Legal & Compliance Division Manager

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Job details

Company overview

We are a management company specializing in logistics real estate, owning, developing, and managing logistics and business spaces worldwide. Our business model integrates ownership, development, and management, complemented by excellent customer service. We own high-quality industrial real estate, develop properties in prime locations to meet demand, and maintain rigorous management standards. Our dedicated teams in each country handle property management, asset management, and investment management consistently. We offer global investment opportunities to various investor groups, including government funds, pension funds, and large multi-manager funds. Our global and free-spirited corporate culture is characterized by a clear sense of achievement and a stable working environment. For employees wishing to acquire skills in areas such as taxation and English, we cover the costs, providing a supportive environment for the acquisition of specialized knowledge.

Responsibilities

The primary function of this role is to assist the GC in Japan by providing a wide range of legal services covering all aspects of the sourcing, development and leasing of logistics and data centre properties, as well as the related fund activities.
Main responsibilities:

• Providing a wide range of commercially focussed legal advice to all teams within the business, in particular the land sourcing, construction management, leasing, and fund management teams
• Negotiation and drafting of business agreements, including Non-Disclosure Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, Purchase and Sale Agreements, Service Agreements, Lease Agreements, Memoranda of Understanding
• Instructing external law firms and overseeing transactions
• Assistance with compliance and risk management function
• Primary management of Internal Audit function
• Assistance with Company Secretarial function
• Managing Occupational Health & Safety issues, particularly portfolio and customer safety inspections
• Liaising with and reporting to head office on Legal and Compliance issues

日本におけるGC（ジェネラルカウンセル）を補佐し、物流施設およびデータセンターのソーシング、開発、リース、ならびに関連するファンド活動のあらゆる側面を網羅する幅広い法的サービスを提供することです。
業務内容：

• 当社の全てのチーム、特に土地取得、コンストラクション マネジメント、リーシング、およびファンドマネジメントチームに対して、ビジネスにフォーカスした幅広い法的アドバイスを提供する。
• 秘密保持契約、合弁事業契約、売買契約、サービス契約、リース契約、覚書を含む、事業契約の交渉および作成
• 社外法律事務所への指示および取引の監督
• コンプライアンスおよびリスク管理機能の支援
• 内部監査機能の主管理
• カンパニーセクレタリー業務の支援
• 労働安全衛生問題、特にポートフォリオおよび顧客の安全点検の管理
• 法務およびコンプライアンス問題に関する海外本社との連絡および報告

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Able to interpret legal advice obtained from external counsel and apply to practical commercial situations within the business.
• Excellent knowledge of Japan real estate & funds management law and able to apply it in a commercial way
• Able to review and critically analyse drafting by external lawyers.
• Native or near-native written and verbal communication skills in Japanese
• Business-level written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Must have high level initiative and be a problem solver.
• Professionalism in demeanour and all other aspects of the work
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience either in-house or at a law firm.
• Experience of operating at a management level and under pressure
• Experience in legal risk management through the negotiation and management of contracts, acquisition agreements and other property, finance and corporate related documents.
• Japanese: Native level, English: Fluent

Preferred qualifications:

• Real Estate Brokerage (Takken) Manager qualification an advantage

必須要件：

• 社外弁護士から得られた法的助言を解釈し、社内の実務上の業務状況に適用できる能力
• 日本の不動産およびファンドマネジメント法に関する優れた知識を持ち、商業的な方法で適用できること
• 社外弁護士による起案をレビューし、批判的に分析できること
• 日本語のネイティブまたはネイティブに近いレベルの筆記およびバーバルコミュニケーション能力
• 英語でのビジネスレベルの筆記およびバーバルコミュニケーション能力
• 高い自主性と問題解決能力が必須
• 立ち居振る舞いおよび業務のあらゆる面におけるプロフェッショナル意識
• 企業または法律事務所での5年以上の実務経験。
• 管理レベルでの業務経験、およびプレッシャーのもとでの業務経験
• 契約交渉および管理、売買契約、その他の不動産、金融、および企業関連書類を通じて、法的リスクマネジメントをした経験
• 日本語：ネイティブレベル、英語：流暢

歓迎要件：

• 宅地建物取引士資格があれば尚可。

Salary

9 - 12 million yen

Location

Tokyo