Description:

Key Purpose & Responsibilities:

- Provide comprehensive legal support to various agencies under the Dentsu Network across South Asia, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and safeguarding Dentsus commercial interests.

- Provides legal support on various matters to commercial teams in contractual negotiations to achieve the most advantageous and/or beneficial legal and commercial terms for Dentsu.

- Advise stakeholders at all levels on a broad range of legal matters, including but not limited to consumer protection, misleading advertising, role of intermediaries, celebrity endorsement, influencer marketing, intellectual property etc.

- Provide legal support and guidance on employment law matters, including internal investigations and related processes.

- Advise on and ensure compliance with data privacy laws and regulations, including the management of data protection risks and the implementation of appropriate safeguards.

- Provide guidance on the ethical use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI), ensuring compliance with applicable laws, industry standards, and Dentsus internal policies.

- Assists in developing and delivering training and legal risk management initiatives to senior management in managing legal risks (e.gbusiness training, legal updates, etc).

- Helps to implement best-practices in compliance, contracts management, intellectual property, data protection, IT, litigation and/or M&A.

- Prepare regular reports and updates for line management and internal stakeholders as appropriate.

- Manage and oversee litigation and arbitration matters, including civil, criminal, labour, property, and commercial disputes.

- This includes qualitative review of pleadings, preparation of litigation strategy, timely filing, and monitoring of cases.

- Collate and maintain meticulous records and correspondence relating to litigation and compliance matters, ensuring regular updates to litigation and compliance trackers.

- Assist in briefing Senior Advocates/external counsel for urgent reliefs and in the preparation of pleadings, applications, and replies for ongoing and new matters.

- Conduct legal research to develop arguments and prepare case law analysis for opinion writing and to guide the direction of proceedings.

Key Challenges:

- Navigating the complex and evolving regulatory landscape governing the advertising, media, and entertainment industry, including new developments in data privacy, ethics, and GAI.

- Managing multiple, often interrelated, legal matters in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

- Ensuring timely and efficient delivery of legal support while maintaining high standards of accuracy and compliance.

Person Specification:

Qualifications & Experience:.

- B with 8-10 years post-qualification experience as an in-house lawyer and/or in law firms.

- Experience in the Media & Entertainment or Information Technology industry is an advantage.

- Experience in employment laws, data privacy, Generative AI and competition laws will be an added advantage.

- Experience in working with contract management tools would be preferred.

- Diplomas in legal vocations/subjects such as advertising laws, media and entertainment, intellectual property rights, data privacy, or compliance are desirable but not mandatory.

Skills & Attributes:.

- Strong commercial acumen and a solution-oriented approach.

- Excellent command of spoken and written English.

- Ability to identify legal risks, issues, and solutions across a broad spectrum of legal areas, including ethics, compliance, data privacy, and GAI.

- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.

- Ability to prioritise and manage complex, interrelated tasks and deliver under pressure.

- High energy, self-driven, motivated, and able to take initiative.

- Collaborative team player with a positive attitude and confidence.

- Ability to absorb daily learning in legal fields relevant to advertising, media, and entertainment, and to apply new knowledge effectively.

Additional Responsibilities:

- Proactively keep abreast of legal and regulatory developments, particularly in the areas of data privacy, ethics, and generative artificial intelligence, and apply them to mitigate risk and exposure for Dentsu.

- Foster a culture of ethical conduct and compliance throughout the organisation, providing guidance and support on related matters.

- Support the development and implementation of policies and procedures relating to ethics, compliance, data privacy, and GAI.