Associate Legal Counsel  

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Initial review of corporate legal documents such as affidavits, memoranda, etc.
2. Initial review of Board Resolutions, Corporate Secretary’s Certificates, and Minutes of the Board Meetings
3. Drafting of contracts with suppliers, contractors, and other external entities.
4. Initial review of external contracts with suppliers, contractors, etc.
5. Initial Review of incorporation of new companies, amendments of articles of incorporations and by-laws, updating of general information sheets
6. Legal research
7. Prepares pleadings, affidavits, motions, and other legal documents required by the court, government agencies, and financial institutions.
8. Represents the company and appear as counsel in litigation.
9. Represents the company and/or its officers in various government agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Intellectual Property Office (IPO), Bureau of Immigration & Deportation (BID), Registry of Deeds (RD), Social Security System (SSS), Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE), National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), etc.
10. Work in close coordination with the company’s external legal counsels for certain outsourced cases.
11. Ensures that all permits and licenses are secured and renewed on time.
12. Assign, organize, and schedule tasks of paralegals
13. Notarization of legal documents

1. Licensed lawyer, preferably a CPA
2. Preferably honor student or Dean’s Lister
3. Fresh bar passer, acceptable
4. 1-year experience as associate legal counsel is preferred but not required (in a law firm or in a corporate setting)
5. Excellent written English skills
6. Very good MS Word and PowerPoint
7. Very good in legal research
8. Very good at drafting pleadings & contracts
9. Very good at reviewing & analyzing contracts