Position Title:  사내 변호사 / Legal Counsel

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Contract Type: Permanent
• Work location: Philip Morris Korea, 10, Gukjegeumyung-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea

YOUR ‘DAY TO DAY’

Attorney who works with affiliate, regional and OC legal & compliance teams and PM Korea management to provide quality, business-centric and timely legal analysis, advice, representation, negotiation and documentation in a wide variety of PM Korea business activities and initiatives to enable PMI’s Smoke Free Future vision in Korea coherently with relevant laws and regulations and PMI positions. He/she will also support the Senior Counsel to implement departmental practices and objectives in Korea.

• Partners with global subject matter experts, regional legal teams, the Senior Counsel and business colleagues to create proactive strategies designed to avoid or minimize exposure to legal liability.
• Guides business colleagues understand the risks and consequences of the given situation.  Effectively communicates the consequences and develops alternatives to manage identified risks.
• Efficiently gathers and distills relevant information from appropriate sources, identifies and analyzes legal issues and knows when to escalate them
• Drafts key documents, presents clear recommendations and ensures legal compliance as it relates to the noted areas of law.
• In coordination with External Affairs and with the supervision of the Senior Counsel, represents the company’s position before local government agencies regarding the noted areas of law and support PMI’s harm reduction advocacy.
• Stays current with legal developments, best practices and benchmarks in the noted areas of law and assists business colleagues in implementing policies and procedures in response thereto.
• Participate in project teams, ensuring that their decisions and recommendations protect the legal interests of the affiliate and PMI and execute decisions to achieve objectives on a timely basis
• Manages outside counsels to ensure effective and efficient support from subject matter experts.
• Be guardian of L&C owned PMI internal policies and advise business for full compliance.
• Maintains a culture with a high degree of emphasis on dignity, respect, and inclusion.
• Subject to prevailing business needs and the Senior Counsel’s directions, acts as the first point of/primary legal contact for business colleagues and assumes the role of the market’s subject matter expert in certain legal, governance, regulatory, risk and policy areas.
• Review, draft, revise and negotiate a wide range of agreements with customers, vendors, partners, distributors, resellers and other third parties, including software and intellectual property licenses, technology agreement, distributor, professional services, cloud, and other complex commercial agreements.
• Working knowledge of PBO-related practices to support PMI’s PBO model
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments in the region, which may materially affect the company.
• Understands business objectives, practices yellow-zone decision making, thinks through the practical implications, and anticipates future business and legal needs
• Applies legal knowledge clearly and precisely, effectively communicating thoughtful and practical solutions
• Develops and implements strategic legal initiatives that align with business objectives and anticiplate future legal and business needs

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Licensed to practice law in South Korea.
• 13+ years of concentrated experience which demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and applied understanding of area of expertise; both in house and major law firm experience preferred.
• Proven leadership experience in a highly results-oriented and performance-driven environment with a focus on excellence.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, handle multiple, conflicting priorities while managing a substantial workload and client expectations.
• Ability to maintain an appropriate perspective regardless of the ambiguity, delicacy or pressure of a situation
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary setting to achieve consensus.
• Maintains effective working relationships with outside counsel.
• Acts as a team player and role model for the legal function, encouraging collaboration and standards of excellence.
• Robust interpersonal, networking, public speaking, and writing skills, with the confidence and credibility to act quickly, communicate effectively with diplomacy and civility, and command respect of both internal and external audiences.
• Proven ability to think strategically and exercise sound judgment.
• Ability to perform on projects and see them to successful completion in an organized, efficient, and effective manner.
• Extreme attention to detail.
• Experiences and expertise in Korean labor and/or EHS regulations is a plus.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

We encourage application from veterans eligible for employment support under the Act on Preferential Treatment or persons with disabilities under the Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation Act.