About Rize
Rize (rize.farm) is a leading Agri-Tech startup uniquely positioned to build solutions that make rice cultivation more sustainable and improve farmer livelihoods in Asia. These sustainable solutions are urgently needed as rice cultivation is one of the largest polluting forms of agriculture globally. Formed through a joint venture between Temasek, Wavemaker Impact, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and GenZero, Rizes technology captures vital agricultural data essential for implementing sustainable farming practices. This makes rice farmers more climate-resilient, increases their crop yields, lowers costs, and facilitates efficient access to finance. Rize currently has operations in Indonesia and Vietnam and plans to expand further within the region. To expand, Rize is unlocking climate/green financing facilities to help serve more farmers in their transition to sustainable rice cultivation. Rize has recently received substantial global media attention, acknowledging our efforts in this journey. Please read more here: Bloomberg, Business Insider, DealStreetAsia.
What are we building
We are developing a platform which will help our field operations team to effectively manage their task, capture cultivation logs from million plus hectares of paddy fields, effectively manage the supply chain of agri-inputs and aggregate third party services required during the lifecycle of paddy cultivation, harvest, and sale.
Who We Look For
- We are looking for a sharp and commercial-minded Legal Counsel with strong credentials handling legal aspects of supply chain (with emphasis on distribution, trade, and commerce), employment, M&A, corporate governance, and license & permit application and management. Experience in agriculture, data privacy, and sustainability is a nice bonus.
- We expect the candidate to not only be well-versed in Vietnamese law and legal system, but can harness the law as a tool to facilitate business objectives. The candidate should always keep the commercial hat on and be able to translate business requirements into legal deliverables, whether contracts, permits, or otherwise.
- The ideal candidate must have a Vietnamese law degree with 3-5 years of experience, with a combination of at least 2 years spent in reputable law firms and 1 year as in-house counsel.
- The candidate must also be willing to work from office at least twice a week and travel to the fields on occassions.
- This position will report directly to the Head of Legal and work collaboratively with the operations, finance, HR, product & technology, and other teams in Vietnam.
What We Can Offer You
The candidates work will be impactful. From day one, he/she will be directly involved in developing Rizes solutions. Legal insights the candidate contributes will impact how Rize structures and delivers its products and services. The candidate will play a key role towards our goals of improving the livelihoods of farmers we work with while at the same time incentivising them to adopt green, sustainable, carbon-friendly farming practices.
Responsibilities
- Advising the business team on the delivery structure of Rizes products and solutions
- Contract structuring, drafting, negotiation, and management, in particular with farming input suppliers, farmers, and farming cooperatives.
- Working with country HR team to determine optimum talent engagement structure
- Navigating Vietnams permit and licensing regime, including identification of permits Rize will need to acquire to conduct existing and future businesses.
- Translate business and financial requirements into legal deliverables, including the contracts that must be in place, the permits that need to be obtained, and the optimum way to engage necessary talents.
- Willing to work from the Office at least twice per week and travel to the fields.
Qualification:
- Bachelors degree in law from a Vietnamese university or otherwise admitted to practice in Vietnam.
- Minimum 3 years of experience as legal counsel, 2 of which must be spent in a reputable law firm and 1 year as in-house counsel.
- The candidate must demonstrate experience the two or more of the following areas:
- Supply chain (logistics, distribution, and retail);
- Merger & Acquisition and corporate governance;
- Employment;
- License & permit identification, application, and management.
Experience in the following areas is highly desirable but not essential:
- Agriculture
- Data privacy;
- ESG, sustainability and carbon reduction.
Must have skills:
- Strong proficiency in Word and basic proficiency in Excel. Able to work comfortably with Google Doc, Sheet, and other Google suites.
- Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
