Junior corporate legal counsel

Company Description

Shaping the Future of Automotive Engineering

Applus+ IDIADA is a global leader in automotive engineering, offering a dynamic and rewarding career opportunity for professionals passionate about shaping the future of mobility. As a TOP Employer certified company with over 3500 professionals from more than 24 countries, we provide a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters innovation and growth with colleagues from over 55 nationalities contributing to a safer, more efficient, and sustainable vehicles.

Why join us?

Enjoy a highly flexible hybrid work model in a company that takes care of the employees’ wellbeing, offering work-life balance benefits such as subsidized canteen, free language courses, transport and coaching services.

Join a company that has a deep commitment to sustainability and push yourself to reach your full potential in a dynamic and challenging setting that values innovation and expertise.

Come & join us on the road to success.

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Job Description

You’ll work within the Legal Department providing advice to the Headquarters and to our international network of subsidiaries and branches in the following areas:

• Contract management: Draft, review and negotiation of all contract categories, i.e. confidentiality agreements, loans, clients and suppliers service agreements, memorandums of understanding, general terms and conditions, European and national tenders and consortiums, IP related agreements, real estate, and others, both domestically and abroad.
• Corporate: Setting up legal entities in several countries. Drafting and review of corporate documentation, amongst others, Minutes of Board of Directors, Supervisory Board and Shareholders’ Meetings.
• Provide legal advice to corporate departments: i.e. digital business, labour relations, human resources, quality, marketing, accountancy, homologations, purchasing, etc.
• Provide assistance for answering queries from authorities (mainly for tenders and consortiums): Collecting corporate documentation for participating in regional, national, European and transnational tenders and consortiums.
• Obtaining and filing documentation before Commercial Registries, Chamber of Notaries and other public bodies or entities.
• Keeping and updating the contract management tool.
• Compliance: Monitoring the compliance controls for ensuring the implementation of policies at a worldwide level and legal support on management of GRC tools.
• Data Privacy Law: Implementation and follow-up of the GDPR and other data protection regulations in different countries outside EEA. Review and drafting of required legal documentation.
• Administrative support to the legal team.
• Intellectual property: Monitoring of patents and trademarks.
• Litigation: Follow-up of proceedings and litigations and coordination with external counsels.

Qualifications

• Degree in Law. Master in Corporate Law or International Business Law is a plus.
• Advanced English, both written and oral. Good knowledge of other languages, such as German or French, would be an asset.
• Commercial law expertise: 1-2 years’ experience in the corporate department of a law firm or in the legal department of a multinational company.
• Well organised, client oriented and problem-solving approach.

Additional Information

Applus IDIADA is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We don’t put limits on you, so don’t put limits on yourself either. There is a place for everyone.

Applus IDIADA is committed to equality,  diversity and inclusion. We don’t put limits on you, so don’t put limits on yourself either. There is a place for everyone.