Legal Counsel – Litigation & Disputes at Nokia

Chaoyang District, Beijing, China -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

19 Apr, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Patent litigation, Lobbying, Regulatory compliance, Legal counsel, Dispute resolution, Strategic planning, Budget management, Stakeholder management, Contract negotiation, Policy creation, Cross-functional collaboration, Mandarin Chinese, English, Technology law, Case assessment

Industry

Telecommunications

Description

The candidate will be involved mainly in Nokia’s patent related litigation and lobbying, but will have an opportunity to get involved in the broad and varied Nokia portfolio of litigation and disputes, including commercial litigation with customers, suppliers and others, complex regulatory and investigative matters, tax, labour and employment, antitrust, and more. The candidate will primarily focus on China matters but may also be called to assist in matters arising elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region. The person selected will be expected to play an active role in not just maintaining, but strengthening Nokia’s litigation function. This should include a rigorous ‘early case assessment’ process, a hands on approach with outside counsel, close oversight of budgets and spend, maintenance and cultivation of relationships with business and functional leaders across the company, effective use of state of the art litigation management tools and dashboards, creative use of alternative fee arrangements, and more. While Nokia will always consider settling disputes when it is in the company’s best interests to do so, our mindset will always be that we are prepared to try cases in court and take cases on appeal. Accordingly, the ideal candidate will have experience of litigation in China, particularly in the field of patents. The candidate will also be expected to take an active approach to lobbying, establishing and maintaining relationships and creating lobbying messages as part of a cross-functional lobbying and policy team. Ideally, the candidate will have established lobbying channels and will understand policy creation in China, or at least have an interest in doing so. The person selected should be able to function in a matrixed organization where hierarchy is minimized. The successful candidate will be boundary-less and will possess the ability to work collaboratively with numerous stakeholders and to identify those who should be consulted or apprised of significant events or developments. The candidate must be adept at managing work across many time zones while still maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Responsibilities

The candidate will manage Nokia's patent-related litigation and disputes in China while actively engaging in lobbying and policy development. They will oversee outside counsel, manage budgets, and collaborate with internal stakeholders to strengthen the company's litigation function.