Values & Innovation

At Under Armour, we are committed to empowering those who strive for more, and the company's values - Act Sustainably, Celebrate the Wins, Fight on Together, Love Athletes and Stand for Equality - serve as both a roadmap for our teams and the qualities expected of every teammate.

Our Values define and unite us, the beliefs that are the red thread that connects everyone at Under Armour. Our values are rallying cries, reminding us why we're here, and fueling everything we do.

Our pursuit of better begins with innovation and with our team's mission of being the best. With us, you get the freedom to go further - no matter your role. That means developing, delivering, and selling the state-of-the-art products and digital tools that make top performers even better.

If you are a current Under Armour teammate, apply to this position on the Internal Career Site Here. 

Purpose of Role

The aim of this role is to provide dedicated and full range of legal support to the commercial channels and license business in China mainland, which is the most important growth energy of Under Armour, including wholesale and direct-to-consumer (“DTC”, both online and offline) managed by UA directly and by retail/franchise partners, license business governance and dispute management, so as to ensure consistently suited legal capacity and efficient legal support to the business and enable the business growth in one side, and mitigate all legal risks associated therein, and make sure all dealings or transactions with customers do not breach any laws or put Under Armour under any unwanted or unexpected liabilities. 
Responsibilities will include serving as the legal partner and advising commercial channel team (Wholesale, Retail, Real Estate, Store Development and E-comm) and licensing business on any issues, helping with drafting, negotiating, and managing contracts. It may cover purchase agreements, service agreements, revenue agreements, and all manner of contracts, or any incidents happen in the stores, or any disputes, negotiations, governance enhancement with partners. They may also be involved in composing commercial reports and drafting other paperwork associated with business agreements.   

Your Impact

• Serve as business partner and legal counsel for the China commercial channels, manage and supervise associate counsel and external counsels to effectively and efficiently deliver legal services to the China commercial team.
• Lead, develop, inspire and motivate the dedicated legal team for China Commercial Channels.
• Lead the team dedicated for China commercial channels to support on commercial agreements in particular relating to leases, distribution/wholesale or other 2B agreements covering online & offline, store development and retail operation related agreements, marketplaces agreements, revenue agreements with online retailers and other group purchase clients, as well as other terms and conditions, statements, POA, standard formats etc. hereof.
• Lead the team to work closely with and support the China sales and KA team, on the partner relationship management, incl. without limits to onboarding, termination, assignment/transfer, annual terms, in China.
• Lead the team to support DTC channels for exploring new business development, including licenses, omni-channels, livestreaming sales, and other new opportunities in DTC.
• Manage the governance of license partners and support the commercial team on negotiation, disputes or any relevant matters regarding license agreements and relationships.
• Work closely with corporate competency and support the China HRBP team, particularly for retail related, implementation of employee handbook, teammate policies, teammate relationship issues in China.
• Supervise the associate counsel for providing  legal analysis and advice as well as support on indirect procurement agreements to business partners on matters related to admin, finance, accounting, merchandising and supply chain.
• Lead and supervise the team to develop, refine, maintain and update various bilingual templates of contracts or other legal documents for daily business operation needs to continue exploring opportunities of efficiency, and to design, set up as well as implement the necessary work streams or processes to improve efficiency hereof.
• Monitor and provide advice with respect to development on real estate and e-commerce regulations, commercial laws, labor law and corresponding industry issues in China.
• Develop or localize training materials and provide the training to internal clients.
• Assist in and provide other support as instructed otherwise from time to time by line manager.

Qualifications

• L.L.M or above in law from a reputable law school
• 8+ years' experience in reputable law firm and/or MNCs, including minimum (a) 3 years of general commercial contract drafting and negotiation experience; and (b) 3 years of experience handling leases.
• Experience in retail or consumer goods industry (both online and offline channels) is a must, sports or apparel industry is a plus.
• Familiarity with legal issues impacting commercial leases, real estate, construction, e-commerce and retail, franchise operation. The level of knowledge required proficient.
• Sound business acumen and commercial awareness, ability to identify and resolve legal issues quickly and effectively.
• Multi-task and detail-oriented
• Strong written and verbal communication in both Mandarin and English.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a wide range of other peers, cross functions.
• Self-motivation and ability to prioritize high volumes of responsibilities.
• Willingness and capacity to work in a challenging environment and proactively engage with commercial team to lead the changes as well as drive initiatives cross functions.

Relocation

•    Travel: Occasional travel
•    P.R.C Bar qualification  

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity

At Under Armour, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, family or paternal status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Under Armour seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people representing a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Human Resources team via candidateaccommodations@underarmour.com.