Inhouse Legal Counsel

full time (m/w/d)

Bruchkoebel

Germany

Florian Schade

Director HR and Local Services

The Motherson Group is one of the 15 largest and sustainable full system solutions providers to the global automotive industry, serving multiple further industries, such as rolling stock, aerospace, medical, IT, and logistics, with over 200,000 employees across 44 countries worldwide. The Chairman's Office Europe and North Africa (COE) is supporting and coordinating our operating units, R&D centres, and representative offices across Europe and North Africa with corporate functions and services. Given our fast growth, we are constantly looking for talented new colleagues to become part of our team.

What you'll do

Your tasks.

• Being the primary contact person for any legal related topics arising in any Business Unit in Germany and other jurisdictions assigned
• Provide legal and commercial advice to the Management and operational functions within the Group (e.g. Sales, Purchasing teams, Operations, Development, etc.)
• Advise on general pre-litigation and litigation cases and coordinate country-specific topics with specialized external lawyers and counsels
• Draft, analyze and solidify agreements, such as customer and supplier contracts, development agreements, etc. and support respective negotiations
• Assist, coordinate and consult in any kind of legal proceedings
• Liaise with external counsels across a wide range of subject matters, e.g. litigation, general commercial issues, in the most cost effective and efficient manner across Germany and the assigned jurisdictions
• Support the Legal Affairs team on all administrative and assigned matters
• Maintain the legal activity tracker

What we offer

What we offer.

• You will be working together with the Head of Legal Affairs as a hands-on support within a very international team.
• Our Legal team is growing at the same time our Group grows. Therefore, there are many opportunities to grow your career within our team.
• You will get to know exciting and varied assignments working closely to management levels of Motherson.
• We provide a pleasant working atmosphere in a new and modern working environment with good career opportunities.

We show our commitment to our people via the following values:

• Interest for each other: We act with empathy and care about each other and about our counterparts.
• Togetherness: We work together collaboratively and selflessly.
• Trust: Hard to gain and easy to lose, therefore we say what we mean, keep our promises and treat others with respect.
• Respect: We respect and value people of all backgrounds. Respect is a common ground we work with each other.
• Enthusiasm: We are curious, ambitious, passionate, humble and life-long eagerly learners.

What we are looking for

Your profile.

• Fully qualified lawyer. Deep knowledge in german law. Familiar with local and international laws and regulations
• Ideally initial experience in a similar role.
• Experience in the automotive and/or aerospace sector.
• Experienced in an international working environment. Ability to establish and maintain good working relations within a multicultural environment
• Flexibility, team spirit, ability to work under pressure, willingness to always learn
• Good Negotiation, communication and presentation skills
• Fluent English and German, another EU language is a plus