Coupang is reimagining the shopping experience with the goal of wowing each customer from the instant they open the Coupang app to the moment an order is delivered to their door.

We have recently launched our services in Taiwan including Rocket Delivery which offers next-day delivery for a wide selection of items at affordable prices and Rocket Overseas which offers free international delivery on millions of best-selling products from Korea, the U.S., and beyond.

We are looking for strong talent to help us lead Coupang’s expansion in Taiwan. This is an exceptional opportunity to become a part of Coupang’s growth in Taiwan and create a world where our customers wonder, “How did we ever live without Coupang?”

Team Description:

Coupang Taiwan is looking for a smart, customer obsessed, driven and creative Senior Legal Counsel to support Coupang e-commerce and fulfillment service. We are looking for a seasoned Fair Trade Legal Counsel to join our team and help shape the legal framework that supports our expansion in Taiwan and beyond.

As the Fair Trade Legal Counsel, you will play a critical role in ensuring our compliance with fair trade laws and regulations in Taiwan. You will lead the establishment of a legal framework that supports our strategic objectives while fostering a culture of compliance and ethical business practices. This role offers a unique opportunity to build and lead a legal team from the ground up, providing strategic counsel across all areas of our business, including ecommerce, fulfilment centers, transportation/logistics, HR, inventory supply, and general corporate governance. The candidate will also proactively respond to the business team and will interact daily with different stakeholders, supporting them in a very agile way.

What will you do?

• Strategic Legal Guidance: Provide expert legal advice on fair trade laws and regulations, ensuring compliance with local, regional, and international trade practices.
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  Team Leadership: Build, hire, and lead a team of legal professionals focused on fair trade and competition law, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
  • Policy Development: Develop and implement policies, procedures, and training programs to ensure compliance with fair trade regulations and to promote ethical practices across the organization.
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  Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks related to trade practices, ensuring the company’s interests are protected while maintaining regulatory compliance.
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  Contract Review & Negotiation: Oversee the review, drafting, and negotiation of contracts, agreements, and other legal documents related to fair trade, ensuring alignment with company policies and legal requirements.
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  Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, product, and sales teams, to ensure legal considerations are integrated into business strategies.
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  Regulatory Advocacy: Represent the company in discussions with regulatory bodies, trade associations, and industry groups to advocate for fair and balanced trade practices.
• Represent Coupang in connection with any inquiries by regulators in Taiwan.

• Manage and instruct external law firms as required.
• Coordinate and cooperate with the legal and compliance organizations across all Coupang entities in maintaining and updating legally complying company policies and procedures
• Forecast legal risks and make plans to anticipate and prevent them.
• Be Agile leader in taking actions against legal challenges the company is facing in coordination with external and internal legal teams.
• Provide creative legal advice to the business promptly, reviewing lawsuits and legal affairs across all the company.

Essential Qualifications:

• Qualified lawyer in Taiwan or foreign qualified lawyer with extensive experience working in Taiwan in fair trade law, competition law, or a related field, with a strong understanding of the legal landscape in Taiwan.
• At least 10+ years of post-qualification legal experience. either in a law firm or a mixture of law firm and in-house experience
• Fluency in Mandarin is essential. Working level English proficiency is an advantage though not necessary
• Exceptional ability to consistently deliver creative, thoughtful and business-oriented results that appropriately balance growth and risk in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.
• A willingness to learn voraciously and take on new scope and challenges.
• Ability to adapt easily to rapid and diverse business changes.
• Sound judgement in developing and implementing legal solutions.

Preferred Skills:

• Ability to prioritize work in a complex, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work with ambiguous problems
• Excellent stakeholder management experience.
• Strong communication skills - speaking, writing, presenting and negotiating.
• Capability to work through relevant government authorities on immediate legal issues the company is facing through existing networks or being able to quickly establish working network.

Recruitment Process

• Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite (or Virtual Onsite) Interview – Offer
• The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.
• Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.

Things to Consider

• This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.
• Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.
• Coupang does not discriminate against disabled applicants or those with veteran status. We are proud to offer equal opportunities for all applicants.

Privacy Notice

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• Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or gender (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, medical condition, HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C status, marital status, military or veteran status, use of a trained dog guide or service animal, political activities, or affiliations, citizenship, or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation in the application of recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at usrecruiting@coupang.com.