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

Your role is important, and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.

As a Senior Director & Senior Counsel, Development – Asia Pacific, you will report to the Vice President & Senior Counsel, Development – Asia Pacific, and 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 APAC.

Your responsibilities include:

Negotiate, draft, and review a variety of agreements relating to system hotels, including management and franchise agreements with hotel owners and finance-related agreements with lenders

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

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

Assist with drafting and maintenance of standard form agreements/documents for the APAC Legal Team

Ensure the Company is conforming to all internal policies and procedures. Compliance-related or otherwise

How you will collaborate with others:

Provide legal advice and counsel to business partners (including Development, Operations, Finance, Brands)  on areas of subject matter expertise

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 Legal Development

WHY YOU’LL BE A GREAT FIT

Success will demonstrate itself through the following attributes and skills:

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

Strong writing, communication, and leadership skills

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

A creative, business-minded, and strategic method to problem-solving and performance improvement within the department

An innate desire to support an inclusive and diverse workforce

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

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

You have these minimum qualifications:

Law degree from a reputable university

10 or more years post-qualification experience, which should include practicing law at a leading law firm or in-house as a transactional attorney, along with “first chair” experience leading successful commercial agreement negotiations

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

Experience interacting with business partners and developing trust

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

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

It would be useful if you have:

In-house counsel experience

Experience in the hospitality industry, particularly with management and franchise agreements, but also with operations

Experience with franchise business models

Exposure to legal frameworks in multiple jurisdictions

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!