Legal Counsel

Company Description

Work smart, have fun and make an impact!

Our purpose is to guide all companies toward a sustainable world. EcoVadis is the leading provider of business sustainability ratings. Our solutions are backed by an international team of experts and powerful technology. We analyze data and build sustainability scorecards that give companies actionable insights into their environmental, social and ethical risks. 

Why apply to EcoVadis? Be a part of the global sustainability change in business. Grow your career. Work with extraordinary people. Feel valued for your contribution.

Learn more about our team and culture on EcoVadis careers page.

Job Description

Our Finance and Administration department delivers efficient and effective operations and processes that are foundational to EcoVadis’ ability to drive continuous  improvement in companies’ sustainable business practices at scale.
As our Legal Counsel, you'll be joining an amazing Legal team as part of the Finance and Administration department, with talented peers located all around the globe. 
You will offer key legal support on all aspects of the contracting cycle in different regions (including France, UK). This includes working with clients within the EcoVadis Group, their suppliers, and our providers. You will lead on contract topics with our business partners. You will also work on EU business insurance topics as well as corporate and HR matters related to our office in Spain. 

Key responsibilities include:
Reporting to the Legal Counsel Manager, you will carry out these key responsibilities:

1. Contracts:

• Legal Counsel will draft, review and negotiate a wide range of agreements, including sales contracts, SaaS contracts, framework agreements, addendums, standard terms and conditions, customer specific contracts, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Data Processing Agreements and also marketing agreements, software licence agreements, service and vendor agreements;
• Providing strategic legal advice to and support the Alliances and Partnership team in relation to contracts with business partners (e.g. training partners, integration partners);
• Identifying and mitigating the contractual risk and giving guidance as to adherence to the applicable law and necessary approvals in line with company’s approval framework;

2. Other legal tasks:

• Support for maintaining and administration of the company’s EU business insurances coverage
• Regularly collaborate with other teams and provide strategic legal advice and support – Sales, Customer Success, Renewals, Finance, Marketing, HR, Data Protection Officer; 
• Local HR and corporate support for EcoVadis in Spain;
• Responding to variety of requests coming from other functions;
• IP, including trademark support;
• Work with each team member in the Legal Team if and when needed to provide support to other regions (EMEA, Americas) and in the completion of any contract or project;
• Work with external legal counsel to ensure matters are progressed efficiently and brought to a satisfactory conclusion, review external counsel advice, follow up if necessary, summarise the advice for consumption by internal customers; and
• Actively monitor and review legal changes in countries relevant to EcoVadis’ operations and provide timely updates on legislation that may impact the EcoVadis’ activities and operations, including ESG regulations. 

Qualifications

• Fully qualified lawyer in Spain or France with an excellent academic degree, knowledge of English law is a plus
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience as a lawyer in an international organization or law firm including practical experience working with contracts from different jurisdictions (France)
• Languages: Fluent in English, French and Spanish; fluency in other European languages is advantageous
• Familiarity with CLM tools (Juro a plus) and automations (Slack a plus) is advantageous
• Strong knowledge and experiences in tech companies and with SaaS providers

In addition, you will:

• Be able to work in a fast-paced and fast-changing international environment and bring an agile mindset;
• Be team oriented, professional, focused on cooperation not competition, with the ability to respond and be flexible to client demands, looking for alternative solutions, whilst adhering to internal policies;
• Have executive-level communication skills, verbal and written, in English and French;
• Show commercial awareness and the ability to align legal strategies with business objectives.
• Enjoy taking the initiative & ownership and acting independently;
• Be proficient in using legal tools and technology for daily work, including for research, contract lifecycle management and efficient communication; 
• Be enthusiastic about embracing the EcoVadis values, a modern & diverse work culture and a global team; and
• Have an interest or passion for sustainability - it is a plus.

Additional Information

• Location: Barcelona
• Contract: Permanent
• Start date: 2025

Our growing team in Spain is full of talented professionals from various fields who all share a desire to make sustainability real. We offer competitive salaries and support personal growth from day one.

This includes extensive onboarding, teammates' support and a brand new e-learning platform bursting with courses and modules. So you can learn new skills and fine-tune old ones!

Compensation benefits:

• Base salary + variable compensation plan
• GRSP and TFSA matching program available
• Meals and Transportation Vouchers (Cobee card)

Wellness and Healthcare benefits:

• Health, Wellness, and Dental Benefits

More:

• Employee referral bonus policy
• Paid employee volunteer day
• Paid moving day ( 1/year)
• Access to online learning library
• Virtual and in-person team building events
• Co working space with various services + opportunity to work in different locations (Europe and International)

Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV and cover letter with a guaranteed response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you!

Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, including the provision of interview questions, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique. In your application, we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs, marital status, number of children, religion, gender, residential postal code, university graduation date, past medical or parental leave(s) taken, nationality (instead, please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country), university name (instead, please state any degrees obtained and the study major).