Director, Legal APAC

foodpanda is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.

Business Partner and Legal Risk Gatekeeper

• Acting as a business partner providing business solutions to unblock legal obstacles and unlock business opportunities

• Enabling business to deliver to its goals in a sustainable, ethical and compliant manner by always offering good judgment and critical commercial risk assessments. 

• Leading a team of legal, compliance and government affairs professionals across different APAC markets.

• Collaborate with Regional and Global legal team members of Delivery Hero and Pandora (consisting of 3 brands, foodpanda, foodora and Yemeksepeti) ensuring alignment with over-all Group’s Legal and compliance standards.

• Developing legal frameworks and processes that champion sustainable business execution ways of working and 

• Provide legal advice on various topics such as general corporate law, foreign business law, consumer protection law and labor law.

• Develop and own legal strategy that aligns to Pandora’s strategic business.

Regulatory Compliance and Governance

• Support Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) team in developing, maintaining and implementing the Country compliance, including formulating compliance policies and procedures, regulatory documentations, and maintaining compliance registers

• Work closely with the internal team to ensure enhancements in compliance processes are adhered to and play a driving role to implement system changes.

Support Government Affairs

• Support in Developing public policy strategies and positions for including the creation of materials supporting advocacy on those positions in collaboration with the local and regional team

• Support in identifying, assessing, and addressing regulatory challenges to business objectives in key regulated industries as well as the public sector market in partnership with and public policy team.

• Bachelor's degree in law and qualified to practice law in at least one APAC country

• At least 12 years of experience, including 6 years in the tech industry, preferably within private sectors focusing on digital platforms

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law/compliance and 

• Fluent in English, both verbal and written communication.