AliExpress is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel (commercial).
Job Description:
- Reporting to General Counsel of AliExpress, Taobao Global and Tmall World, advise on legal aspects of the platform’s global expansion of current and proposed new e-commerce offerings
- Provide advice to business teams on legal aspects of the implementation of commercial agreements, business models and strategies, business operations, marketing activities, and product offerings
- Set up and maintain the legal and compliance frameworks on business activities, and to apply and obtain relevant approvals or licenses where relevant
- Research local laws and regulations in foreign jurisdictions and manage outside counsel
- Negotiate, draft, and review contracts and commercial agreements
- Develop in-house legal tools and policies, and conduct trainings to business units
Job requirements:
- Legal qualification to practice law, preferably in Hong Kong, England and Wales, and/or the U.S.
- For senior legal counsel, at least 10 years, and for legal counsel, at least 7 years of post-qualification experience at a top law firm and/or leading corporation. In-house experience is welcome (especially if e-commerce/tech related), but not mandatory
- Experience and familiarity with e-commerce, and/or cross-border trade transactions (in particular re import/export, supply chain, online retail, payments or financing) preferred
- Familiarity with merger & acquisitions and/or other corporate financing transactions
- Strong proficiency in both English and Chinese (i.e. including ability to hold intense business meetings in Chinese, and reading and writing in Chinese). Other language proficiencies will also support an application
- Highly-motivated and always ready to work independently and under pressure in a start-up environment
- Sincere interest in technology, innovation and business. Strong commercial sense with solid foundation in legal training
- High integrity and desire to collaborate with others
- Open to frequent travel internationally and to China (such as to Hangzhou headquarters)