About This Role
This General Counsel role provides comprehensive legal advisory services, oversees legal compliance, manages litigation and labor-related matters, reviews contracts, and safeguards the Club's corporate, operational, and business interests. The position offers a qualified corporate lawyer the opportunity to play a significant role in legal risk management, corporate governance, employee relations, and the protection of the Club's long-term interests.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Club's principal legal adviser to the General Manager on corporate, operational, contractual, and other legal matters
- Provide legal opinions, assessments, and practical recommendations on matters affecting the Club's interests
- Advise on corporate governance, Board resolutions, management decisions, and other matters requiring legal review
- Prepare legal reports, case updates, and recommendations for the Club President, Board of Directors, and relevant Committees
- Draft, review, maintain, and monitor Board resolutions, committee recommendations, certifications, and other official corporate documents
- Maintain and safeguard the Club's corporate records, including minutes, resolutions, attendance records, corporate documents, and other official records entrusted to the Corporate Secretary
- Coordinate with the appropriate government agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on corporate filings, certifications, disclosures, and other statutory requirements, as authorized
- Monitor the Club's compliance with applicable Philippine laws, government regulations, statutory requirements, permits, and licenses
- Provide legal guidance to Human Resources and Administration on labor laws, employment policies, employee discipline, termination, benefits, grievances, and other employment-related concerns
- Monitor ongoing, pending, and potential civil, criminal, labor, administrative, and regulatory cases involving the Club
- Draft, review, revise, and recommend approval of contracts, agreements, memorandum of agreement, service contracts, lease agreements, employment contracts, and other legal instruments
- Identify legal risks arising from Club operations, employment practices, contractual arrangements, property matters, and third-party claims
- Serve as the internal coordinator with the Club's retained lawyers, law firms, and other external legal service providers
- Monitor external counsel's handling of cases, legal deliverables, deadline, and related expenses
- Coordinate with courts, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB), local government units, and other relevant agencies, as authorized
- Promptly escalate significant legal developments, critical deadlines, potential liabilities, and matters requiring Management or Board action
