Legal Compliance

Job Description

1. Legal Compliance:

• Act as the primary legal authority for Vietnam office, ensuring compliance with all Vietnamese laws, regulations, and corporate policies.
• Manage and ensure compliance with all local statutory requirements, including company filings, licenses, and permits.
• Provide legal advice and support company on wide range of issues, including corporate law, labor law and regulatory compliance.

2. Corporate Governance:

• Support company’s corporate governance for the Vietnamese entity and ensure all board resolutions, company filings, and other statutory matters are managed effectively.
• Ensure that the Vietnamese office complies with MattenPlant’s regional and global corporate governance policies.

3. Regional Legal Support:

• Provide legal support for cross-border operations across the Southeast Asia region, including contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, and legal risk management.
• Collaborate with regional legal teams and external counsel to handle multi- jurisdictional legal matters, ensuring consistency across the group.

4. Contract Drafting and Negotiation:

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, agreements, and other legal documents with customers, vendors, and partners in Vietnam and other regional entities.
• Provide legal input to ensure contracts are aligned with company policy and regional laws while minimizing risks.

5. Risk Management and Dispute Resolution:

• Proactively identify and mitigate legal risks associated with company’s business activities.
• o Manage any legal disputes or litigation in Vietnam and assist in resolving regional disputes, either directly or through external counsel.

6. Employment Law and HR Support:

• Advise the HR department on labor law compliance in Vietnam and support regional HR teams with legal guidance related to employment matters.
• Assist with resolving employee grievances and disputes in line with
• Vietnamese labor laws.
• Support HR department in labor regulation and labor agreement in Vietnam.

7. External Counsel and Legal Resources Management:

• Manage relationships with external law firms in Vietnam and other regional jurisdictions, ensuring cost-effective and high-quality legal services.

8. Strategic Legal Advice:

• Provide senior leadership with strategic legal advice and updates on potential legal risks, business impacts, and developments in legal frameworks across Vietnam and the region.

Job Requirement

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in law or equivalent.
• At least 5-8 years of legal experience, preferably in corporate or commercial law.
• Experience in the manufacturing or industrial sector is a plus.
• Experience in providing legal support in a regional or cross-border context is a plus.

Requirement:

• Strong knowledge of Vietnamese law, including corporate, commercial, and labor regulations, and a working knowledge of legal frameworks in Southeast Asia.
• High ethical standards and integrity.
• Strong attention to detail and organization skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks and work under pressure.
• Proficient in Vietnamese and English (written and spoken) is required.

Work address information:

• Matten Vietnam LLC
• Address: 17 Tran Quy Kien, Binh Trung Tay Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City