LOCATION:               Songjiang Province, Shanghai, China

REPORTS TO:            General Counsel, APAC & dotted line to Global Compliance Officer

WORKPLACE TYPE: On-site

Company Background:

Ingredion is a global Fortune 500 provider of ingredient solutions that touch millions of lives, every day. With over 19,000 customers in 120 countries, we create solutions that help nourish, comfort, and delight people all over the world. We are proud to source our strength from nature.  That’s why we’re growing sustainably, with an industry-leading product portfolio that includes plant-based proteins, sugar alternatives and clean and simple ingredients that deliver on changing consumer needs while protecting our planet. Although we are best known for our food ingredients, we are much more than a food business. We co-create bespoke solutions with our customers; from cosmetics and beauty, to paper and textiles, to pharmaceuticals, driven by relentless curiosity. We make it our business to anticipate industry trends, and to bring together the potential of people, nature and technology to make life better.

We don’t just make ingredients. We create possibilities. Be What’s Next® with us.

The Legal & Compliance Counsel would be responsible for Legal & Commercial for overall China business. Additionally, responsible for inculcating business integrity & compliance culture within broader Asia Pacific region through implementation of global compliance program goals, processes and controls, identifying and reducing commercial/compliance risks and advising business on compliance risk issues and preparing policies and communications for review and implementation.

Core Responsibilities:

Legal & Commercial (China)

• Negotiate, draft, and review corporate & commercial contracts.
• Counsel business clients on legal and commercial matters; ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations; support daily business operation (all sales and manufacturing sites in China), regulatory process and investigations, investments and related corporate transactions; advise on risk mitigation strategies.
• Providing support on general corporate matters to ensure good corporate governance, including monitoring the authorised use of company seals, providing support in making annual fillings for local entities, providing advice and drafting of general corporate documents and to ensure proper filing with government authorities for any general corporate changes.
• Resolve both legal and non-legal issues based on daily business, or corporate transactions and cross functional projects, by using negotiations skills and legal expertise.
• Structure, negotiate and advise on business transactions, labor and employment matters, regulatory issues, and other legal and compliance related issues arising in the integrated business operations.
• Initiate, defend, negotiate, settle and manage all litigation, disputes and actions related to business operations in China, including adverse events and regulatory challenges.
• Provide professional legal advice, conduct trainings and disseminate appropriate legal policies and requirements to business units.
• Effectively manage the use of external counsels and/or consultants and generate optimal value in the engaged scope of services.

Business Integrity and Compliance (APAC)

• Provide leadership for implementation of the Company’s Ethics and Compliance program and promote the Company’s culture of integrity in the region.
• Serve as the primary compliance counsel to the region and provide ethics, business conduct, and compliance training, render guidance and provide timely advice to business units on global and local compliance policies, including conflicts of interests and anti-corruption and bribery, as well as general ethics issues.
• Lead and conduct investigations into potential violations of law or policy.
• Review standard commercial procedures to mitigate risks for business units and provide timely response to regulatory/competitor changes and challenges.
• Plan and execute multiple short-term and long-term projects which are consistent with Corporate’s compliance initiatives, including but not limited to, risk assessments, anti-bribery and corruption programs, such as U.S. FCPA, anti-competition compliance, data privacy, etc. for the APAC countries.
• Organize and host Business Integrity and Compliance meetings in APAC under the mentor of the Corporate Business Integrity Office, including planning of agenda, taking of minutes of meeting and to follow up with the countries on action items.
• Serve as a member of the Global Business Integrity team representing APAC. 

Qualified candidates will have:

• LL.B. or higher degree from an accredited university
• Admitted to practice law in China
• Min 6 years post admission legal and/or compliance practice experience
• In-house experience in large multinational company and/or commercial practice experience in a top tier law firm is preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, both English and Chinese
• Broad knowledge of all legal areas and in-depth knowledge of commercial and compliance laws and regulations
• Ability to draft legal documents, contracts, policies, and messages in a clear and concise and digestible manner for business partners
• Recognized compliance certification, such as CCEP, CCEP-I, CIPP, preferred
• Ability to accurately identify key issues and consistently apply a high standard of integrity, professionalism, business ethics, legal and compliance knowledge, and expertise in order to provide commercially focused and value-added legal and compliance advice
• Must be willing to travel domestically and regionally.

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Relocation Available:

Yes, Within Country