Sr. Manager, Legal Counsel

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Position Summary

We are seeking a commercially minded and business-oriented Senior Manager, Legal Counsel to join our APAC Legal team based in Shanghai. The successful candidate will serve as the primary legal partner for the Marketing, Omni Commercial, Human Resources and Supply Chain functions, providing strategic legal advice, contract support, risk management guidance, and compliance oversight to enable business growth and operational excellence.

This role will work closely with business stakeholders across multiple functions to support commercial initiatives, manage legal and regulatory risks, ensure compliance with applicable laws and company policies, and help drive practical business solutions. The ideal candidate combines strong legal expertise with business acumen and thrives in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. The role is aligned with the APAC Legal team's strategy of providing proactive, business-focused legal support while strengthening governance and fostering sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities

1. Commercial Contracting & Legal Advisory

• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements and business arrangements, including:
  • Marketing, advertising, media, sponsorship, influencer, celebrity and talent agreements
  • Omni Commercial initiatives, including e-commerce, omnichannel, customer engagement, loyalty and digital commerce programs
  • HR-related agreements, employment documentation and people-related initiatives
  • Supply chain and operational agreements supporting business activities
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice on day-to-day operations, strategic initiatives, and new business opportunities.
• Advise stakeholders on applicable legal, regulatory, and commercial considerations to facilitate informed business decision-making.
• Partner with business teams to develop solutions that support commercial objectives while appropriately managing legal and reputational risks.
• Draft and maintain legal templates, playbooks, guidance materials, and contracting standards to improve consistency, efficiency, and scalability.

2. Business Partnership, Risk Management & Compliance

• Serve as a trusted legal advisor to the Marketing, Omni Commercial, Human Resources, and Supply Chain teams, supporting business growth through proactive legal partnership.
• Identify, assess, and communicate legal, regulatory, commercial, and reputational risks, and provide practical recommendations to mitigate such risks.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of business initiatives to ensure legal and compliance considerations are addressed appropriately and efficiently.
• Support the interpretation, implementation, and execution of company policies, governance frameworks, and compliance programs across relevant business functions.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments and advise business stakeholders on potential impacts and required actions.
• Deliver legal and compliance training, guidance, and awareness programs to promote a strong culture of integrity, accountability, and compliance.
• Support continuous improvement of contracting practices, legal processes, and cross-functional collaboration to enhance efficiency and business responsiveness.

Qualifications

Education & Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or above in Law.
• Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in China.
• Overseas legal education or additional legal qualifications are a plus.

Experience

• 8-12 years of post-qualification legal experience, ideally gained in a multinational corporation and/or leading international or PRC law firm.
• Significant experience supporting commercial transactions and providing legal advice in one or more of the following areas: marketing, advertising, digital commerce, employment, commercial operations, or supply chain matters.
• Experience supporting retail, consumer products, fashion, luxury, lifestyle, or e-commerce businesses is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed, international environment.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent contract drafting, negotiation, and legal analytical skills.
• Strong commercial judgment and ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, practical business advice.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently with minimal supervision.
• High degree of integrity, professionalism, and sound judgment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
 
Our Competencies for All People Managers
Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.    

Tapestry is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under the consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.

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