Head of Legal (Middle East and Africa)

About the Company:

Founded in 1997, Trina Solar is the world-leading PV and smart energy total solution provider. On 10 June 2020, Trina Solar issues first A-Shares on Shanghai Sci-Tech Innovation Board, becomes the first PV product, PV system and smart energy company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation Board. Today, Trina Solar is actively accelerating its pace of globalization and the development of its global management team.

Description of Key Job Duties:

• Responsible for the risk management of product sales contracts in the Middle East and Africa region, provide legal support for large or complex bilingual (Chinese and English) contracts, assist and guide business negotiations to facilitate signing.
• Regional risk management and provide strategic advice to business management, prevent potential risks in various commercial transactions in the early stages, lead the proper resolution of company litigation or disputes in later stages, and maximize loss avoidance for the company.
• Provide legal support for overseas affairs at the group level across regions or business units (BUs), collaborate with other regions or departments of the group to handle specific, sensitive, or complex overseas legal matters or disputes.
• Supervision and cost control of external lawyers: Select competent external lawyers for different jurisdictions and types of legal matters, control costs, and supervise the quality of external lawyers' work.
• Team empowerment: Enhance the professional skills of the legal team in the region, closely interact and cooperate with the business team, and provide necessary support and training.
• Process empowerment: Provide professional advice for the update of company system documents, contract templates, and process optimization.
• Compliance management: Provide policy or strategic advice for the company’s compliance affairs, support company system documents, and offer relevant legal compliance training for overseas business.
• Other daily legal support tasks for the company.

Skills Requirement:

• Full-time bachelor’s degree or above, graduated in a related legal field, law firm experience preferred.
• Passed the Judicial Examination or National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination.
• Over 10 years of legal management experience, familiar with specific overseas regional laws.
• Fluent in English and Chinese as a working language, to liaise with Chinese counterparties.
• Willing to accept expatriation or frequent business trips.

Application Process:

If this is the opportunity you have been waiting for and you fit what we looking for, we welcome your application. The application process involves submitting your current resume via Linkedin’s easy apply or e-mail to apac_career@trinasolar.com

*Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.