Legal Counsel

Company Description

At Red Bull, we give wiiings to people and ideas. As Legal Counsel, you will be the key legal business partner for Red Bull Japan, supporting the local management team in identifying, managing, and mitigating legal risks across a fast-paced, entrepreneurial business. You will work closely with the APAC Area Legal Counsel and global legal teams, providing practical, commercial, and solution-oriented legal advice aligned with global guidelines, local regulations, and Red Bull values. This role suits an experienced general commercial lawyer who enjoys variety, autonomy, and working closely with the business. Both Bengoshi and Gaiben will be considered. 

Job Description

Management of Legal Matters in Japan

Acts as the primary legal advisor for all general commercial legal matters in Japan, working closely with the local management team and APAC Legal Business Partners. Manages legal matters directly and engages internal or external legal resources when required.

Provides proactive, practical, and strategic legal guidance to identify and mitigate legal risks arising from commercial activities, protecting Red Bull Japan’s business interests. Partners closely with the business to ensure appropriate commercial agreements are in place with key service providers, customers, and third parties, and that business activities, particularly in events, marketing, and sales, comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Provides timely and accurate information on legal matters to APAC Area Legal Counsel

As the key legal business partner for Red Bull Japan, the Legal Counsel will work closely with the APAC Area Legal Counsel in reporting matters of strategic importance, ensuring compliance with global and departmental guidelines.  The Legal Counsel will also (in line with the Legal business partner concept) act as a first point of contact for the Red Bull Japan business for all legal matters.  

Where necessary the Legal Counsel will also connect the Red Bull Japan business with legal department contacts in the Science, Regulatory and Government Affairs department, Intellectual Property, Marketing Media and IT, Data & Privacy, Compliance and other specialist departments as needed. 

Legal Self Service 

Support the business team in Japan to locate, identify and complete the right template agreements, train new employees on the use of templates and importance of contract management.  Where necessary, identify and develop (bi-lingual) template agreements where they may be lacking, and arrange for these to be created for use for the business and uploaded to the contract creator system. 

Identify and develops legal service initiatives/ Legal Operations projects that increase the effectiveness of delivery of legal services to the business, including ongoing review and development of template agreements and other self-service initiatives for the business to access legal services.  

Legal and Matter management

Effectively utilises the department’s established document and matter management systems, to ensure that all work is accurately recorded and archived in a clear, searchable and archived format.   

Prepare accurate and timely reports, legal advice and other legal documents including confidential correspondence, agreements, templates/forms, meeting minutes, presentations etc in both English and Japanese as appropriate. 

Ability to mark up (track changes) documents.  Translate legal documents for internal review and also execution. Provide translation and interpreter services at meetings, negotiations and other legal proceedings.

Management of external counsel 

Works alongside the Area Legal Counsel APAC in selecting and working with external service providers within Japan and management of associated budget.  Matters to be briefed externally on a case-by-case basis, with much of the legal advice to be provided by the Legal Counsel. 

Legal training and tools

Develop and/or roll-out of Legal internal training programs, providing trainings, introducing new tools and processes and coordination of projects, e.g Legal Hub, Data Protection, compliance training and use of the Contract Creator Tool.

Legal Project Management

Support the Leadership Team (or business) members in management of legal "projects" within the Red Bull Japan organisation that may need an overveiw from legal e.g. renewal of multiple regional office leases, sales contract or other key projects
 

Qualifications

5 (five years) minimum Post-Qualification Experience (PQE) with in-house experience highly regarded. 

Experience in commercial law (contracts, compliance, antitrust etc) ideally in the FMCG industry.  Exposure to media, sports, or entertainment law would also be well regarded.  

International experience will hold an advantage.

Ability to manage a diverse group of internal stakeholders based around the world 

You will play an important role as link between Red Bull Japan and the international (Asia Pacific and HQ) Legal team. 

You are flexible and a team player plus are able to work towards deadlines. You are accurate and thorough. 

Excellent written and spoken (English and Japanese) communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work autonomously and effectively with both legal and business personnel.

Ability to meet demanding deadlines without sacrificing the quality of work product. 

Self-starter with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects in a high volume, fast-paced environment.

Strong prioritising, time management and organisational skills.

Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook skills and proficient touch typist

Strong oral and written communication skills (excellent grammar, spelling and attention to detail) and excellent listening skills

Ability to influence others and hold people to set guidelines/processes 

Ability to work in an environment where some of your communication is with individuals based overseas (and in English)

Professional presentation,  proactive, self-motivated, energetic, positive, easy-going, personable

Team player with strong cultural sensitivity, high integrity, and a results‑oriented mindset, who remains calm under pressure and is inquisitive, open‑minded, eager to learn, and flexible in adapting to change.

Additional Information

• 給与：経験とスキルにより決定
• ボーナス：個人のパフォーマンスにより決定
• 勤務地：〒106-0032 東京都港区六本木7-7-7 Tri-Seven Roppongi 12F
• 雇用形態：正社員
• 勤務体系：9:00～18:00（休憩1時間）※出社時はコアタイム：10:00～15:00のフレックスタイム
• 働き方：月40％まで在宅勤務可
• 時間外労働有無：有
• 試用期間：６ヶ月
• 福利厚生は以下の通り
• 退職金制度として、確定拠出年金を毎月会社が月額基本給の6.5%を拠出
• 総合福祉団体定期保険
• 医療保障保険
• 団体長期障害所得補償
• 有給休暇初年度20日入社後すぐに付与（年度の途中での入社の場合は、入社月により変動）
• ベネフィット・ワン
• 社員割引（レッドブル、アルファタウリのアパレル）

・Retirement program （Defined Contribution Plan, 6.5% of monthly base salary)

・Group life insurance

・Group medical insurance

・Long-term disability insurance (income security)

・Benefit one

・Maximum of 20 days of annual leave right after entering the company (it differs depending on joining month)

・Staff discount for Red Bull and AlphaTauri apparel purchased on RB's online store.