Country Legal Counsel

Hitachi Energy

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

#JID3-140099

Position summary

to support business operations and ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

  • You will advise on a wide range of legal matters including contracts, tenders, corporate governance, and risk management.

  • You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across the region and globally to ensure legal alignment with business objectives.

  • You will ensure good corporate governance and adherence to integrity in the country including integrity training and ongoing monitoring of relevant policies.

  • You will be providing legal support on ancillary matters including but not limited to data protection, intellectual property, insurance, M&A, trade finance and company secretarial matters, monitoring legal affairs of the business within the country, including litigation case management and co-ordination with external counsel.

  • You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.

  • Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

  • A qualified lawyer with minimum 5 years of post-qualification experience, ideally in the energy, infra-structure, or technology sectors.

  • Strong experience in contract negotiation, project development, and regulatory compliance.

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

  • A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a global matrix organization.

More about us:

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefit programs to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us - in work and out. For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits (subject to the respective plan rules):

  • Employer-sponsored medical plan (inc. dental care)

  • Employer provident fund (EPF) - employer and employee

  • Group Term Life insurance, Group Personal Accident insurance, Group Business Travel insurance

  • Hospitalization Insurance

  • Leave programs (Annual leave, medical leave, Hospitalization leave, Exam leave etc.)

*Benefits are subject to the respective plan rules.

We can provide more information during the recruitment process.

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