Role Description
ASML is seeking a senior business-oriented and hands-on Head of Legal & Compliance Japan to lead the Legal & Compliance function for ASML Japan. The role serves as the senior Legal & Compliance leader for Japan and provides strategic legal and compliance advice and business partnership across commercial procurement regulatory ethics governance and dispute matters. The successful candidate will support ASMLs commercial customer-support procurement regulatory ethics compliance corporate governance and dispute-management needs in Japan while acting as a key bridge between the Japan business regional Legal & Compliance leadership and global subject-matter expert teams.
This is a high-impact country leadership role requiring sound legal judgment strong business acumen integrity cultural fluency and the ability to operate effectively in a complex highly regulated technology-intensive multinational environment.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic legal business partnership
oAct as the trusted Legal & Compliance business partner to ASML Japan leadership and key business stakeholders.
oProactively provide practical risk-based and business-oriented legal advice to support local business priorities while ensuring compliance with applicable laws regulations internal policies and ASMLs Code of Conduct.
oAdvise on legal and compliance aspects of Japan customer-team matters including commercial arrangements customer communications operational escalations procurement issues and regulatory considerations.
oAnticipate legal regulatory reputational and operational risks affecting the Japan business and translate complex issues into clear actionable guidance for local and global stakeholders.
oServe as a bridge between Japan stakeholders and global Legal & Compliance teams ensuring alignment with global policies playbooks risk appetite and strategic priorities.
Commercial contracting and business transactions
oLead review draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements including customer-related agreements procurement agreements services agreements NDAs evaluation agreements statements of work license agreements and other business contracts.
oSupport deal structuring and contract execution for Japan-related commercial matters.
oAdvise stakeholders on contract risk liability positions approval requirements deviations from standard terms and appropriate escalation.
oSupport the development localization and consistent use of templates contract playbooks approval processes and contracting controls.
oPartner with regional and global Legal & Compliance colleagues to ensure consistency of Japan contracting approaches with ASMLs broader legal strategy.
Regulatory compliance
oMonitor and advise on legal and regulatory developments in Japan relevant to ASMLs business including commercial technology manufacturing-support procurement competition data privacy employment anti-bribery anti-corruption sanctions/export-control adjacent issues and other applicable regulatory areas.
oIdentify local compliance requirements recommend priorities and support implementation of appropriate controls policies processes and training.
oProvide strategic support for regulatory inquiries audits investigations inspections and related responses in Japan.
oWork with global and regional experts on specialized regulatory matters including competition law export controls data privacy ethics & business integrity employment law intellectual property security and corporate governance.
oHelp maintain strong documentation process discipline and audit readiness for Legal & Compliance-owned regulatory compliance topics.
Ethics integrity and compliance culture
oPromote a strong culture of integrity accountability speak-up and ethical decision-making within ASML Japan.
oSupport implementation of ASMLs ethics and compliance programs in Japan including training awareness risk assessments policy implementation and issue escalation.
oProvide advice on ethics and business integrity issues conflicts of interest gifts and entertainment third-party risks anti-bribery and anti-corruption competition-sensitive conduct and other compliance matters.
oSupport or coordinate internal investigations and remediation activities in close collaboration with Ethics & Business Integrity HR Security Finance and other relevant functions.
oAdvise local management on responsible decision-making in high-risk or sensitive matters.
Corporate governance and legal entity support
oProvide legal support for ASML Japan legal entities governance processes board/shareholder matters powers of attorney corporate registrations local authorizations and related corporate housekeeping.
oSupport corporate projects involving Japan including reorganizations entity changes corporate approvals strategic partnerships customer-support structures and cross-border initiatives.
oCoordinate with global corporate legal teams and external counsel to ensure timely and compliant execution of corporate actions.
oAdvise on governance implications of business decisions and support clear documentation of key approvals and decision-making.
Disputes claims and external counsel management
oManage or support litigation disputes threatened claims customer/vendor escalations regulatory matters and other contentious issues in Japan.
oSelect instruct and manage external counsel in Japan including scope quality responsiveness cost discipline and alignment with ASMLs strategic objectives.
oMaintain oversight of Japan external legal spend and help ensure appropriate use of outside counsel.
Leadership and stakeholder management
oRepresent Legal & Compliance on the Japan Country Management Team.
oBuild trusted relationships with Japan business leaders regional Legal & Compliance leadership global subject-matter experts and cross-functional stakeholders.
oContribute to broader regional Legal & Compliance strategy knowledge sharing process improvement and team development.
oOperate independently while knowing when to escalate material legal compliance reputational regulatory or business risks.
Required Education and Experience
Law degree or equivalent legal qualification. 10 years of legal and compliance experience in multinational environments. Licensed attorney in Japan or another major jurisdiction. Experience in technology semiconductor or industrial sectors desirable.
Required Skills
Strong legal judgment business acumen contracting and negotiation skills stakeholder management integrity fluent Japanese and English language ability.
Travel and Mobility
Frequent domestic travel to other ASML Japan sites required with occasional international travel.
Success Profile
Trusted advisor pragmatic business partner strong legal generalist ethical leader effective bridge between Japan and global stakeholders.
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Inclusion and diversity
ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit hire train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race color religion sex age national origin veteran status disability sexual orientation or gender identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.
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