We are looking for a Legal Specialist to join our License Compliance Legal team. This is a regional role where you will be covering the anti-piracy enforcement work in Asia Pacific.
What will you do?
Manage external counsel
· Manage retention of external counsel
· Manage external counsel
Manage legal enforcement
· Interface with Asia/Pacific License Compliance (“LC”) team, for all LC related matters
· Manage both civil and criminal enforcement actions
· Manage letter program (both in-house program, as well as external counsel program)
· Negotiate/ review/ draft settlement agreements (in both Chinese and English, as needed)
Support of local business
· Provide support on piracy prevention issues and training to LC team as needed
· Support LC audit program, as needed, including escalations to legal action
· Review leads for raid action, including providing all support needed by external counsel for raid action
· Draft and review various legal documents as required by local business
What are the requirements?
· Past experience in dealing with anti-piracy, trademark, copyright protection or other intellectual property enforcement issues for multinational companies is required.
· Experience in dealing with government (enforcement) authorities is desired, along with a proven ability to develop and maintain a good and solid relationship with these government agencies.
· Ability to work independently, with strong analytical ability to seek efficient solutions suitable for the anti-piracy campaigns.
· Must have good writing, oral communication, problem-solving and negotiation skills.
· Excellent Chinese and English skills are required due to working with China market, both written and spoken.
· Familiarity with contractual documents covering acquisition and/or licensing of computer software and covering software reseller/distributor relationships is desirable.
· College degree required. Degree(s) in law, law enforcement, business, or computer science is (are) a plus.
· Ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years of related experience in piracy prevention or a legal-related area, but will think like a business person in order to better support and facilitate the goals of the LC team and SISW sales managers.
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Organization: Digital Industries
Company: Siemens Industry Software (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Experience Level: Mid-level Professional
Job Type: Full-time