Job Description

Responsibilities: To cover anti-piracy enforcement work in Asia Pacific. Manage external counsel

• Manage retention of external counsel
• Manage external counsel

• 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)

• 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

• 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 (both written and spoken) are required due to working with China market.
• 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.