Family Description

Legal (LE) covers all legal business matters pertaining to the organisation and acts as advisor on legal issues involving the organisation's government and regulatory compliance. Reviews legal data and advises organisation on appropriate legal action to be taken. Demonstrates experience in general corporate matters, including corporate organisation, securities compliance, drafting transactional documents, license agreements, data privacy, risk management, and contract management.

Our Global Labor & Employment Law team has an exciting new opportunity for a qualified employment lawyer with significant experience in the Asia-Pacific region.
The role is to be based in India, Singapore or Australia near one or our offices, advising on labor and employment issues in our India and APJ markets.  The successful individual will be part of the Global Labor & Employment Law unit of our Legal, Compliance and Sustainability organization. 
Our collaborative team provides labor and employment strategic advice, counsel, and support to HR professionals and business leaders around the world.

Subfamily Description

Corporate, Business & General Law (CBG) comprises the coordinating and managing of all corporate, business, financial, and general legal matters.

Impact

Impact is primarily short term and and typically functional, departmental or small single geographic in scope through management of resources. Accountable for departmenta/program goals, achievement and cost performance. Actions and errors will normally impact business, program, project, function. Marked contribution to defining the direction for new products, processes, standards or operational plans based upon business strategy. 

Scope & Contribution

Individual Contributor: Independently carrying out consulting, specific functional work within a Business Unit/Geography. Assumes broad perspective. Resolves unique and highly complex problems within own discipline. Makes decisions about own and/or project work using known solutions as basis. Managerial/Supervisory: Typically second (occasionally first) level of solid line management. Effective management of resources and development/implementation of plans and processes. Interprets policies and establishes procedures. Increased awareness and influence of other functions outside of own business area. Decision making often repeated in similar manner - able to choose correct solution or modify existing solution. 

Innovation

Highly independent and self-directed. Develops plans, measures effectiveness. Assesses customer relationships and service levels. Can develop and implement complex and innovative concepts. Problems require searching and selecting. Anticipates problems, seeks opportunities. Models creative and innovative work methods. 

Communication

Communicates with parties within and outside of own job function, which may include external customers or vendors depending upon the job function. Requires ability to influence others outside of own job area on policies, practices and procedures. Has cross-cultural knowledge and global mindset. Works to influence others to accept job function’s view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches. Requires influencing others outside of own job area on policies, practices and procedures, e.g. by expressing complex information in an engaging and inspiring manner.

Knowledge & Experience

Management Experience / Mastery of a specific professional discipline combining deep knowledge of theory and practice within a function. Expert in more than one area, broad perspective. 

Typically requires 14+ years extensive relevant experience and/or a graduate / postgraduate equivalent degree.
Finnish qualified with law degree and significant experience in employment law

A creative thinker, always striving to arrive at innovative solutions Ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the business Friendly and open approach, straight forward yet credible communication style Strong business partner who thrives in a fast-paced environment Ability to think strategically and holistically to identify problems in the business context and develop impactful solutions Strong influencing skills to shape the decision-making process with appropriate clients and stakeholders Ability to manage many competing priorities and combine strategic thinking with excellent execution skills Strong analytic, process, reporting and project management skills Clear and concise communication skills (written and oral) and ability to adapt ideas within a global environment Incredible collaboration skills and excels at building networks in a truly non-hierarchical environment
  Providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice on a wide range of employment and labor law issues. Developing proactive and practical business driven solutions to manage HR legal risks. Supporting HR colleagues and business teams in executing business strategy. Collaborating with HR/Legal & Compliance and other teams to create and implement employment related policies, processes and procedures. Raising awareness (through multi-media and digital channels) to change behaviors and train managers/HR on employment law topics. Proactively identifying and strategically managing employee relations issues. Seeing round corners, anticipating future employment trends and landscaping external market for issues impacting other multi-nationals in the technology sector as well as relevant regulatory developments, trends and best practices. Managing (with external counsel) employment and labor litigation (individual and collective) and developing strategy to mitigate risk for the business. Leading strategic global projects and covering other global areas of responsibility in key areas (e.g. HR Compliance, Diversity, Data Privacy, Human Rights). Providing labour and employment support on transactions, M&A, in/outsourcings and other commercial transactions