직무 목적 (Purpose)
 adidas Korea에 일반 법률 자문 및 계약 지원을 포함한 전반적인 법률 서비스를 제공하며, 사업부의 전략적 파트너(Business Partner)로서 비즈니스를 지원하는 역할

주요 업무 (Key Responsibilities)

1. Business Partner 역할

1. 사업부에 대한 법률 자문 제공
2. 계약서 검토, 작성 및 협상
3. 거래 구조 검토 및 법률 리스크 평가
4. 분쟁 예방 및 해결 지원
5. 사업 전략 수립 및 주요 의사결정 초기 단계부터 법률 자문 제공
6. 사업 계획이 법률 및 규제 요건에 부합하도록 지원
7. 사업부와 지속적으로 소통하며 신속하고 실용적인 법률 자문 제공

2. 법률 전략 수립 및 실행

1. 소송, 조정, 행정조치 등 법적 분쟁 관련 전략 수립
2. 기업의 법적 책임과 리스크 최소화
3. Legal Director와 협력하여 분쟁 해결, 협상, 정부기관 대응 수행
4. 사업부가 법적 프레임워크를 이해하고 활용할 수 있도록 지원

3. 내부 및 외부 비즈니스 지원

1. 표준 계약서 및 법무 프로세스 개선
2. 사업 계획 실행을 위한 법률 가이드 제공
3. 법률 및 규제 환경 변화 모니터링
4. 신규 사업 기회 및 규제 리스크 분석
5. 외부 로펌 관리 및 감독

4. Risk Management

1. 법률 리스크 및 컴플라이언스 위반 사항 식별
2. 중요 이슈를 Legal Director에 보고
3. PR 위기 발생 시 법률적 대응 가이드 제공
4. 위기 상황에서 회사 피해 최소화 지원

5. Corporate Legal

1. 이사회 및 사원총회 관련 업무 지원
2. 법인 기록 관리(Corporate Recordkeeping)
3. adidas AG Corporate Legal과 협업
4. JV, M&A 등 Corporate Transaction 지원

주요 이해관계자

1. Director, Legal & Government Relations에게 보고
2. 전사 모든 조직과 협업
3. 글로벌 및 지역 Legal Team과 협업
4. 외부 로펌 및 유관기관과 협업

자격 요건

1. 법학 학위(LL.B.)
2. 한국 내 로펌 또는 기업 법무팀 경력 5~8년
3. Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Transactional Law, Privacy, e-Commerce 관련 경험
4. 다국적 기업(Multinational Company) 경험 우대

필수 역량

1. 우수한 Stakeholder Management 역량
2. 높은 Business Acumen 및 실용적 리스크 판단 능력
3. 뛰어난 국문·영문 커뮤니케이션 능력
4. 계약법 전문성
5. 계약 작성 및 협상 능력
6. Business Counseling 역량
7. 독립적 업무 수행 능력
8. 다양한 업무 우선순위 관리 능력
9. Team Player 및 Leadership 역량
10. 국내외 출장 가능
11. 우수한 PowerPoint 활용 능력

Purpose:  
Provide general legal services to adidas Korea, LLC (“adidas Korea”) including general legal advice and contractual support to client groups.
 
Key Responsibilities:

1. Value Added Partner

• Provide legal services for adidas Korea, including counselling, contract review, drafting and negotiation, structuring of transactions, legal risk assessment and dispute avoidance.  
• Liaise closely with adidas Korea business functions (“Business Partners”) to support them on legal matters (e.g., legal services including. counselling, contract review, drafting and negotiation, structuring of transactions)
• Provide legal advice in the early stages of Business Partners’ strategy development and key decisions.
• Provide legal guidance in relation to business plans, and help to ensure proper implementation of those plans, consistent with legal and regulatory objectives.
• Frequent contact with Business Partners to identify and discuss business issues and needs and to provide consistent and time-sensitive legal advice.

1. Establishment of planning and legal strategies

• Devise legal strategies and solutions that safeguard against potential corporate liabilities in connection with legal disputes (e.g. litigations, meditations, administrative actions from government agencies).
• Work closely with Director of Legal & Government Relations to negotiate with counterparties and stakeholders in dealing with inducing withdrawal of cases, plea bargaining, leniency dispositions of government agencies, resolution of legal and business disputes.
• Work closely with Business Partners to summarize and communicate legal concepts clearly and effectively and help them synthesize legal frameworks in developing their business strategies.

1. Internal and External Business Development / Client Service

• Improve standard form agreements and legal processes that help to scale globally with a consistent but locally relevant approach.
• Provide legal guidance in relation to business plans, and help to ensure proper implementation of those plans, consistent with legal and regulatory objectives.
• Monitor legal and regulatory changes in the relevant jurisdictions to assess the impact on relevant lines of business, and identify new business opportunities and/or regulatory risks.
• Provide effective and appropriate supervision and management of delivery of legal services through outside counsel.

1. Risk Management

• Identify legal risks, and significant incidents of non-compliance, if any, and escalate these to Director, Legal & Government Relations.
• Manage and provide appropriate legal guidelines in due course in the event of PR crisis to minimize negative impact on company.

1. Corporate Legal

• Support corporate recordkeeping needs for adidas Korea and act in accordance with directions from adidas AG Corporate Legal in connection with Meeting of Board of Business Executers and Ordinary General Meeting of Members.
• Support corporate transactions, including joint ventures, acquisitions and mergers.

 
Key Relationships:

• Reports to Director, Legal & Government Relations
• Interacts internally with all levels of organization. 
• Interacts and works with other adidas legal department members.
• Interacts externally with outside counsels and associations.

 
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent client relations skills (including ability to interact with clients at all levels from most senior to most junior).
• Business acumen and ability to make practical evaluations of risk essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.  Must be fluent in country’s local language and English.
• Strong background in contract law, drafting and negotiation and business counselling.
• Ability to work independently and manage and prioritize substantial and diverse workload.
• Strong team player with strong leadership skills
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally. 
• Excellent presentation skills using Power Point.

 
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:  

• Law Degree (LL.B.)
• 5-8 years of law firm or legal department experience in Korea in general corporate, e-Commerce, privacy, transactional and commercial law, etc.
• Experience with multinational companies in Korea preferred.