Legal Counsel

The role will report to the Legal Lead for Asia Region and Thailand based in Singapore. The role will work closely with the Allergan Aesthetics Thailand commercial and cross functional teams as well as key stakeholders within APAC-MEA and International to manage and be responsible for all legal matters in Thailand.
The role will be a member of the Allergan Aesthetics Thailand Leadership Team. This position serves as an ambassador role and requires strong leadership to manage both routine and critical situations.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

1.  Delivery of the following services as a member of the Allergan Aesthetics International Legal function:

• Support and assist on day-to-day business operations of Allergan Aesthetics business unit in Thailand and provide proactive legal advice all areas of law and regulation with prioritization on country goals and objectives including but not limited to:

• Provide legal oversight of commercial strategies and activities
• Manage legal affairs relating to distributors (for various existing and future organizational models)
• Draft review and/or negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts including but not limited to the supply marketing and commercialization of Allergan Aesthetics products and service engagement documentation with vendors
• Advice on commercial policies and competition law related matters as appropriate
• Manage and support corporate secretarial matters including but not limited to preparing board and shareholder resolutions and board appointments and resignations
• Assist as needed the HR function for relevant employment law related matters
• Assist and support real estate projects and/or leasing of facilities
• Provided support as required for counterfeit and diverted product matters
• Support business on commercial claims and disputes with competitors and/or other third parties with specific regards to the advertising and promotion of products
• Provide support to IP matters in coordination with Corporate IP Department
• Where needed may serve as data protection officer and/or oversee all data protection related matters
• Manage litigation matters
• Keep the business updated regarding legal framework applicable for the medical aesthetics and healthcare industry including analysis of possible impact of any changes
• Develop and maintain a range of legal templates and guidelines to share with non-legal teams in Thailand to allow them to manage legal matters as far as possible
• Support the business to achieve its goals by educating training and navigating the legal requirements in Thailand
• Provide support and legal assistance to functional programs in all areas of the Allergan Aesthetics business unit including corporate governance internal audit data protection regulatory inspections and audits incident management security and disaster recovery etc.
• Interact with and manage external counsels
• Assist with mergers acquisition and related company integration projects
• Provide relevant support to AbbVie Thailand entity matters in line with the host-guest governance model
• Coordinate manage and support all International and APAC-MEA Legal programs and initiatives as relevant for Thailand
• Manage in coordination with the APAC-MEA Legal function the legal budget for Thailand

2. Support the International Compliance function in delivering the Compliance Program as follows:

• Provide guidance and advice to the Commercial team working closely with the Compliance function to pro-actively support compliance projects and mitigate risk
• Support the Compliance function in conducting ongoing risk assessment and/or due diligence of third parties (in particular distributors) in accordance with the applicable policies
• Support the Compliance function in the implementation and/or review of Compliance policies procedures and standards
• Support the Compliance function in providing relevant engaging and interactive compliance training for AbbVie employees and with AbbVies business partners employees or agents as appropriate.
• Support the Compliance function in implementing the compliance monitoring program from time to time as applicable
• Interface with Business (Sales Marketing AMI) personnel support functions (QA HR Finance Medical BTS Regulatory Supply Chain) and senior and executive management
• Manage and oversee multiple complex projects
• Produce reports presentation slides materials guidelines documents and letters as appropriate
• Deliver updates to the Thailand Leadership Team on a regular basis as a permanent member of the Thailand Leadership Team as required
• Oversee and manage Legal budget documentation and records

PRINCIPAL CONTACTS

• Internal: All departments including senior level executives
• External: Law firms government contacts patients customers and business partners

Qualifications :

• Thailand-qualified lawyer with in-depth understanding of Thai laws regulations and legal principles
• Fluent in spoken and written Thai and English
• Minimum 10 years experience in reputable law firm and/or MNCs in Thailand
• Proven ability to handle multiple concurrent responsibilities in a highly dynamic environment
• Have a collaborative working style with willingness to challenge the status quo and ability to navigate between commercial and legal needs
• Self-starter and with a strong ability and willingness to learn
• Prior healthcare industry experience preferred

Additional Information :

Code of Conduct & Business Integrity
AbbVie is committed to observing high integrity and ethical standards in all its business dealings with our customers with each other business partners and suppliers.

AbbVie as a responsible corporate citizen will adhere to these standards as well as to local national and international laws.

All AbbVie employees are responsible for maintaining the Companys reputation for conduct in accordance with the highest level of business integrity ethics and compliance with the law. Soliciting and/or accepting/attempting/offering bribes or any illegal gratification is therefore cause for immediate dismissal.

Candidate is therefore required to maintain the highest ethical standards in his conduct of Company affairs at all times and uphold the AbbVie Values.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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