Job Description

Led by Rodolphe Saad\xc3\xa9, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.

Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group\xe2\x80\x99s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide, including 2,900 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

Summary

Legal resource supporting the Senior Legal Counsel on APAC legal matters of CMA CGM Group.

Key Duties / Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to all levels within the organisation on issues affecting the Company\xe2\x80\x99s business and operations (such as issues relating to IT, Digital, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Infrastructures (port terminals), Commercial, Corporate Communication etc.) within APAC
• Review, draft and negotiate contracts with customers, vendors and other types of agreements, including for matters listed above
• Provide legal advice on cross-border project work like M&A and corporate restructuring
• Managing litigations, claims and disputes within APAC
• Managing external counsel to ensure maximum efficiency and manageable expense
• Provide training and education to the company\xe2\x80\x99s employees on legal issues and risks
• Any other projects and assignments as directed from time to time

Minimum requirements:

• Recognised Law Degree. Preferably qualified in Singapore.
• At least 8 to 10 years PQE with practice and/or inhouse experience in Singapore. Maritime law background is a plus but not mandatory
• Strong legal drafting, vetting and negotiation skills
• Strong general and contracting legal skills, and a commercial mindset
• Ability and skills to gain a broad understanding of legal and compliance issues
• Strong Analytical skills. Ability to apply legal principles and requirements to a wide variety of fact patterns
• Able to multi-task, meet tight deadlines and work with minimal supervision as well as under pressure
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with people at all levels
• Proficient in MS Office
• Proficient in spoken and written Chinese ideally, as you would be required to deal with Chinese speaking counterparties, read and write contracts in Chinese in addition to your English language proficiency

**This role is opened for local employment only.

We will only consider applicants who have received, or are willing to receive by the date of recruitment, the full regimen of a WHO EUL vaccine (examples include Pfizer-BioNTech/COMIRNATY, Moderna, Sinovac-CoronaVac, and AstraZeneca). Proof of vaccination will be required.

**Salary package (local) & job title shall commensurate with experience.

**Kindly note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

** By applying for this role, you hereby consent to the CMA CGM Group collecting, processing and using any personal information you submit, for the following purposes:

(i) To process the application for the role being applied for;

(ii) To process the application for other open positions within the CMA CGM Group which may be suitable to you;

(iii) To conduct necessary reference checks; and

(iv) Any other purpose related to one or more of the above.

You further consent to the CMA CGM Group retaining such personal information for a period of two years following your submission thereof, so that we may consider you for other open positions within the CMA CGM Group which may be suitable to you in the event that you are not selected for this role.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES: Please note that CMA CGM Group does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, CMA CGM Group will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, CMA CGM Group explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of CMA CGM Group.

Come along on CMA CGM\xe2\x80\x99s adventure !