Legal Officers have quite important roles and functions, especially for various forms of business entities, because company operations are highly dependent on licensing and other legal authorities. The shifting of licensing documents, contracts, letters and memos are the driving force behind the company’s operations. Without an industrial permit document, the factory machinery will certainly not turn. Without direction and legal advice from the Legal Officer, company directors will walk in a dark room without lighting. Almost all matters related to the running of the company are legal, both internal and external.

Internally, the Legal Officer has an important functional role because generally they are directly under the board of directors – the directors’ expert staff. This position makes it easy for the Legal Officer to coordinate with almost all parts of the internal company – marketing, accounting, internal audit and HRD. This position gives the Legal Officer a strategic role, because he can access almost all information about the company. The advantage is that this strategic position is an alarm that can immediately detect any legal problems within the company, so there is no need to wait a long time to be flushed.
Externally, the Legal Officer is a bridge of cooperation between companies and parties outside the company, both government and private. To ensure that company permits are fulfilled, the Legal Officer must list these permits and prepare a concept for submission to government agencies. To ensure company cooperation with private parties, for example business partners or vendors, Legal … Read More

