Legal Affairs and Compliance Specialist(Bilingual English/Mandarin)

COSCO Shipping (North America) is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Legal Affairs & Compliance Specialist (Junior Level) to join our team in the Secaucus, NJ office. In this role, you will support the Company’s in-house legal and compliance functions across U.S. and global liner shipping operations. You will provide day-to-day assistance on contract review, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, internal control tracking, and coordination with overseas headquarters. This position requires strong Mandarin Chinese skills (reading and writing) to support bilingual communications.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Legal Affairs Support: Assist with reviewing, drafting, and revising commercial contracts, vendor agreements, service contracts, NDAs, and internal memoranda. Conduct basic legal research on U.S. maritime, commercial, logistics, employment, and related regulatory frameworks. Maintain contract databases, template libraries, and document repositories.
• Regulatory Compliance: Support implementation and monitoring of corporate compliance programs, including anti-bribery/anti-corruption, sanctions and export-control (e.g., OFAC), data privacy and cybersecurity, and competition/antitrust compliance requirements.
• Documentation & Recordkeeping: Maintain bilingual compliance documentation, internal SOPs, training materials, policy updates, and regulatory filing records. Assist with preparing reports, summaries, and correspondence for senior management review.
• FMC & Maritime Compliance: Assist with FMC-related matters, including tariff updates, Determination & Demurrage (D&D) reporting, VOCC regulatory obligations, and responding to FMC inquiries, audits, or correspondence.
• Corporate Governance Support: Maintain corporate records, annual filings, permits, certifications, board resolutions, written consents, and related governance materials. Support communication and reporting requirements with overseas headquarters.
• Internal Controls, Audit & Risk Support: Assist in identifying operational/legal risks and support improvement of internal control procedures. Help collect documents for audits, investigations, incident reporting, and remediation tracking.
• Chinese/English Coordination: Translate legal and compliance-related materials as needed and support bilingual communication between U.S. offices, subsidiary companies, and overseas headquarters compliance, legal, internal audit, and risk-control teams.

Additional Qualifications or requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree
• Bar Admission Preferred
• Prior risk management and compliance working experience a plus
• Prior law firm working experience a plus
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Fluent in Mandarin Chinese a must (both reading and writing)

What We Offer:

• Comprehensive health coverage – medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) – for healthcare and dependent care expenses
• Commuter benefits – support for mass transit and parking
• 401(k) retirement plan – with a 100% company match up to 6%
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Annual Discretionary Bonus – based on individual and company performance
• Company-paid life insurance – with optional additional coverage
• Fully covered short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – confidential personal and work-life support

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• What is the minimum starting yearly salary you would accept for this position?
• Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for an employment-based visa status?

Experience:

• Legal case management: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Secaucus, NJ 07094 (Required)

Work Location: In person