Group Counsel

Main Responsibilities

• Advise internal clients and review and interpret legal issues in assigned areas of responsibility.
• Prepares, interprets and reviews quotes, agreements, contracts, pleadings, documents and correspondence
• Provides legal support and recommends optimal (and practical) course of action when disputes arise
• Provides proactive support to avoid problems.  Focus on strategic initiatives to efficiently manage risk
• Manages outside legal counsel and monitors, supervises, and evaluates their representation of Yanfeng, both in terms of their expertise and cost.
• Proposes, develops and monitors preventive law and compliance programs to reduce company exposure to legal risks
• Keeps current of trends and changes in the law and regulations relevant to the automotive industry
• Commercial, Contracts, Corporate, M&A, Dispute Resolution and ideally also Real Estate experience
• Emphasis on commercial work and support of Procurement Department and Customer Business Units
• Train the functional teams to be proficient in key terms and contract law.
• Develop templates, self-help tools, policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Support corporate governance and entity management.
• Help develop GenAI applicability for repetitive, low-risk support

Specific Requirements

Work Experience: 

• Minimum of 3 years of broad based commercial and corporate law experience in a law firm and/or multinational company
• Fluency in English language
• Strong communications skills
• Ability to work independently

Education:  Superior academic achievement and must be admitted to practice law in at least one State

Essential Common Requirements

· International Operating System (IOS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related IOS requirements. 

· Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related EHS requirements. 

· Product Safety: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements. 

· Compliance: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements 

· Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements. 

· Must comply with all company policies and procedures. 

· Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time. 

· Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels. 

· Ability to maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for assignment (plant, corporate office, or remote).