Manager, Legal Counsel

Purpose

Provide general legal services to adidas Korea, LLC, including general legal advice and contractual support to client groups.

Key Responsibilities

Value Added Partner

• Provide legal services for adidas Korea, including counselling, contract review, drafting and negotiation, transaction structuring, legal risk assessment, and dispute avoidance.
• Liaise closely with business functions to support legal matters and provide legal advice during strategy development and key decisions.
• Provide legal guidance on business plans and help ensure their implementation is consistent with legal and regulatory objectives.
• Identify business issues and needs and provide consistent, time-sensitive legal advice.

Establishment of Planning and Legal Strategies

• Devise legal strategies and solutions to safeguard against corporate liabilities related to litigation, mediation, and administrative actions.
• Work with the Director of Legal & Government Relations on disputes with counterparties, stakeholders, and government agencies.
• Communicate legal concepts clearly and help business partners incorporate legal frameworks into business strategies.

Internal and External Business Development / Client Service

• Improve standard form agreements and legal processes using a consistent but locally relevant approach.
• Monitor legal and regulatory changes and assess their impact on business lines.
• Identify business opportunities and regulatory risks.
• Supervise and manage legal services delivered by outside counsel.

Risk Management

• Identify legal risks and significant incidents of non-compliance and escalate them to the Director of Legal & Government Relations.
• Provide legal guidance during PR crises to minimize negative company impact.

Corporate

• Support corporate recordkeeping for adidas Korea and act in accordance with adidas AG Corporate Legal directions regarding board and members’ meetings.
• Support corporate transactions, including joint ventures, acquisitions, and mergers.

Key Relationships

• Reports to the Director of Legal & Government Relations.
• Interacts with all organizational levels, adidas legal department members, outside counsel, and associations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent client relations, communication, business judgment, presentation, and leadership skills.
• Fluency in the local language and English.
• Strong background in contract law, drafting, negotiation, and business counselling.
• Ability to work independently and manage a substantial and diverse workload.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
• Excellent PowerPoint presentation skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• Law Degree (LL.B.).
• 5–8 years of law firm or legal department experience in Korea in general corporate, e-commerce, privacy, transactional, and commercial law.
• Experience with multinational companies in Korea is preferred.