Experience

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  Kinetic

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    • Oct 2021 - Present
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Contract Drafting and Negotiation• Play a key role in transport tenders in Australia and New Zealand.• Advise, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements to support infrastructure projects. • Negotiate and draft complex technology contracts and agreements.• Lead complex procurement processes for purchase contracts.Project Management and Dispute Resolution• Manage financing projects in Australia and UK. • Lead legal and regulatory matters for joint ventures and consortiums.• Negotiate and place an insurance program for Australia, NZ, and the UK. • Maintain all legal documents and templates to make sure they are up-to-date and compliant with laws.• Responsible for litigious matters, including WHSE, insurance, IR and employment dispute matters. • Set up and lead the Pride Committee for LGBTQI+ employees and obtained AWEI Bronze Status. Management and Strategy• Manage the legal due diligence in various share sales and asset sales.• Manage all regulatory compliance matters.• Coordinate with and manage external advisors, auditors, and legal counsel.• Legal lead in the Environmental and Social and Corporate Governance Reporting.

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  Adecco Australia Group and Modis

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Head of Legal and Compliance

    • Jan 2019 - Aug 2021
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Contract Drafting and Negotiation• led, negotiated, and closed the ICT Solutions Contracts with various State and Federal Government clients.• Negotiated and finalised the staffing services contracts for multinational companies and IT solutions contracts for mining companies. • Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders, including finance, sales, and commercial teams.Project Management and Dispute Resolution• Managed all industrial relations, employment and workers’ compensation matters and legal proceedings in various forums and jurisdictions.• Developed, coordinated, and enforced policies, procedures, and compliance programs. • Monitored regulatory developments through various industry working groups and external legal advisors. Management and Strategy• Accomplished department objectives by managing a medium size risk function, consist of Legal team, IR/ER team, Audit team and WHS team. • As the Executive Team, participated in strategic decisions. • As a company secretary, supported the effectiveness of the board and managed all corporate compliance matters. • Advised the board and its committees on governance matters.

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  Pacific Life Re

  • Singapore

  • Director, Legal Counsel

    • Oct 2015 - Jan 2019
    • Singapore

    Contract Drafting and Negotiation• Negotiated and drafted reinsurance industry-related agreements in multiple languages (English, Korean, and Japanese).• Advised and assisted the Pricing team to complete the revision of Terms of Trade for each Asian market. • Negotiated all reinsurance treaties, NDAs, supply contracts for the company. • Reviewed and finalised all policyholder and consumer terms and conditions for insurance products. Project Management and Dispute Resolution• Worked closely with the IT department for the implementation of an SAP ERP system to make sure the system complied with the regulations required in each jurisdiction. • Managed contract dispute matters with clients. • Supported expansion operations into China and Indonesia.Management and Strategy• Led the expansion plan and provided advice on the regulatory requirements for the application and licensing process.• Provided advice on the operational issues arising out of APAC offices.• Liaised with the local regulators and local external lawyers to obtain the latest development in legislations and regulations. Regulatory Compliance• Updated all Asian market related policies to reflect the jurisdiction-specific issues, including the financial regulations, financial sanctions regulations (AML/CTF) and data protection compliance matters. • Reporting requirements required by the local regulators.• Managed a compliance framework for the data protection and privacy law.

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  Adecco Australia

  • Switzerland
  • Staffing and Recruiting
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    • Jun 2014 - Oct 2015

    Contract Drafting and Negotiation• IT Consultancy Agreements for application modernisation, system integration and project management in mining, telecommunication, and government clients. Contract management-related agreements.Regulatory Compliance• Trained delivery teams to ensure they comply with the internal and client policies required under the contracts.• Ensured the company to comply with the cross-border legislations which have an exterritorial power, such as the US, Australian and EU Data Protection laws and Privacy Laws• Negotiated and finalised a tender proposal for the data migration project and the development of internal IT program.

  • Legal Counsel

    • Oct 2011 - Jun 2014

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  Cargill

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Corporate Counsel

    • Jun 2009 - Nov 2011
    • Melbourne, Australia

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  Norton Rose Fulbright

  • Lawyer

    • Feb 2007 - Jun 2009

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  CJ CheilJedang

  • Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea

  • Senior Consultant, Strategy and Business Development

    • Jan 2001 - Dec 2005
    • Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea

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  Samsung

  • Seoul, Korea

  • Consultant

    • Feb 1998 - Jan 2001
    • Seoul, Korea

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  Goldman Sachs

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Industry Analyst

    • Aug 1995 - Nov 1997
    • Greater New York City Area