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Global Legal plays an important role in protecting the Group’s reputation by helping to future-proof the organisation through robust legal risk and issue advisory. Responsible for providing comprehensive legal advice to senior management and all global businesses and functions, the team offers a diverse range of legal skills, jurisdictional experience and practice specialisms across all countries and territories in which our businesses operate.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Managing Associate General Counsel, Asia Employment, Benefits and Incentives Legal (Asia EBI Legal).

Role Background

The Managing Associate General Counsel - Asia Employment, Benefits and Incentives Legal provides expert and professional legal advice, guidance and support to ensure that the legal and reputational risks faced by the area of coverage are identified, reported and mitigated. This role will report to 1) the Global Head of Employment, Benefits and Incentives Legal and 2) the Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement and Investigations, Asia and Middle East. This role will be based out of Hong Kong.

Principal Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Partnering with HR and EBI Legal colleagues across the global team to support projects which are either led by HR (typically policy initiatives), or by EBI Legal (typically projects driven by legislative change).Advising relevant Senior Management on strategic options and legal risks, as a trusted advisor.Managing a portfolio of contentious and non-contentious advisory work within the Asia region.Collaborating closely with Employment Lawyers and General Counsels across the region to ensure that employment law risks are managed consistently, strategically and efficientlyCollaborating with internal stakeholders such as Compliance and Risk.Managing a team of two Lawyers in Hong Kong and one Lawyer in India and maintaining and developing positive and professional working relationships with all team members, including by driving a high performance, inclusive culture.