▪ Assist supervisors/lawyers in drafting legal advice and opinions, fee proposal on matters related to commercial contracts and business licensing.

▪ Assist supervisors/lawyers in drafting and reviewing commercial contracts, preparing application forms for approval, license, permit, registration of the business, products or services and preparing legal advice on the same.

▪ Assist supervisors/lawyers in due diligence exercise and drafting due diligence report covering matters on material commercial contracts and business licensing of the target company.

▪ Assist supervisors/lawyers in drafting, reviewing and translating any assigned legal documents from Khmer to English and vice versa.

▪ Assist supervisors/lawyers in meeting with the client, negotiation with any parties or officials.

▪ Assist supervisors/lawyers in coordinating various legal related projects with clients and team members.

▪ Keep informed and up-to-date of laws, regulations, economic and legal news.

▪ Assist supervisor/lawyer in providing legal training to employee of the firm or to the client.

▪ Draft/update templates and working tools assigned by supervisor/lawyers.

▪ Record time spent properly, both billable hours and non-billable hours per the firm’s policies.

▪ Coaching to legal assistants and assist supervisor/lawyers in firm development activities.

Education

▪ Holds a bachelor degree in law or equivalent in related field

▪ Other academic qualifications in related field and/or English would be an added advantage

Experience

▪ Prior experience in drafting, reviewing contracts, dealing with applications for licensing as well as with officials would be an added advantage.

Skills, Knowledge and Characteristics

▪ Excellent knowledge and understanding of legal and business environment

▪ Good analytical and critical thinking skills and use of logic to address work-related issues and problems

▪ Law firm skills including professionalism, attorney-client relationship, ethics and communication, time recording and management, file management, and secretarial skills

▪ Networking skill

▪ Presentation skill

Key Requisites

▪ Good command of spoken and written English and Khmer. Good knowledge in other languages such as French, Chinese or Japanese is an asset

▪ Proficiency in Microsoft office - Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint

▪ Outstanding time-management skills

▪ Possess professional finesse

▪ Good people skills

▪ Strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills

▪ Possess team player qualities

▪ Is curious and proactive

▪ Be open minded and deal calmly and effectively in tough deadline

▪ Willing to personally take on responsibilities and challenges

▪ Ability to work independently with limited supervision

▪ Ability to multi task and priorities multiple work demands

▪ Attention to detail is a must

▪ Fast learner and worker with a strong service mind and "can-do" attitude