JP Legal Counsel / JP Senior Legal Counsel - Tokyo,Japan

Appier is an s AI-native Agentic AI as a Service (AaaS) company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to power business decision-making. Founded in 2012 with a vision of democratizing AI, Appier’s mission is turning AI into ROI by making software intelligent. Appier now has 17 offices across APAC, Europe and U.S., and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Ticker number: 4180). Visit www.appier.com for more information.

We are looking for JP Legal Counsel role who will be focusing on corporate legal affairs management. This role will require proficiency in Japanese and Chinese,  and business-level English is preferred.

• →Liaise and give accurate legal direction regularly with our global colleagues on their legal
  requirements for their commercial activities.
• →Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of contracts and other legal documents, primarily
  related to sales, vendors, partners, licensing, and marketing. The work will be mainly
  conducted in Japanese, with occasional involvement in Mandarin Chinese and English
  contracts.
• →Apply and streamline corporate legal procedure and process.
• →Conduct research on legal issues related to AdTech or/and MarTech business that may
  impact company.
• →Work allocation by language: 60-70% for Chinese and English; 30-40% for Japanese.
• →Other tasks or projects as directed by Legal Manager

About you
[Essential]

• →Be open-minded, ambitious; and communicate directly.
• →Bachelor of Law degree is required (LL.B).
• →Fluent in both Japanese, Chinese. JLPT N1 or equivalent is required.
• →Minimum 1 year of legal experience in Japan, either at a law firm or as in-house counsel.
• →Desire to learn and work in AdTech or/and MarTech industry, with willingness to stay updated on changing regulations and industry trends.

[Nice to have]

• →Japan and/or US bar certificate.
• →Experience in Data Compliance, M&A or IP.
• →Working experience in advertising or/and software industry.
• →Business English

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