under high pressure, possessing exceptional time management skills
• Fluent in business English
• Good computer skills (standard office software)
• Strong communications and facilitation skills
• Analytical thinking and results-oriented
• Language skill: fluent in Bahasa Malaysia and English; Chinese Mandarin will be advantageous