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You are responsible for the companys legal activities in a region business units and /or sub-function areas in the country or across multiple countries. To support commercial and corporate initiatives you identify business needs and design and implement our legal strategy through the service delivery model. You advise the business on risk anticipating and addressing internal and external factors and apply your legal specialty area experience to collaborate with other legal colleagues to address legal issues or concerns.
How you will contribute
You will develop and ensure the implementation of legal strategies to enable Mondelēz International to compete aggressively and protect our people assets and reputation while complying with legal requirements and standards of ethical conduct. You will provide guidance and support to ensure managers are making reasonable and informed decisions regarding legal risks; manage the legal strategy with outside counsel including spending without compromising financial and reputational risk; and provide in-house and external legal expertise to address the increasingly complex legal environment by partnering with business units regions and global stakeholders to identify and advise on applicable laws and regulatory changes for a given country and/or across multiple countries.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:
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SUMMARY
You are responsible for the companys legal activities in a region business units and /or sub-function areas in the country or across multiple countries. To support commercial and corporate initiatives you identify business needs and design and implement our legal strategy through the service delivery model. You advise the business on risk anticipating and addressing internal and external factors and apply your legal specialty area experience to collaborate with other legal colleagues to address legal issues or concerns. You are responsible for the companys legal activities in or related or relevant to Thailand including the broader SEA business units and functional areas. You identify business needs and design and implement our legal strategy through the service delivery model. This role goes beyond traditional legal advisory to serve as a trusted strategic business partner who is courageous proactive and digitally fluent.
You will provide guidance to ensure that business and functional leaders make reasonable and informed decisions on legal risk while acting as a forward-looking enabler of sustainable business growth in the Thai market.
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE
Legal Strategy & Business Enhancement: You will develop and ensure the implementation of legal strategies to enable Mondelēz International to compete aggressively protect our people assets and reputation and comply with legal requirements and standards of ethical conduct. Specifically you will:
Design and execute country-level legal strategies that are directly aligned with Thailands and SEAs business growth targets and strategic roadmap.
Provide guidance and support to ensure stakeholders make reasonable risk-informed decisions; translate complex legal risk into clear commercially meaningful advice.
Partner with stakeholders to identify and advise on applicable laws regulatory changes and market developments affecting Thailand and where relevant broader SEA operations.
Manage the legal strategy and relationship with outside counsel driving value controlling spend and protecting financial and reputational risk.
Serve as in-country legal anchor for cross-border transactions regulatory submissions and government engagements.
Proactive Risk & Regulatory Intelligence : Acting as a forward-looking risk advisor you will:
Monitor and synthesize multi-market regulatory developments in Thailand including labor law antitrust data protection marketing regulations and ESG-related requirements.
Maintain a live regulatory intelligence dashboard to brief senior business leaders efficiently and accurately.
Anticipate regulatory changes before risks materialize shifting from reactive compliance to a proactive predictive legal operating model.
Build and maintain strong relationships with Thai regulatory authorities external counsel and industry bodies.
Digital Technology & Legal Operations : You will drive digital transformation within the legal function:
Champion the adoption of legal technology including CLM platforms AI-assisted contract review and automated workflow tools.
Lead the digitalization and standardization of Thailand contract templates and legal processes transitioning away from manual email-dependent workflows.
Leverage AI-powered legal research tools to enhance speed accuracy and insight in legal analysis.
Contribute to the SEA Legal digital operations roadmap by piloting and scaling legal tech solutions in Thailand.
ESG Sustainability & Enterprise Culture : You will ensure Thailand operations are anchored in responsible business conduct:
Drive compliance with Thailands evolving sustainability and supply chain regulations; contribute to the SEA ESG compliance roadmap.
Support labor law compliance and proactively address people-related legal risk targeting zero material labor law violations.
Reinforce Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption frameworks whistleblower protection mechanisms and ethics compliance programs.
Provide crisis communication support and help build organizational resilience against reputational and regulatory risk.
Stakeholder Engagement & Capability Building. You will:
Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to Thai business leadership influencing decisions without formal authority.
Proactively train and upskill commercial teams on antitrust data protection marketing compliance and contract management.
Share knowledge generously across the SEA Legal team; contribute to regional legal playbooks training modules and best practices.
Mentor junior legal colleagues and co-develop country-level succession and capability plans.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. The following qualifications experience and future-fit characteristics reflect the profile we are looking for:
Future-fit mindset and approach
Courage : You speak up and take calculated risks
Proactive & Predictive : You anticipate issues
Strategic : You think ahead and shape direction
You are business-savvy and create value
Digital & Technology Fluency
AI/Automation Literacy : Including AI-assisted contract review legal analytics dashboards and data-driven decision-making tools
Legal Tech Adoption : Hands-on experience with CLM platforms contract management systems and legal research tools
Digital-First Operations : Ability to migrate manual email-dependent legal processes to automated standardized digital workflows
AI-Powered Research : Proficiency using AI research tools to accelerate legal research quality and speed
Business Acumen and Commercial Thinking
P&L Literacy : Strong understanding of how legal decisions impact business profitability cost structures and competitive positioning
Growth Strategy Alignment : Ability to link legal strategy directly to Thailand and SEA business growth targets and commercial priorities
Negotiation & Deal Structuring : Experience in M&A joint ventures licensing and complex commercial negotiations
Value Creation Orientation : Mindset shift from cost center to business growth enabler; demonstrates measurable value to the business
Regulatory Agility & Market Intelligence
Multi-Market Regulatory Mapping : Demonstrated ability to simultaneously track relevant laws regulations requirements and shifts (particularly labor law antitrust shifts ESG requirements and PDPA compliance) across Thailand and SEA markets
Regulatory Intelligence Systems : Experience building and maintaining regulatory monitoring dashboards and briefing materials for business leaders
Proactive Compliance Mindset : Track record of anticipating regulatory changes before risk materializes and presenting pre-emptive solutions
Government & Regulatory Networks : Established relationships with Thai regulatory authorities industry associations and peer legal networks
Diversity & Local Market Expertise
Deep Local Knowledge : Strong in-country roots with knowledge of Thai legal cultural business and regulatory landscape
Language Capability : Fluency in both Thai and English is essential for regulatory monitoring stakeholder engagement and regional collaboration
Specialist Generalist Balance : Holds a blend of specialist legal expertise in priority growth areas and broad generalist capability to address diverse business needs
Thinking Diversity : Demonstrates a blend of analytical and creative thinking; equally effective in proactive and reactive legal modes
Soft Skills & Leadership Qualities
Cross-Cultural Communication : Excellent verbal and written communication across Thai and international business environments
Stakeholder Influence : Proven ability to influence senior business leaders and cross-functional teams without formal authority
Agile Mindset : Comfort with ambiguity; rapid learner; demonstrates resilience and iterative problem-solving
Mentoring & Capability Building : Active commitment to developing junior team members and sharing knowledge broadly
Emotional Intelligence : Understands team dynamics; manages conflict constructively; builds trust with diverse stakeholders
Integrity & Credibility : Highest level of professional and personal integrity; willing to express views with courage and conviction
Qualifications & Legal Experience
Law degree (LLB LLM or equivalent) with a license to practice law in Thailand
Minimum 12 years of legal experience preferably including in-house experience in a large matrixed multinational company
Strong analytical strategic vision decision-making and problem-solving skills
Experience assessing and advising on risk coaching business clients and managing dispute resolution in a multinational environment
Track record of managing outside counsel relationships and legal spend effectively
No Relocation support available
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation or preference gender identity national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Employment Type : Full-Time
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Vacancy: 1
Legal Counsel – Thailand • Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
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