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About the Role

ASML is seeking a senior, business-oriented and hands-on Head of Legal & Compliance Japan to lead the Legal & Compliance function for ASML Japan. The role serves as the senior Legal & Compliance leader for Japan and provides strategic legal and compliance advice and business partnership across commercial, procurement, regulatory, ethics, governance and dispute matters. This is a high-impact country leadership role requiring sound legal judgment, strong business acumen, integrity, cultural fluency, and the ability to operate effectively in a complex, highly regulated, technology-intensive, multinational environment.

Responsibilities

Act as the trusted Legal & Compliance business partner to ASML Japan leadership and key business stakeholders.
Proactively provide practical, risk-based and business-oriented legal advice to support local business priorities while ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, and ASML’s Code of Conduct.
Advise on legal and compliance aspects of Japan customer-team matters, including commercial arrangements, customer communications, operational escalations, procurement issues, and regulatory considerations.
Anticipate legal, regulatory, reputational, and operational risks affecting the Japan business and translate complex issues into clear, actionable guidance for local and global stakeholders.
Serve as a bridge between Japan stakeholders and global Legal & Compliance teams, ensuring alignment with global policies, playbooks, risk appetite, and strategic priorities.
Lead, review, draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including customer-related agreements, procurement agreements, services agreements, NDAs, evaluation agreements, statements of work, license agreements, and other business contracts.
Support deal structuring and contract execution for Japan-related commercial matters.
Advise stakeholders on contract risk, liability positions, approval requirements, deviations from standard terms, and appropriate escalation.
Support the development, localization and consistent use of templates, contract playbooks, approval processes, and contracting controls.
Partner with regional and global Legal & Compliance colleagues to ensure consistency of Japan contracting approaches with ASML’s broader legal strategy.
Monitor and advise on legal and regulatory developments in Japan relevant to ASML’s business, including commercial, technology, manufacturing-support, procurement, competition, data, privacy, employment, anti-bribery, anti-corruption, sanctions/export-control adjacent issues, and other applicable regulatory areas.
Identify local compliance requirements, recommend priorities, and support implementation of appropriate controls, policies, processes and training.
Provide strategic support for regulatory inquiries, audits, investigations, inspections, and related responses in Japan.
Work with global and regional experts on specialized regulatory matters, including competition law, export controls, data privacy, ethics & business integrity, employment law, intellectual property, security, and corporate governance.
Help maintain strong documentation, process discipline, and audit readiness for Legal & Compliance-owned regulatory compliance topics.
Promote a strong culture of integrity, accountability, speak-up, and ethical decision-making within ASML Japan.
Support implementation of ASML’s ethics and compliance programs in Japan, including training, awareness, risk assessments, policy implementation, and issue escalation.
Provide advice on ethics and business integrity issues, conflicts of interest, gifts and entertainment, third-party risks, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, competition-sensitive conduct, and other compliance matters.
Support or coordinate internal investigations and remediation activities, in close collaboration with Ethics & Business Integrity, HR, Security, Finance, and other relevant functions.
Advise local management on responsible decision-making in high-risk or sensitive matters.
Provide legal support for ASML Japan legal entities, governance processes, board/shareholder matters, powers of attorney, corporate registrations, local authorizations, and related corporate housekeeping.
Support corporate projects involving Japan, including reorganizations, entity changes, corporate approvals, strategic partnerships, customer-support structures, and cross-border initiatives.
Coordinate with global corporate legal teams and external counsel to ensure timely and compliant execution of corporate actions.
Advise on governance implications of business decisions and support clear documentation of key approvals and decision-making.
Manage or support litigation, disputes, threatened claims, customer/vendor escalations, regulatory matters, and other contentious issues in Japan.
Select, instruct and manage external counsel in Japan, including scope, quality, responsiveness, cost discipline, and alignment with ASML’s strategic objectives.
Maintain oversight of Japan external legal spend and help ensure appropriate use of outside counsel.
Represent Legal & Compliance on the Japan Country Management Team.
Build trusted relationships with Japan business leaders, regional Legal & Compliance leadership, global subject-matter experts, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Contribute to broader regional Legal & Compliance strategy, knowledge sharing, process improvement, and team development.
Operate independently while knowing when to escalate material legal, compliance, reputational, regulatory, or business risks.

Requirements

Law degree or equivalent legal qualification.
10+ years of legal and compliance experience in multinational environments.
Licensed attorney in Japan or another major jurisdiction.
Experience in technology, semiconductor or industrial sectors desirable.
Frequent domestic travel to other ASML Japan sites required, with occasional international travel.

Skills

Strong legal judgment
Business acumen
Contracting and negotiation skills
Stakeholder management
Integrity
Fluent Japanese and English language ability
Trusted advisor
Pragmatic business partner
Strong legal generalist
Ethical leader
Effective bridge between Japan and global stakeholders

Location

Japan

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
10+ years

Education Level

Law degree or equivalent legal qualification

About the Company

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce.
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Equal Opportunity

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