Director, Legal

Key responsiblities

•  Serve as the lead legal advisor for MG Asia and S. Korea based initiatives and international expansion, providing pragmatic, solutions-oriented counsel to business and functional stakeholders. 
• Act as the primary legal partner to key stakeholders: the Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Commercial business teams, with the ability to advocate for business priorities while upholding legal and regulatory integrity. 
• Identify, anticipate, and mitigate legal and regulatory risks associated with the launch of new features and technologies, and into new markets, especially given the evolving tech landscape and ambiguous operating environments. 
• Draft, negotiate, and oversee complex marketing, commercial, and product-related contracts, policies, and governance frameworks. 
• Work autonomously -- leading end-to-end legal execution, including preparing regulatory responses, product legal reviews, and internal policy rollouts—with only peripheral need for senior / legal leadership escalation. 
• Mentor and manage junior legal team members, ensuring consistency, professional growth, and high standards of output.
• Champion a collaborative and solutions-driven legal culture, fostering trust with internal non-legal (e.g. product / marketing) teams, while constructively challenging decisions where needed to safeguard legal and reputational interests.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

•  A law degree from an accredited law program and admission to the Bar in South Korea and/or US, or other notable Commonwealth jurisdictions. 
• Minimum 6-8 years’ PQE, with top law firm and prior in-house legal department experience; prior tech-company experience is strongly preferred, prior MNC and/or portfolio company experience is a bonus. 
• Business level Korean and business level English (both written and spoken). 
• Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously, exercising sound judgment in a lean legal function. 
• Familiarity with the demands of a small legal team, able to lead and inspire junior lawyers, adept at guiding them on drafting, negotiating, writing and research skills. 
• Able to manage competing expectations from various stakeholders (ranging from internal demands within the Korean leadership org to responsible & pre-emptive reporting to global HQ), while maintaining prioritisation and execution discipline in a fast-paced environment. 
• Be effective at working in a cross-functional, multinational team, welcoming diversity and supporting inclusivity. 
• Experience with general consumer protection, data protection, IP, digital media, internet industry laws are strongly preferred. 
• Excellent communication, analytical and interpersonal skills, with a high level of attention to detail, strong sense of ownership and accountability.