Senior Legal Counsel Belgium & The Netherlands

ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel and mining company. At ArcelorMittal our goal is to help build a better world with smarter steels. Steels made using innovative processes, which are more efficient, use less energy and emit significantly less carbon. Steels that are cleaner, stronger and reusable. ArcelorMittal has the clear ambition to reduce its CO2 emissions intensity by 35% in Europe by 2030 and to reach company-wide net-zero by 2050. With approximately 168,000 employees, located in over 60 countries, ArcelorMittal is more than just a company, we are a community. We are driven by an entrepreneurial spirt and a passion for excellence, never accepting that the limits of our material have been reached.

Do you want to be part of the steel company of the future? Do you want to be part of pioneering projects aimed at CO2 neutral steel production ? Do you want to play a crucial role in ArcelorMittal’s Group Legal and Compliance team ? Then you might be the person we are looking for. Read on quickly.

ArcelorMittal Holding and Services Belgium is looking for:

(Senior) Legal Counsel Belgium & The Netherlands (M,F,X), Gent

Reporting to

General Counsel Belgium & the Netherlands

Role

You will be (Senior) Legal Counsel within the ArcelorMittal Group Legal & Compliance organization, and as member of the Belgian legal team be the legal business partner to the Belgian and Dutch ArcelorMittal legal entities in their business activities. You will take the important legal advisory role to advise the business in the broad spectrum of its industrial, commercial and financial operations of these companies. The ambitious and strategic technical transformation of the steel making production explains the intense reliance upon the legal team.

You will provide advice and guidance on a wide variety of legal matters across a range of business environments in Belgium & The Netherlands.

As member of the European legal team, you will work as a generalist and will be able to work on (decarbonization) business projects, investment projects and transactions, partnerships and JVs, etc. requiring knowledge of several legal areas including corporate law and M&A, contract law, commercial law, financial law, etc. Knowledge of environmental and/or energy law will be considered as a plus.

You will create the added value by providing legal advice and by drafting contracts for (cross border) projects. You will contribute to synergies of the Belgian and European legal organization by developing legal trainings, template of agreements and by the launch of new legal knowledge exchange and digitization initiatives.

You demonstrate strong project management skills and leadership qualities.

Responsibilities:

Specific accountabilities and responsibilities include: 

•  Primarily acting as trusted senior legal advisor in Belgium & the Netherlands. Proactively providing sound and pragmatic counseling, at the same time minimizing and mitigating legal risks. 
• Advising on a wide variety of commercial and corporate matters, with a particular (but not exclusive!) focus on the areas above. If need be, actively working together with external lawyers on more complex files.
• Coordinating and following up on disputes/litigations internally and externally together with external lawyers.
• Delivering training to the business teams on a variety of legal and compliance related matters. 
• Actively participating and supporting international legal initiatives of ArcelorMittal. Regularly sharing best practices, new challenges or developments, innovations and efficiency related projects.

Competencies :

• 5 to 10 years of work experience on a wide-range of legal matters in the area of, commercial and corporate law, contract law, partnerships and JVs, investments, with a particular focus on setting up projects and transactions. 
• Knowledge of environmental and/or energy law will be considered as a plus 
• Experience in an (inter)national law firm or (international) company is a prerequisite. 
• Fluent in Dutch, English and in French. 

Education :

• Master’s degree in Belgian Law. 

Skills :

The willingness and capability to be a “hands-on” lawyer, with a proactive, energetic and enthusiastic approach.

• The willingness and capability to analyze and solve complex legal issues.
• The willingness to develop a thorough understanding of and familiarity with ArcelorMittal, ArcelorMittal’s businesses, its people, markets, facilities and customers. 
• Strong communications skills: ability to effectively communicate in an international environment, with various stakeholders; 
• Stress-resistant, flexible and open to embracing changes (future forward looking mentality).  

Our Offer

• A professional and stimulating working environment in the world’s leading steel and mining company, with various career opportunities
• Highly skilled and inspiring colleagues-business partners 
• High focus on personal development, knowledge exchanges, continuous improvement and teamwork; a legal function embedded