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We are people who want to make a difference.

Everything we do starts with people. It’s what makes us different from all other car companies. If you share our belief in the power of people and our passion for human-centric innovation, you will thrive together with brilliant, like-minded colleagues who are committed to making a true difference?

Summary

Volvo Cars China is seeking a proactive, business-minded, seasoned commercial lawyer to become part of its Greater China Legal team within Group Legal function, supporting Volvo Cars’ strategic transformation and growing business in China. Our new colleague will provide business-oriented legal support to a wide variety of commercial operations and activities across Greater China, have opportunity to contribute or drive strategic global projects, independently manage legal needs and matters for certain commercial functions.

Volvo Cars and the Team

Group Legal of Volvo Cars is a global function with a team of top-of-the-line in-house lawyers who focus on realizing Volvo’s ambition to be a leader in the global automotive industry in safety technology and our efforts towards fully electrification. Volvo Cars expect its legal colleagues to be enthusiastic, curious, collaborative, interested in technology with high integrity and a pragmatic approach towards all matters.

The Greater China legal team is a group of lawyers with different backgrounds and a dynamic culture. The Shanghai-based legal team primarily supports Volvo Cars’ operation in Greater China region including commercial operation, car manufacturing, R&D development, corporate governance, procurement and logistic activities, real estate transactions, financial matters, merger & acquisition, venture investments, competition law matters and other compliance related matters. It is also Greater China legal team’s responsibility to manage legal disputes of any nature, to provide legal training, and to develop policies, instructions, and guidelines for the Greater China region.

Key Responsibilities

Candidate will be a key member of the Greater China Legal team, particularly supporting the commercial operation and activities of the National Sales Company based in the Sinar Mas Plaza in Shanghai. Our new colleague will be a trusted legal advisor and interface for commercial teams to address their legal needs on a day-to-day basis, to independently manage various legal matters and projects supporting commercial operations and will in this capacity collaborate and interact with legal colleagues in the China team and also with other legal colleagues around the globe.

Key responsibilities include the following:

1) Providing effective, sophisticated, and pragmatic legal advice across a multitude of topics and matters to navigate, resolve, and prevent legal risks and issues in commercial transactions and operations, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements, counseling on commercial matters including for example competition law, marketing, direct-to-consumer matters, handling disputes, and managing external counsel.

2) Proactively monitoring relevant legislative and regulatory developments and sharing within both the legal and business teams as appropriate, supporting business teams in exploring new business models and opportunities in changing legislative and regulatory landscape.

3) Supporting affiliate-related M&A projects, cross-region legal projects, as well as other strategic initiatives and projects.

4) Conducting legal trainings for internal colleagues on various legal topics including competition law, advertisement, internal procedures and policies.

Qualifications

• Master of law (with upper-tier grades) from a reputable Chinese university. Oversea educational background is preferred.

• 10+ years of post-qualification commercial counselling experience in reputable law firms and preferably part of this time at the legal department of multinational companies. Working experience in a global legal team or overseas is strongly preferred.

• PRC Bar qualified is required, overseas law degrees and/or qualification preferred.

• Experience in M&A projects and contentious matters is a plus.

Desired Competences

• Proven highest level of integrity and accountability.

• Possess strong legal expertise and skills to fulfill all the responsibilities assigned at high quality.

• Ability to multi-task and handle multi-stream assignments in a fast-paced environment.

• Able to plan, prioritize and execute within the required timeframe to meet business needs; timely delivery without supervision is must.

• Pragmatic and business-oriented approach to problem solving but holding legal advice strong and firm; being able to translate legal advice to actions that deliver business value.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a service mindset.

• Good team player with a collaborative thinking; being able to work cross-functionally with good business sense and acumen.

• Positive thinking, self-driven, adaptable, enthusiastic to learn, attentive to details.

• Proven excellent English skills in writing and speaking with experience using English as working language.

Who are we?

Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them.

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.