Legal Intern - Licensing & Corporate Secretarial

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At Acclime, we seek for people who care about delivering honest, professional and quality advice to our extended business community. We value diversity, inclusion, and trust, and we search for extraordinary individuals who are excited about working in an international corporate service practice. If you are aligned with our core values and our goals to deliver the best value for our business community in Vietnam, then you are in the right place. We look forward to meeting you!

Our organisational culture is at the core of what we do. Our values define our identity, and our staff are part of the journey towards growth, development and success together with our clients and partners. We know companies with a strong culture and identity thrive the most in the long run, which is why our culture is a priority.

Now, let's dive right into the job summary and explore the essentials of this exciting role.

Job summary.

As a LegalIntern – Licensing & Corporate Secretarial (Legal) in HCM, you will support the team in assisting foreign investors and multinational corporations with market entry, company incorporation, and ongoing statutory compliance in Vietnam. This role offers hands-on experience in corporate law, corporate governance, and regulatory affairs within a professional, international consulting environment.

This role will help you take your career to the next level, and we will be there with you to guide you throughout your professional growth and ensure you reach your true potential.

Key Responsibilities.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

• Document Preparation: Draft application dossiers for company incorporation, business license adjustments, and conditional sub-licenses.
• Liaison with Authorities: Assist in submitting applications and follow up with local government agencies to resolve any licensing issues.
• Corporate Governance Support: Help maintain client corporate registers, prepare board resolutions, minutes of meetings, and annual statutory filings.
• Regulatory Research: Conduct research on foreign investment regulations, trade agreements, and legal updates to support client advisory.
• Administrative Tasks: Manage physical and digital legal documents, track deadlines, and perform other tasks assigned by supervisors.
• Familiar with using AI Tools for Content creator, Workbook, flow chart, process mapping is an advantage.
• Maintain high-quality standards in all deliverables in line with Acclime's international benchmarks.

Job Requirements

• Final-year students or fresh graduates majoring in Law (Commercial Law/International Law/ Enterprise Law preferred)
• Availability to work full-time or at least 4 days per week
• Desire to work as Licensing & Corporate Secretarial role within an international service firm
• Confident English communication (spoken and written)
• Confidence working with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Familiar with AI tools for legal and professional requirements

Skills & Prerequisites

• Strong Teamwork: Being flexible and able to work independently but also in a group.
• Solid Interpersonal Skills: being able to influence and guide clients and colleagues across a broad range of professional and personal needs.
• Highly Motivated: self-driven, with the ability to use their own initiative, the ability to multi-task, and the ability to solve problems and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Analytical Skills: ability and experience in analysing issues, updating policy documents, checklists, templates, and procedures. Ability to look at client results and make recommendations.
• Proactive, hardworking and responsible
• Willing to learn and to be trained

Take the challenge and join our team. We are Acclime Vietnam.

Collaboration is one of the key values which enables our staff to deliver outstanding services. In our modern workspace, we enable collaboration with break-out areas and meeting rooms situated in the centre of the workplace, accessible by everyone but still private enough for practical discussions. Innovation is at the core of what we do, and innovative thinking and new technologies are what make Acclime different.

We are proud of being one of the most reputable and trustworthy names in the corporate services sector in Vietnam and have been being reliable partner of our clients in their success journey. With more than 130 staff working across 3 key cities: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Danang, Acclime Vietnam has been assisting foreign invested and locally owned companies to enter, expand, operate, and succeed in Vietnam, while maintaining the highest level of professional standards through proactive compliance, reporting assistance and advice.

We are a part of the Acclime Group – an Asia-focused premier corporate services specialist with over 2000 employees and offices in 20 jurisdictions. Our regional network of grass-roots experts is pushing the corporate services sector with bold, innovative solutions that are seamlessly delivered to the highest global standards.

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