Legal Counsel

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Job Function:

Legal & Compliance

Job Sub Function:

Law Business Partners

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beijing, China, Shanghai, China

Job Description:

Role Overview

The Legal Counsel serves as a legal business partner to J&J Innovative Medicine China. This role provides pragmatic, solution-driven and business-focused legal support to enable business growth while maintaining high standards of legal and compliance integrity.

The Legal Counsel will have the opportunity to support Oncology, Neuroscience & Rare Disease, Medical Affairs, Commercial Excellence, and/or GenAI projects.  This role also supports dispute management, employment-related matters, and government investigations.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Legal Business Partnering

• Serve as a day-to-day legal partner for assigned business units and functions, identifying legal risks and opportunities early, and delivering strategic, proactive and practical guidance aligned with business objectives and risk appetite.
• Translate regional and global legal strategies into practical, China-specific guidance and guardrails.
• Communicate complex legal concepts in a clear, concise, and business-friendly manner.
• Develop strong relationships with business leaders and become a trusted advisor on key business initiatives.

2. Contracting Support

• Draft, review, and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements in relation to assigned business units and functions, including sponsorship, grant, donation, collaboration, service, confidentiality, and GenAI-related contracts.
• Provide advice on contract structure, risk allocation, negotiation strategy, and dispute avoidance; ensure alignment with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies.

3. Disputes, Employment Matters, and Litigation Support

• Support the management of legal disputes for assigned business units and functions in collaboration with the Litigation team, including evidence coordination and review of submissions.
• Provide legal support on employment matters in partnership with the Employment Law team, HR and relevant stakeholders, including dispute resolution and regulatory interactions.
• Monitor dispute trends and identify opportunities to improve business processes and reduce legal exposure.

4. Risk Management, Regulatory Matters, and Investigations

• Identify, assess, and escalate legal and compliance risks across supported business units and functions; partner cross-functionally to develop and implement mitigation plans.
• Support responses to regulatory inspections, inquiries, investigations, and enforcement matters in coordination with relevant functions.
• Stakeholder Engagement, Training, and Capability Building
• Build trusted relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Monitor and proactively assess new and emerging laws, regulations, regulatory enforcement trends, industry codes, and policy developments relevant to the company's business and operations in China.
• Develop and deliver legal training programs, workshops, and awareness sessions to business and functional stakeholders on key legal and compliance topics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Law;
• Qualified to practice law in the PRC; admission in another jurisdiction is a plus;
• 3-5 years of experience working at a leading international or PRC law firm, with a proven track record in legal analysis, contract drafting and review;
• Proactive, thorough, and detail-oriented approach to legal work;
• Strong strategic thinking;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and Mandarin, with the ability to clearly articulate complex legal concepts to both legal and non-legal stakeholders.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

AI Judgement Integration, Analytical Reasoning, Business Agility, Commercial Laws, Compliance Management, Corporate Governance, Dispute Resolution, Document Management, Due Diligence, Lawyering, Legal Services, Legal Support, Negotiation, Process Improvements, Representing, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility