Responsibilities
- Strategic legal advice: Advising senior management and partners on complex legal issues, with a focus on risk management, commercial strategy, and regulatory compliance
- Contract management: Lead the drafting, review, and negotiation of complex national and international contracts, including high-value supply, distribution, service, and license agreements
- Risk management: assess, and mitigating legal and business risks; develop company-wide risk management strategies
- Dispute resolution: Manage legal disputes, coordinating external counsel, and representing us in high-profile proceedings
- Data protection: Lead data protection projects, ensuring compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations, and advising on cross-border data transfer issues
- Design training for management and legal teams; mentor junior legal staff
- International coordination: Guide understanding of legal strategy across international subsidiaries and being a necessary liaison for global legal matters
- Project leadership: Lead or overseeing major legal projects and due diligence processes in M&A, restructuring, or other strategic projects
- Provide legal support to procurement and supplier management processes, including contract negotiations with third-party vendors and advising on compliance with internal policies
Requirements
- Expertise in international business law
- Expertise in contract law
- Expertise in data protection law
- Experience managing high-stakes legal matters across multiple jurisdictions
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Reports to: Legal and Compliance Director in Germany
