Senior Legal Consultant

Job Description

Are you passionate about providing legal advice to indoor LEGO® play attractions?

Join the LEGO® Group and play a key role in safeguarding our brand while supporting legal operations across APAC and China.

No relocation assistance is provided for this role. The primary work location is China or Vietnam, with Singapore also available as an option.

As the LEGO Group continues to grow, so does the demand for high-quality legal support. This role sits within the newly established Tax & Legal Operations team as part of our global Business Services Operations (BSO) function.

As a Senior Legal Consultant, you will contribute to the delivery of efficient, scalable legal services across the region. Your primary focus will be to support contract drafting, review, negotiation, and lifecycle management across multiple business areas. You will play a key role in supporting our newly established factory in Vietnam, while also contributing to regional contracting processes and broader legal operations initiatives.

At the LEGO Group, our mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow. In this role, you will help safeguard our brand and ensure operational excellence by delivering high-quality legal and compliance services with an international scope.

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts across diverse legal areas and jurisdictions in APAC, supporting activities across manufacturing, procurement, sales, and marketing, with a particular focus on supporting our newly established factory in Vietnam
• Ensure legal accuracy and alignment with corporate policies and compliance with internal contracting standards, legal frameworks, and governance requirements, including escalation of material legal risks when needed
• Manage contract lifecycle processes for the LEGO Group's sales-related and other contracts in the region
• Support the standardisation and continuous improvement of contracting processes, including contributing to playbooks, templates, negotiation guides, and legal tech platform improvements
• Assist with corporate secretarial matters for legal entities across APAC
• Communicate complex legal concepts in a clear and concise manner to non-legal stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making and effective risk mitigation.
• Contribute to legal operations initiatives such as automation, contract analytics, and process optimisation to enhance efficiency and consistency

• Strong experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts across multiple legal areas and contract types (e.g., manufacturing, procurement, sales, marketing)
• Experience working with Vietnamese law, including contract drafting and advisory, with strong understanding of the local regulatory framework
• Hands-on experience managing contract lifecycle processes
• Exposure to corporate secretarial matters, with the ability to support entity governance and compliance requirements across jurisdictions
• Collaborative, curious, and proactive, with a solutions-oriented mindset and a strong sense of ownership
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in MS Office and comfort working with legal tech platforms
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration and the ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly to non-legal stakeholders
• Interest in developing expertise in legal operations
• Understanding of and curiosity around legal tech and AI solutions for contract work

• Experience in a Vietnam manufacturing environment
• Experience in a similar role within a corporate legal department or law firm
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools
• Experience working in an international, multi-jurisdictional environment
• Working proficiency in Vietnamese is an advantage

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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