Head of Legal, PVH Asia Pacific

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Position Summary:

The Head of Legal PVH Asia Pacific serves as the chief regional legal partner for PVH in Asia Pacific providing strategic commercially attuned business partnership across all business lines and markets. The role leads a high-performing regional legal team; collaborates closely with the Legal Centers of Expertise (CoEs) including Employment Compliance Privacy and Brands; and drives the PVH Plan Next Chapter - including system enablement process redesign and operating model improvements that unlock scalability transparency and business speed. This role operates with dual reporting to the EVP Deputy General Counsel and APAC regional leadership ensuring regional legal operations are harmonized and enable APAC regional priorities and growth.

Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities Of The Job:

Strategic Legal Leadership

• Provide comprehensive legal partnership on business initiatives including contract negotiation compliance and risk management across APAC markets. Serve as a strategic business partner to cross-functional leaders (Finance Real Estate HR Marketing Digital and Operations) resolving ad hoc issues and translating legal complexities into actionable insights for senior stakeholders.

• Partner with business leaders to deliver commercially pragmatic advice on key negotiation points and strategic transactions (e.g. partnerships licensing wholesale retail e-commerce).

• Oversee and liaise with external counsel to oversee litigation and regulatory matters as required ensuring alignment with PVHs objectives and brand reputation.

• Stay current on legal developments and trends in retail & apparel across APAC proactively translating insights into policy and risk controls.

People Leadership & Operating Model

• Lead and manage a team of legal professionals inspiring a culture of collaboration accountability and high performance.

• Strengthen legal-business partnership model; embed Legal as a competitive advantage for PVH and enabler of speed and consumer-centric growth driving PVH business strategy.

• Provide regional oversight and alignment for the CoE for leaders who dually report into this role ensuring integration with regional priorities and governance.

Legal Transformation & Digital Enablement

• Drive legal transformation initiatives to streamline operations reduce cost-to-serve and scale capabilities aligned to strategic objectives.

• Steer the rollout of legal systems (e.g. gCLM and related tools) across APAC in support of PVHs global digital transformation.

• Align timelines and readiness with global/regional stakeholders; secure resources manage change and ensure adoption and ROI realization.

• Position Legal as a catalyst for operational efficiency by driving automation transparency and consistency in contract management across markets.

Complex Negotiations & External Counsel Management

• Take a proactive leadership role in managing external counsel for complex cross-border negotiations ensuring alignment with program goals.

• Establish outside counsel engagement models that optimize quality speed and cost incorporating performance metrics and continuous improvement.

Commercial Enablement

• Accelerate execution of high-impact commercial initiatives by partnering with business teams (e.g. Marketing on flagship launches) simplifying contracting and streamlining processes while maintaining risk standards.

Governance Compliance & Risk

• Ensure compliance with local laws and regulations across APAC and maintain corporate governance in line with global policies and applicable listing or regulatory requirements.

• Oversee investigations and regulatory inquiries where needed; develop risk mitigation plans and escalation frameworks.

Qualifications & Experience

Experience :

• 15 years of post-qualification experience in top-tier law firms and/or multinational in-house roles with significant leadership responsibility across multiple APAC jurisdictions.

• Proven track record advising on commercial regulatory employment and corporate matters; experience with retail consumer or apparel sectors preferred.

• Demonstrated success leading legal transformation including contract lifecycle management (CLM) workflow automation and process re-engineering.

• Strong capability in managing complex negotiations and external counsel across borders.

• Exceptional stakeholder management communication and change leadership skills; ability to simplify complexity and influence senior leaders.

Education:

• LLB or equivalent law degree; admission to practice in a relevant jurisdiction.

• Fluent English required; Mandarin and/or Cantonese strongly preferred; other Asian languages a plus.

Knowledge/Skills Required:

• Strategic & Commercial Acumen

• Leadership & Talent Development

• Operational Excellence & Transformation

• Risk Anticipation & Problem Solving

• Cross-Cultural Collaboration & Communication

• Integrity Judgment & Confidentiality

• Digital Fluency (systems adoption data-driven decision-making)

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PVH Corp. or its subsidiary (PVH) is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race ethnicity color sex gender identity or expression age religion national origin citizenship status sexual orientation genetic information physical or mental disability military status or any other characteristic protected under federal state or local addition to complying with all applicable laws PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill ability educational background work quality experience and potential.