Paralegal, SEA&I

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

This role will work with the NIKE Southeast Asia & India (SEA&I) Legal team based in Singapore and India and broader Legal teams across the global. This role will report into Director, Assistant General Counsel of SEA&I and will also collaborate with NIKE’s business and operational teams across SEA&I countries and at our world headquarters in Oregon, U.S.A.  You will also liaise with external counsels from time-to-time.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

NIKE is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Corporate Paralegal to join our dynamic, fast past SEA&I Territory Legal Team in Singapore.  This role will provide legal and compliance support on a broad range of topics relevant to NIKE’s SEA&I business teams. To be successful in this role, the candidate must be a team-player, able and willing to work across cultures, geographies, and functional teams. The ideal candidate will be intellectually curious, a self-starter, have a strong attention to detail, and be able to work on both time sensitive deadlines and long-term projects. Excellent written and verbal English communication skills are required.

• Minimum 2 years' of legal work experience; ideally at a large law firm and/or international company

• Bachelor´s degree is required, a degree in Law or paralegal certification is preferred.

• Experience with contract law, including structure of contracts and contract life-cycle management.

• Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating a high volume of agreements under tight deadlines

• Proactive, organized, strategic thinker and responsible

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a high level of attention to detail

• Proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Word and Excel, and ability to navigate digital contract management and e-signature tools

• Self-starter with an ability to comfortably work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment

• Excellent judgement, with a proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and complete tasks accurately, on schedule and with minimal supervision.

• Fluent in written and spoken English

• Strong ability to communicate effectively and succinctly, verbally and in writing, with legal and business personnel at all levels.

• Comfortable working with multi-jurisdictional teams, some of whom English is a second language.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

You will play an integral role in supporting the attorneys on the SEAI Legal Team. Among other relevant activities, key responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in the drafting, negotiation, and review of contracts and other legal documents, such as commercial, artistic, and services agreements.

• Liaising with marketing teams to help them take preemptive measures to avoid legal risks in marketing campaigns and consumer facing activities.

• Drafting and review terms and conditions, and participant waivers for marketing and promotional campaigns, promotions, and contests.

• Researching a variety of legal and regulatory topics and reporting back to Legal and Business stakeholders.

• Assisting with the development of training and presentations on legal topics.

• Supporting the completion, execution and lifecycle management of contracts.

• Building and maintaining trackers of legal and project trackers.

• Organizing and supporting the maintenance of legal record databases.

• Coordinating the translation of documents with NIKE’s global translation provider.

• Managing legal budget spend and resolution of legal invoice issues with internal and external stakeholders.