Legal Counsel

The role

This role serves as a lead legal resource for APAC matters. The person will provide practical advice to business stakeholders and partner with global teams on regulatory, employment, and commercial issues.

What you will do

• Act as a lead legal point of contact for APAC business stakeholders
• Advise on employment-related matters including performance management and terminations
• Interpret and apply statutory, regulatory, privacy, and employment-law requirements across APAC
• Lead and conduct internal investigations and liaise with regulatory authorities
• Represent the Company in responding to Client legal and compliance inquiries
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements
• Partner with Legal, HR, Finance, Compliance, Product, and business teams
• Support the development and implementation of company policies and compliance initiatives
• Review marketing collateral and business practices for compliance
• Manage pre-litigation, dispute-resolution, and contentious matters

Required qualifications

• A law degree (J.D., LL.B., or equivalent)
• Admission to practice law in a relevant jurisdiction
• At least 5 years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, financial institution, investment fund, or comparable environment
• Demonstrated experience advising on legal matters in APAC
• Experience in employment law, commercial contracting, litigation or dispute resolution, compliance, corporate matters, data or IP, insurance, tax, or transactional support
• Ability to assess legal risk and communicate advice to non-legal stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication, negotiation, organization, and relationship-management skills
• Professional fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese

Nice to have

• Qualification in the People’s Republic of China
• Experience with PRC employment and commercial law
• Additional APAC language capability

Benefits

• 14 annual leave days (PTO Days)
• 11 legal holidays
• 7 full paid sick days
• Social insurances and housing fund
• Free snacks and beverages in the office, including free coffee
• Monthly birthday celebration, team building, and other social events
• Summer and winter team events

About the company

Guidepoint powers end-to-end research workflows for the world’s best research teams. It is backed by a global network of more than 2 million experts and over 1,600 employees.