Senior Legal Counsel, SEA

2 weeks ago

Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines Trip Full time

Full Time Manila Functional Departments Other Job ID:4657

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Job Description

About Us

Founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ in 2003 and HKEX in 2021, Group is a leading global travel service provider comprising of , Ctrip, Skyscanner, and Qunar.

Across its platforms, Group integrates travel resources from industry partners and helps travellers worldwide pursue the perfect trip with exceptional travel products and services.

We have more than 30,000 employees scattered across 30 countries in Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, striving to expand our global markets and aiming to be the world's leading and most trusted family of online travel brands that aspire to deliver the perfect trip at the best price for every traveller.

Introduction

The role entails managing legal and compliance matters pertaining to business expansion in Southeast Asia, necessitating strong coordination, adaptability, and comprehensive legal expertise.

In this Role, you'll get to

  • Provide legal support for corporate governance, business operations, and personnel management of call centers and subsidiaries in Philippines. This includes assisting with company registration changes, qualification applications, licensing applications, daily operational contract reviews, and /or labor compliance consultations.
  • Conduct compliance assessments, draft, negotiate, and finalize terms and conditions, as well as commercial contracts for various products targeting the Philippines market.
  • Assist in handling consumer disputes, litigation, and crisis such as responding to regulatory investigations, inspections by authorities and assisting in PR incident responses) in Philippines.
  • Establish and optimize legal systems and processes, while providing internal compliance training.
  • Drive the localization of global compliance projects and undertake other tasks assigned by the team.
  • Protect, defend and represent the company in external engagements with government authorities, regulators, and other external parties
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify, develop and execute strategies to accomplish company's business objectives while maintaining legal compliance.
  • Monitor, analyse and advise on applicable local laws and regulations relating to data privacy and protection and their impact on local operations
What you'll Need to Succeed
  • Hold a bachelor's degree or above and called to the bar in Philippines;
  • At least 8 -10 years of experience in a law firm and in house corporate environment within a fast paced environment with prior exposure to international assignments being advantageous.
  • Ideally with at least one IAPP certification. CIPM or CIPP/E is preferred.
  • Exhibit strong cross-team, cross-department communication, and organizational collaboration skills.
  • Self-starter , able and willing to independently conduct research on a wide range of legal and regulatory developments.
  • Experience or strong interest in Technology, E-commerce platform or Online Travel Agency industry is preferred.
  • Possess proficiency in spoken and written English and Tagalog
Why Group

We offer a stage to unleash your full potential and drive global impact. As an international team, we embrace an open and inclusive culture that supports and respect team members in and out of the workplace. Everyone is on a trip, whether it's a career trip or a life trip. At Group, you can define your own trip by setting a goal and celebrate your success by recognizing the progress you have made.

What's more?

  • Our rapid business growth in global offers abundant career opportunities at various levels and in multiple functions
  • Internal transfer is encouraged, and global job rotation program enable you to pursue a global career path and make global impact
  • We provide learning opportunities to further your career in areas of leadership capability, soft skill and professional expertise.
  • Have fun with company-sponsored greetings and activities at holidays, birthdays, and colorful team events.
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