Job Summary

Responsible for overseeing the legal aspects of Datem Inc. and its subsidiaries, safeguarding the company’s reputation by ensuring that the company strictly follows law guidelines, while actively helping the company avoid possible risks and violations.

Ensures effective management of legal and contractual risks, providing legal advisory services, and managing the Legal Department effectively and efficiently.

Duties and Responsibilities

Ensures that company’s transactions comply with corporate laws, rules, and regulations.
Guide the management on regulatory and compliance issues to ensure compliance with legal regulations and conduct regular legal due diligence audits to determine and ensure compliance by the Company with relevant legal requirements.
Responsible for rendering legal expertise and representing our company in legal proceedings, hearings, conferences, and mediation.
Provide legal support during meetings, negotiations, and other representations with external parties, including government agencies and other stakeholders.
Assist and advise departments/projects of the company in all legal issues and concerns and provide speedy feedback. Resolve legal issues and concerns affecting any departments/projects.
Examine legal issues relating to the organization’s services. Protect the company against legal risks and violations.
Check if the company's current processes, policies, and documentation are compliant with government laws and regulations.
Provide inputs and recommendations in the creation and improvement of company policies, processes, and procedures.
Oversee the litigation of various cases and undertake measures to minimize, if not altogether avoid, legal risks.
Review progress of outstanding litigation and recommend strategies to Management.
Review and/or draft contracts, agreements, and other documents to assist and support departments/projects; ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; optimize the Company’s benefit from the transaction; and minimize or eliminate legal risks to the Company or any of its employees.
Ensure compliance with Data Privacy and evaluate processes from information security risks and data privacy breaches to assess the effectiveness of existing internal controls.
Serve as the primary legal resource person in activities and support areas, including, among others, contracting, dispute resolution, transactions with clients and subcontractors, labor standards, and labor relations.
Handle incorporation/creation of applications with the SEC, including amendments to constitutive documents.
Handle labor cases and liaise with external legal counsels.
Oversee all existing cases that are currently being handled by our external legal counsels.
Prepare various communications and correspondences, such as but not limited to demand letters, replies to demands, and cover letters for legal positions before government agencies.
Provide assistance to stakeholder companies and departments on labor relations, employee discipline, including administrative investigation.
Stay updated on new government regulations and work with the members of the organization for necessary implementation.
Prepare, analyze, and present reports to management pertaining to all legal matters.

Qualifications and Skills Requirements:

Educational Attainment:

Bachelor of Law or Juris Doctor
Passed the Philippine Bar Exam
Licensed to practice law in the Philippines

Work Experience:

2-5 years of experience as a corporate lawyer with working legal practice experience.
Knowledgeable of all law subjects.
Construction industry experience is a plus.

Skills Required:

Proficiency in Microsoft Programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Strong interpersonal skills, proficient in dealing with different types of individuals.
Excellent personal and group interaction skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Excellent training and coaching skills.
Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to handle a variety of responsibilities and competing priorities.
Accuracy and attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
Highly analytical.
Ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences.
Outstanding negotiation skills.
High level of integrity.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Company events
Free parking
Health insurance
Paid training
Promotion to permanent employee

Schedule:

8-hour shift

Supplemental Pay:

13th month salary
Overtime pay

Application Deadline: 09/30/2024
Expected Start Date: 10/15/2024

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