Legal & Compliance Counsel at Samsung Electronics

Ho Chi Minh City, , Vietnam -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

08 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

10 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Legal Advice, Contract Management, Compliance, Risk Management, Dispute Management, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Analytical Skills, Commercial Acumen, Business Law, Contract Law, IP Law, Competition Law, Product Liability Law, Litigation

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Position Summary • Collaborating with a team comprising of legal counsels and paralegal. Act as an individual contributor. • Provide practical first-line legal advice and risk spotting on assigned matters, and propose mitigations; escalate non-standard or high-risk issues to the Head of Legal and Compliance • Coordinate and claims day-to-day (facts, timelines, evidence, counsel liaison); litigation strategy and final decisions remain with the Head of Legal and Compliance. Role and Responsibilities 1. Contract Management: • Draft, review, and revise contracts to align with the company's legal standards, business needs, regulatory and statutory requirements. • Draft documents, guidelines and communications for employees, customers, suppliers and vendors. 2. Compliance: • Review and advise on all external facing documents such as marketing materials, lucky draw and contests. • Support implementation of compliance controls, checklists, and sampling checks; assist in internal audit or regulator inspections on assigned topics. • Supports the DPO with DPIA screenings, RoPA maintenance, data subject request handling, and privacy clauses. 3. Compliance Program Management: • Supports the administration of the Company’s compliance program and implements assigned workstreams; • Deliver assigned training modules (e.g., contracting basics, privacy hygiene, gifts and anti-bribery, etc.) and track completion. • Monitor assigned regulatory developments, prepares briefings, and coordinates implementation of action items under supervision. • Assist in conducting due diligence and compliance audits (data collection, checklists, reporting) and tracks remediation actions to closure. 4. Risk and Dispute Management: • Prepare and review correspondence, fact chronologies, position papers, pleadings, and administrative reports on assigned matters; aligns with outside counsel where engaged. • Provide issue-spotting and recommendations within remit; escalates strategy choices, settlement positions, or media-sensitive issues to the Head of Legal and Compliance. • Coordinate company participation at meetings, conferences, and proceedings; attends only when expressly delegated in writing for a specific matter. • Assists in assessing potential violations, drafts remediation options, and tracks agreed actions. • Liaises with and manages day-to-day deliverables of appointed external counsel on assigned matters; track budgets and invoices. 5. Overall Legal Support: • Provide legal opinions on various corporate legal issues and concerns within assigned scopes. • Review company policies and guidelines. • Coordinate with cross-functional inputs and external vendors for necessary documents to complete assigned matters. • When necessary, support onsite/field activities for closings, inspections, audits, or regulatory interactions as assigned, in line with the Company policies and ethical standards. • Keep abreast of legal developments. • Perform such other functions or tasks as may be assigned from time to time Skills and Qualifications • Admitted as attorney or lawyer; • At least 7 years as lawyer. Should have experience in law firm and as in-house counsel; • Excellent communications skills and proficient in English (written and oral); • Independent at work and is highly motivated; • Excellent interpersonal skills and is resourceful; • Possess commercial acumen; • Logical and analytical skills; • Able to manage external counsel; • Proficiency in Business and Commercial Law, Contract Law, IP Law, Competition Law, Product Liability Law, Litigation; • Working knowledge of litigation (both civil and criminal). * Please visit Samsung membership to see Privacy Policy, which defaults according to your location. You can change Country/Language at the bottom of the page. If you are European Economic Resident, please click here. Samsung Electronics is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, and network systems, and the entire semiconductor industry with our memory, system LSI, foundry, and LED solutions. Samsung is also leading in the development of the Internet of Things through, among others, our Smart Home and Digital Health initiatives. Since being established in 1969, Samsung Electronics has grown into one of the world’s leading technology companies, and become recognized as one of the top global brands. Our network now extends across the world, and Samsung takes great pride in the creativity and diversity of its talented people, who drive our growth. To discover more, please visit our official newsroom at (https://news.samsung.com/global/).

Responsibilities

The Legal & Compliance Counsel will collaborate with a team to provide legal advice and manage compliance matters. Responsibilities include contract management, compliance program administration, and risk management.