Director - Corporate Legal Counsel (Korean-speaking)

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Driving decarbonization and digitalization. Together.

Infineon designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of semiconductors and semiconductor-based solutions, focusing on key markets in the automotive, industrial, and consumer sectors. Its products range from standard components to special components for digital, analog, and mixed-signal applications to customer-specific solutions together with the appropriate software.

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In your new role you will:

• Primarily responsible for agreements/legal advice in sales/marketing/distribution , procurement, real estate and labour law in Korea
• Primary point of contact for Compliance-related matters/processes in Korea & responsible to ensure conformance to compliance-relevant laws/regulations/rules/guidelines (statutory and internal)
• Provide legal & compliance training in Korean language to relevant business stakeholders
• Support agreements/legal advice in other countries in AP region(sales/marketing/distribution, procurement, real estate, labour law,intellectual property, data protection, corporate secretarial, M&A/JVs,post-mergers integrations, as assigned)

You are best equipped for this task if you have:

• Qualified as a lawyer in South Korea
• Fluency in English & Korean languages are required
• 8-10 years relevant professional experience , of which 3 years must be in-house, and significant experience of working with Korean customers/suppliers/partners is required.
• Legal skills: Strong understanding of commercially-related legal principles and concepts and good standard of contract drafting skills and commercial negotiation skills are required. Must be able to organize and explain risk/liability concepts and issues, or statutory requirements, to business stakeholders. Working knowledge of compliance/antitrust and labour laws in Korea is also required.Knowledge/experience in other legal areas (eg. corporate secretarial,IP, litigation or M&A) is an advantage.
• Business/commercial/soft skills: Must have initiative, commercial acumen, and have a deep understanding of contractual/governance risksand concerns and be able to balance those with business needs and strategic decisions. Must have good analytical, client-oriented and communication skills and be able to handle medium to complex legal questions in commercial legal topics.

Here at Infineon, we combine entrepreneurial success with responsible action to make life easier, safer, and greener.

In the 2022 fiscal year (ending 30 September), Infineon reported revenue of more than €14 billion with a workforce of some 56,200 people worldwide. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX) and in the USA on the over-the-counter market OTCQX International Premier (ticker symbol: IFNNY).

Semiconductors are crucial to solve the energy challenges of our time and shape the digital transformation. This is why Infineon is committed to actively driving decarbonization and digitalization. As a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, we enable game-changing solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility, as well as smart and secure IoT.

We make life easier, safer, and greener. Together with our customers and partners. For a better tomorrow.

Here at Infineon, we combine entrepreneurial success with responsible action to make life easier, safer, and greener.

In the 2022 fiscal year (ending 30 September), Infineon reported revenue of more than €14 billion with a workforce of some 56,200 people worldwide. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX) and in the USA on the over-the-counter market OTCQX International Premier (ticker symbol: IFNNY).

Semiconductors are crucial to solve the energy challenges of our time and shape the digital transformation. This is why Infineon is committed to actively driving decarbonization and digitalization. As a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, we enable game-changing solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility, as well as smart and secure IoT.

We make life easier, safer, and greener. Together with our customers and partners. For a better tomorrow.

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