Zeiss

Manufactures high-precision optical instruments and devices

Legal & Compliance Counsel

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeTaipei City, TaiwanNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A law degree and relevant legal qualification are required.
Approximately 4–6 years of relevant legal experience are required.
Strong commercial contracting experience and sound legal judgment are required.
Strong business acumen and the ability to provide practical, risk-based, commercially workable legal advice are required.
Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to independently drive matters from issue identification through implementation are required.
Fluent written and spoken Mandarin Chinese and English are required.

Responsibilities

Provide legal advice and business partnership across commercial, operational, and strategic matters.
Draft and review commercial agreements, including customer, supplier, service, research and development, technology, licensing, and other business contracts.
Support strategic and corporate projects, business transformation, growth initiatives, and cross-business-unit collaboration, including business transfers, corporate restructuring, strategic investments, and other cross-border initiatives.
Advise stakeholders on contractual risk, liability, approval requirements, and appropriate escalation, and provide practical solutions aligned with business objectives.
Support legal matters relating to technology, manufacturing, medical device, and other regulated business activities.
Support the implementation and ongoing management of local compliance programs, including compliance monitoring, conflicts of interest, third-party due diligence, training, policy implementation, and related follow-up; promote integrity, responsible business conduct, and sustainable growth.
Support internal investigations and remediation activities when required.
Contribute to Legal and Compliance governance, process improvement, templates, playbooks, digital tools, and other legal operations initiatives to enhance efficiency, consistency, and scalability.

Desired Qualifications

Taiwan attorney qualification is preferred.
Relevant legal experience in a multinational company or international law firm is preferred.
Experience in technology, semiconductor, medical device, industrial, or other regulated business-to-business environments is preferred.
Experience in corporate transactions, business transfers, restructuring, strategic investments, research and development, or intellectual property-related matters is an advantage.

Provide legal advice and business partnership across commercial, operational and strategic matters.
Draft and review a broad range of commercial agreements, including customer, supplier, service, R&D, technology, licensing and other business contracts.

Support strategic and corporate projects, business transformation, growth initiatives and cross-BU collaboration, including business transfers, corporate restructuring, strategic investments and other cross-border initiatives.

Advise stakeholders on contractual risk, liability, approval requirements and appropriate escalation, and provide practical solutions aligned with business objectives.
Support legal matters relating to technology, manufacturing, medical device and other regulated business activities.

Support the implementation and ongoing management of local compliance programs, including compliance monitoring, conflicts of interest, third-party due diligence, training, policy implementation and related follow-up, and promote a culture of integrity, responsible business conduct and sustainable growth.

Support internal investigations and remediation activities where required.

Contribute to Legal & Compliance governance, process improvement, templates, playbooks, digital tools and other legal operations initiatives to enhance efficiency, consistency and scalability.

Law degree and relevant legal qualification; Taiwan attorney qualification is preferred.
Approximately 4–6 years of relevant legal experience, preferably in a multinational company or international law firm.
Strong commercial contracting experience and sound legal judgment.
Experience in technology, semiconductor, medical device, industrial or other regulated B2B environments is preferred.
Experience in corporate transactions, business transfers, restructuring, strategic investments, R&D or IP-related matters is an advantage.

Strong business acumen and ability to provide practical, risk-based and commercially workable legal advice.

Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to independently drive matters from issue identification through implementation.
Fluent written and spoken Mandarin Chinese and English.

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About the Company

Zeiss

Manufactures high-precision optical instruments and devices

ZEISS is a global leader in optics and optoelectronics, serving medical professionals, industrial manufacturers, consumers, and the semiconductor industry. It designs and sells high-precision optical instruments, medical devices, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and vision care products such as corrective lenses and eye-health services. Its products rely on advanced optics and imaging technologies to deliver accurate inspection, diagnosis, and manufacturing outcomes across healthcare, industrial quality control, consumer optics, and chip fabrication. What sets ZEISS apart is its breadth and depth: a long-standing scale in multiple markets, integrated solutions across optics, imaging, metrology, and precision engineering, and a commitment to sustainability in electricity use and carbon emissions. The company’s goal is to advance optics and optoelectronics by providing reliable, high-quality tools and services worldwide while operating in a sustainable way.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding: $1.1B
Headquarters: Oberkochen, Germany
Founded: 2001

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