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What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Director Counsel, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Director Counsel, you need an accredited law degree, active bar membership, and deep expertise in corporate law, regulatory compliance, and risk management. Familiarity with legal research platforms like Westlaw or LexisNexis and experience with contract management systems are typically required. Exceptional leadership, negotiation, and communication skills distinguish top performers in this role. These abilities are critical for providing strategic legal guidance, safeguarding organizational interests, and ensuring compliance in complex business environments.

How does a Director Counsel typically interact with other departments within an organization?

A Director Counsel works closely with a variety of departments, such as compliance, human resources, finance, and executive leadership, to provide legal guidance on business decisions and risk management. Regular collaboration involves reviewing contracts, advising on regulatory matters, and participating in strategic planning meetings to ensure the organization’s activities align with legal requirements. This cross-functional interaction is essential for proactively identifying legal issues and supporting the organization’s goals. Effective communication and relationship-building skills are crucial for success in this role.

What is a Director Counsel?

A Director Counsel is a senior legal professional who leads and manages the legal department within an organization. They provide strategic legal advice to the company's executives, oversee compliance with laws and regulations, and handle major legal matters such as contracts, mergers, acquisitions, and litigation. Director Counsels often supervise other lawyers and legal staff, ensuring the organization's interests are protected while minimizing legal risks. They play a crucial role in shaping company policies and making high-level decisions that may impact the business.

What is the difference between Director Counsel vs Corporate Counsel?

AspectDirector CounselCorporate Counsel
CredentialsJD degree, bar admission, extensive legal experienceJD degree, bar admission, legal experience, often in corporate law
Work EnvironmentLegal departments, corporate offices, often leadership rolesIn-house legal teams, corporate offices, handling daily legal matters
Employer & Industry UsageLarge corporations, legal firms, multinational companiesCorporations, startups, non-profits, government agencies
Search & Comparison IntentUnderstanding senior legal roles in corporationsLegal advisory roles within companies

While both roles require a JD and legal experience, a Director Counsel typically holds a senior leadership position overseeing legal strategies, whereas a Corporate Counsel focuses on providing legal advice and handling daily legal issues within a company.

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Director & Counsel, Development - Asia Pacific

Director & Counsel, Development - Asia Pacific

Hilton

Washington, MS • On-site

Full-time

This job post has expired today. Applications are no longer accepted.

Hilton rating

6.4

Company rating: 6.4 out of 10

Based on 732 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

51st of 105 rated hotels

Job description

The Global Legal Team is responsible for administering the Company's legal activities to ensure maximum protection while engaging in global business and ensuring compliance with the Company's legal obligations.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

As the Director & Counsel, Development - Asia Pacific, you will provide legal support to the Company's managed and franchised hotel development teams as they work to grow and maintain the Company's hotel portfolio throughout the APAC (excluding China) region. The ideal candidate will have experience with the hospitality industry and the franchise business model. Responsibilities include providing substantive legal advice on management agreements, franchising, contract management, owner relations, real estate, and related financing arrangements; negotiating and drafting related legal documentation; managing outside counsel; and advising business partners within the Company.


What your day-to-day will be like

  • Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of agreements relating to system hotels, including management and franchise agreements with hotel owners and finance-related agreements with lenders of such hotels

  • Provide legal advice and counsel to business partners on areas of subject matter expertise

  • Support the Company's relationships and transactional dealings with owners of system hotels throughout the lifecycle of the contractual relationship, including negotiating contract amendments and resolving issues

  • Manage outside counsel and implement local law advice from a variety of jurisdictions with different legal systems

How you will collaborate with others

  • Protect the Company's commercial interests while developing and implementing legal strategies to address development issues

  • Formulate and deliver training programs and self-service tools for business partners

  • Support the APAC Legal Team to partner with colleagues in the Americas and EMEA, in the coordination, deployment and implementation of global initiatives and priorities of the Legal Development team

  • Work within the standard systems and procedures of the Company and the Global Legal Team, and contribute to the continuous improvement and updating of these systems

  • Assist with drafting and maintaining standard form agreements/ documents for the APAC Legal Team
     

WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT

You have these minimum qualifications:

  • At least 5 years of post-qualification experience, which should include practicing law at a leading law firm or in-house as a transactional attorney

  • Law degree from a reputable university

  • Called to the bar in a common law jurisdiction or a mature civil law jurisdiction

  • Experience negotiating contracts and reviewing legal documents

  • Experience interacting with business partners and developing trust

  • Detailed understanding of key legal concepts and can seamlessly relay them to business partners

  • A problem solver who has a real passion for finding new and creative solutions to hard problems.

  • Self-motivated, with a strong work ethic and desire to consistently perform at the highest level

  • Strong writing, communication, and leadership skills

  • The ability to communicate clearly and effectively with people from different backgrounds and cultures

  • A creative and business-minded individual with strategic methods for problem-solving and performance improvement within the department

  • An innate desire to support an inclusive and diverse workforce

  • The drive to provide outstanding customer service, with consistent attention to detail and the initiative to ensure responsive support

  • The ability to prioritize and undertake multiple projects and critical tasks with contending pressures in a fast-paced environment

  • Able to travel occasionally, up to 20% of the time
     

It would be useful if you have:

  • Experience in an in-house legal department of a company operating across multiple jurisdictions

  • Experience with the hospitality industry, particularly in relation to management and franchised agreements, but also in relation to operations

  • Experience with franchise business models

  • Exposure to legal frameworks in multiple jurisdictions and comfort with cross-border legal issues.


WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON

Hilton, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture, and we are consistently named among one of the World's Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it's like to be on Team Hilton!

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