Legal Counsel Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as legal counsel for assigned departments or specific areas of law.
• Provide guidance to management and employees on corporate and business issues, with support from senior lawyers.
• Work with business leaders to understand strategies and flag potential legal risks.
• Enforce company legal policies and procedures.
• Deliver internal legal trainings as needed.
• Collaborate with Finance, Sales, Operations, Engineering, Marketing, and other teams to ensure products, agreements, and business activities are legally compliant.

• Support internal governance, controls, and required public filings.
• Assist with entity management and maintenance.
• Monitor relevant laws, regulations, and agency updates.
• Support research and updates related to privacy laws, data policies, and regulatory notices.
• Work with teams to address privacy considerations in business plans.
• Help ensure compliance with privacy requirements.
• Assist in preparing public policy documents and position papers.

• Participate in product development reviews to ensure IP compliance and identify new IP opportunities.
• Support patent searches, evaluations, and assessment of potential third‑party infringement.
• Assist senior lawyers with IP disputes and litigation.
• Participate in trademark searches for new branding or marks.

• Work with HR and leaders on employment issues such as hiring, employee relations, compliance, and contingent workforce matters.
• Support development and review of company policies from an employment law perspective.
• Assist with dispute resolution, including working with outside counsel.
• Support internal investigations and manage litigation-related administration.
• Help respond to subpoenas and maintain accurate records of all disputes, litigation matters, and deadlines.
• Support eDiscovery activities.

• Help draft, review, negotiate, and interpret commercial agreements.
• Support senior counsel in negotiating software licensing, SaaS, professional services, and online terms.
• Work with internal stakeholders to resolve negotiation issues.
• Provide legal advice on operational topics such as data strategy and data licensing.

• Serve on the board of the company’s Philippine legal entities.
• Act as Company Secretary, and possibly Director, for these entities.