Associate Director, Legal

6 months ago


Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam MSD Full time

**POSITION OVERVIEW**:
The position will be based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

**PRIMARY SCOPE OF WORK**:

- Primary scope of work includes, but is not limited to the following_**_:_**

Supporting the legal and compliance needs of all key stakeholders in the relevant areas of law which may include but is not limited to privacy, anti-corruption/anti-bribery, fair competition, and trade practice legislations, etc. as well as our company’s policies, compliance standards and local industry guidelines. In particular:
**Commercial and Contractual Matters**
- Advise on day-to-day commercial transactions and business undertakings
- Advise on business development, marketing and business initiatives, patient programs, review and draft/negotiate related agreements
- Advise on commercial/corporate and employment issues and negotiate with external parties on behalf of our company, where needed or appropriate
- Advise on innovative solutions with a particular interest in patient programs, digital, technology and data-analytics

**Regulatory Requirements**
- Monitor changes and developments in the legal and regulatory environment within which our company businesses operate, advise local management and develop appropriate strategies
- Support our company in interactions with regulatory and other relevant government agencies on legal and compliance issues and development of appropriate strategies for resolution of issues

**Promotional Review**
- Provide and/or oversee internal legal review as part of our company’s medical-legal process for promotional materials according to local laws and our company policies and standards
- Collaborate with Medical and business colleagues in initiating and/or responding to regulatory/competitor challenges on promotional practices

**Business Standards & Compliance**
- Develop, monitor and implement compliance and risk management strategies and processes, and work with divisional compliance and local BPOs and management.
- Where appropriate, conduct legal & compliance training; monitor and resolve legal & compliance issues, work with local management to formulate and implement appropriate local business standards and procedures consistent with local laws, US laws (including the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)), industry standards (including local pharmaceutical industry Codes of Conduct and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (IFPMA) Code of Marketing Practices) and corporate policies.

**Disputes/Litigation**
- Support the initiation, defence, negotiation, settlement and management of litigation, disputes and actions arising from business operations of our company, including contractual, IP, adverse reaction claims, compliance and regulatory challenges, in collaboration/consultation with regional legal team and other legal colleagues from headquarters or other divisions as appropriate

**Intellectual Property**
- Support our company’s headquarters IP attorneys to coordinate with local external counsel as needed on local trademark and patent filings and collect and disseminate intellectual property information for local management
- Provide advice on local strategies and counteractions in relation to local IP infringement and enforcement actions, in collaboration with our company’s global IP attorneys

**Human Resources Issues**
- Advise on sensitive HR/Labor law-related issues
- Participate in internal investigations remediation team and provide legal and compliance perspectives, as appropriate

**Others**
- Conduct internal investigations, where necessary, in collaboration with Global Security, Global Investigations and Office of Ethics, and coordinate with Corporate Audit, local management and Finance/HR groups in taking practical and appropriate remediation actions as needed
- Additional responsibilities and projects may be assigned by the Director, Legal & Compliance on an ad-hoc basis
- Participation in meetings of Country Compliance Committee, Local Review Boards, Grants Committee and other compliance or country-level leadership committees in the Markets, as needed/designated by line management
- Collaborating and instructing external counsel where needed and to provide inputs and oversight of the work done by external counsels

**WHAT WILL A SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT LOOK LIKE?**

**Qualifications**

**Must have**:

- A degree in law or the equivalent
- Admitted to practice law in Vietnam
- 7-10 years of post-admission experience

**Skillsets**
- Strong language proficiency in English required
- Ability to manage the Markets largely independently of the Director, Legal & Compliance
- Ability to quickly distil and effectively communicate corporate (HQ) cascaded compliance positions and policies to the local markets.
- Ability to identify legal/compliance risks vs business risks and provide counsel to local market leadership on such risks
- Ability to communicate confidently and effectively with market leadership teams
- Ability to ap


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