Assistant Manager - Legal

Assistant Manager - Legal

Description:

Key Responsibilities

- Lead global IPR enforcement, counterfeit market surveillance, and raid coordination.

- Drive anticounterfeit programs across SSA, China, UAE & GCC.

- Manage external legal counsel for trademark and infringement matters.

- Conduct investigations, due diligence & intelligence gathering on counterfeiting activities.

- Draft, review, and negotiate legal & commercial documents.

- Advise leadership on international commercial and corporate legal matters.

- Ensure corporate secretarial compliance (board agendas, resolutions, minutes).

- Partner with internal teams & overseas subsidiaries for legal/compliance support.

- Maintain robust legal documentation systems.

- Support legal budgeting & spend monitoring.

- Liaise with regulatory and statutory authorities.

- Perform legal research and provide strategic risk assessments.

Skills & Competencies

- Strong command of IPR laws, anticounterfeiting & trademark enforcement

- Excellent drafting, negotiation & communication abilities

- Solid understanding of corporate governance & compliance

- Ability to manage multicountry enforcement operations

- High integrity, confidentiality, and independent working capability

Experience

- 10+ years in IPR with handson experience in:

- Anticounterfeit investigations & enforcement raids (SSA, UAE, GCC preferred)

- Trademark infringement, brand protection & litigation support

- Corporate legal & secretarial compliance

- FMCG/manufacturing/consumer goods exposure (preferred)