Legal Counsel

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 Dentsu’s 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 Dentsu’s internal policies.
• Assists in developing and delivering training and legal risk management initiatives to senior management in managing legal risks (e.G. business 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.

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