Head of Legal

Ninja Van wishes to bring on board a senior Legal Counsel to lead and develop Ninja Van’s award-winning Philippines legal team and provide strategic commercial and legal advice to country and group management.

To be successful, the candidate should be a commercially savvy and self-motivated individual, who can operate independently in a fast-paced work environment and manage and drive 4 other team members to deliver high quality legal deliverables. He or she will report to the Group General Counsel based in Singapore and work closely with Filipino senior leadership. Pro-activeness, ‘can-do’ attitude and strong stakeholder communication and management skills are essential to the role’s success.

Main Duties

• Function head responsible for managing legal and regulatory matters in Philippines.
• Lead and develop legal team to deliver high quality legal services in a fast-paced environment and ensuring that legal advice is commercially-savvy and legally defensible.
• Designing and implementing country-level legal processes, policies and training relating to contract process compliance and mitigation of legal and regulatory risks.
• Advising on, negotiating and preparing commercial contracts, supplier contracts and tender bid response.
• Handle corporate secretarial matters and manage the procurement and renewal of all necessary business, corporate and other licences and permits.
• Manage HR-related disputes, disputes with shippers and commercial litigation.
• Handle inquiries and investigations by various government agencies.
• Handle administration of and manage legal department in a manner consistent with country-level and group-level policies.
• The Head of Legal may be expected to take up management responsibilities of various operations-related teams from time-to-time. This includes the Ninja Van Philippines Security and Investigations team. Experience in investigations, fraud management and security management is a strong advantage.
• Head of Legal reports to Group General Counsel but will be accountable to and be tasked by Ninja Van Philippines Country Head.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor in Philippines laws from a leading university.
• 10 years or more experience from a legal department of a company and reputable law firm.
• Philippines Bar admission.

Having these attributes would give the candidate an advantage

• Experience working in the logistics or e-commerce industry or any other reputable startup.
• Experience in investigations, fraud management and security management.
• Knowledge about IT systems, cloud hosting and SaaS.
• Literacy in financial statements and metrics.

Why join us?

• We have a hybrid work setup and flexible work arrangements to support work/life balance.
• We provide Paid Time Offs and Wellness Leaves to support your overall well-being.
• We empower you to learn and grow with us through our curated learning and development programs.
• We encourage you to join our in house social clubs so you can meet other people with the same interests.