General Counsel, Malaysia

1 week ago

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Kimberly-Clark Full time

**General Counsel, Malaysia**

**Your Job**

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

In your General Counsel, Malaysia role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

**Role Overview & Primary Accountabilities**:

- Provide legal advice, leadership, strategy, and risk management in all legal matters.
- Supporting country MD and APAC Scientific business team, as the legal business partner, to review the current operational practice, identify legal risks, propose changes required and lead for the implementation of the changes.
- Marketing claims: Provide guidance, advice on product developments, and approval of marketing claims and marketing materials.
- Competition law: Advice on pricing-related issues and competition law-related issues including interaction with competitors and trade associations.
- Intellectual Property: Advise on and lead IP disputes including counterfeiting and infringement.
- Contracts: Review and participate in the negotiation, review, and approval of material contracts.
- Data Privacy: Review initiatives that use personal data
- Disputes / Litigation: Lead and manage legal disputes and marketing claim challenges.
- Employment: Provide legal advice on employment-related issues, work closely with HR to ensure country practices, policies and work rules comply with relevant labor regulations and to maintain a harmonious relationship with Union, advise on employment disputes.
- Processes: Develop / update contract template. Develop/implement internal processes for contract review, marketing claims review, and other legal-related matters.
- Participate in negotiation and advice and be involved in the preparation of documentation for mergers, disposals, restructures strategic alliances, and acquisitions of companies.
- Elevate legal issues of importance to senior legal leaders and actively participate in knowledge sharing
- Work in partnership with APAC Compliance & Ethics Leader to drive compliance in geographies covered including driving compliance training and initiatives. Working knowledge of FCPA and the UK Bribery Act is required.
- Manage external counsel.

**About Us**

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth, and impact. We’re founded on 151 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform - so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

**About You**

You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You’re also a university graduate with a Law degree and qualification to practice law in Malaysia, with at least 12 years experience ideally with a law firm, and also in-house with amulti-national company. Law Degree from English speaking university e.g. UK, United States, Australia, Singapore would be a plus. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results.

When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

**Essential Requirements**:

- Law degree and qualification to practice law in Malaysia, with at least 12 years experience ideally with a law firm, and also in-house with amulti-national company. Law Degree from English speaking university e.g. UK, United States, Australia, Singapore would be a plus.
- Mixed of top tier law firm and in-house experience with an MNC
- In-house experience outside Malaysia will be a plus but not necessary.
- Leadership experience gained preferably with an international company
- Fluency in English and Bahasa Melayu (both oral and written)
- Prepared to travel within Malaysia and regionally / glo

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