Jan 2018 - Present
“I’m paid to spot the legal iceberg before the captain even sees the fog.”
### Mission
Serve as the enterprise’s strategic legal compass—anticipating regulatory headwinds, building frameworks for rapid growth, and ensuring every bold idea is launched with airtight compliance.
### Core Responsibilities
1. **Strategic Risk & Investment Counsel** – Evaluate legal, tax, and reputational risks for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and green-field projects; translate complex regulations into clear go/no-go recommendations for the C-suite.
2. **Corporate Structure & Governance** – Design multi-jurisdiction entity structures (holdcos, SPVs, JVs) that optimise tax efficiency, funding flexibility, and liability shielding; steward board procedures and subsidiary governance.
3. **Deal Execution** – Lead the entire M\&A lifecycle—due diligence, term-sheet drafting, negotiation, signing, closing, and post-merger integration—while orchestrating internal deal teams and external counsel.
4. **Intellectual Property Strategy** – Build and monetise global patent and trademark portfolios; direct copyright-enforcement, trade secret protection, technology licensing, and anti-counterfeiting programmes.
5. **Contract Lifecycle Management** – Establish enterprise-wide templates and digital CLM workflows; negotiate high-value supply, distribution, SaaS, and strategic-alliance agreements.
6. **Litigation & Dispute Resolution** – Craft litigation and settlement strategies, manage outside counsel, and control legal spend; lead crisis response for regulatory investigations and cross-border disputes.
7. **Regulatory & Compliance Oversight** – Design and oversee programmes for antitrust, data privacy, ESG, export control, FCPA/anti-bribery, AML, AI governance, and industry-specific rules; deliver audits and training that embed a “compliance-by-design” culture.
8. **Government & Stakeholder Relations** – Advocate corporate positions before regulators, trade associations, and legislators; monitor policy shifts and provide horizon-scanning briefings to executives.
9. **Legal Operations & Team Leadership** – Build and mentor an agile in-house legal team; deploy e-billing, analytics, and knowledge-management systems to drive efficiency and set KPIs aligned with business strategy.
10. **Thought Leadership & Research** – Track global legal trends (AI, digital assets, carbon markets), publish white papers, and brief boards on emerging risk landscapes.
### Industry Breadth
Electronics ⚡ | Advanced Manufacturing 🏭 | Social Media & Entertainment 🎬 | Advertising 📢 | Retail & E-Commerce 🛒 | Import/Export 🌏 | Internet & SaaS ☁️
### Forward-Looking Initiatives
* **AI & Data Governance** – Crafting frameworks for generative-AI ethics, model liability, and cross-border data flows.
* **Sustainability & ESG** – Aligning corporate reporting with upcoming CSRD/ISSB standards and carbon-credit regulations.
* **Digital Asset Compliance** – Preparing for tokenised IP, smart-contract enforcement, and blockchain evidence protocols.
### Signature Strengths
* **Negotiation Ninja** – Secures “yes” without sacrificing guardrails.
* **Plain-English Translator** – Converts legalese into actionable business language in Mandarin and English.
* **Crisis Whisperer** – Calms storms, marshals facts, and guides executives through high-stakes decisions.
* **Tech-Savvy Counsel** – Early adopter of legal-tech, CLM, and data analytics to amplify team output.