Jobbtitel: Legal Advisor

Arbetsbeskrivning:

Are you a commercially oriented qualified lawyer with experience of negotiating large and complex agreements? Do you have commercial awareness, service mindedness and a passion for quality? Are you looking for a position in a team that values performance, innovation and to have fun? Then take a closer look at this opportunity in the Vestas Northern Europe Legal & Contracting department.

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The Vestas Northern Europe Legal & Contracting department currently consist of 9 lawyers and one coordinator and is based in our offices in Sweden (Malmö), UK (Warrington), Poland (Warsaw) and Denmark (Videbæk). The department advises the Vestas Northern European region on most contractual and legal matters, including insurance and compliance matters.

Now, we are looking for a commercially oriented qualified lawyer to act as legal adviser in respect of transaction work with direct contact to our valued customers. The position is based at Vestas Northern Europe?s headquarter in Malmö, Sweden, and will be primarily targeted on Swedish and Scandinavian matters, however this includes working closely with peers in other parts of the Vestas group in a truly international context.

In the legal team, our guiding principles are quality, commercial awareness and service mindedness. However, before we get into those principles, we need to ensure that we have fun and enjoy work because we truly believe that this is the fundamental prerequisite for all well-being, performance and innovation, and that is why we are looking for a candidate who we think will fit well with our organisation (not only the legal department).

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities of the role:

- Preparation and negotiation of large commercial and complex agreements

- Providing commercially focused legal advice in relation to various commercial contracts and legal matters

- Leading negotiations as an integral part of sales teams

- Ensuring that agreements and practices are in compliance with the company?s commercial standards and policies

- Contract management for construction and service matters

Qualifications

Of experience we expect the following:

- Masters of Law in Swedish law (jur kand)

- At least three years? experience as a legal adviser, as solicitor or in-house legal counsel

- Experience in managing transactions is desirable

- Experience in working with cross-border projects

- Fluency in English and Swedish both orally and written

Competencies

On the personal level we value:

- Good social skills and a positive attitude

- Good commercial acumen and aptitude to make decisions

- Ability to work independently in a project-oriented environment, and manage and take part of project teams

- Ability to prioritise, respond quickly where needed and take a commercial view on risk

What we offer

We offer an exciting career opportunity with flexibility, great challenges and possibilities of development together with the opportunity to be part of an ambitious and visionary team of committed colleagues, who are all enthusiastic about wind energy.

We offer international career opportunities and a competitive salary and benefit package.

Additional information

A certain amount of travel must be expected (approximately 20-30 days per year).

For additional information about the position please contact Recruiter Petra Berg +46 727 331 759.

Deadline is 7th August 2016, but applications will be handled as receive

Arbetsgivare Namn: VESTAS NORTHERN EUROPE AB

Arbetsgivare adress: BOX 310 38 20049 MALMÖ

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Arbetsgivare telefonnummer: 040-376700

Jobb kort beskrivning: Legal professionals not elsewhere classified

Land: Sweden

Område: Skåne län

Avtalstid: Permanent

Typ av kontrakt: Full time

Källa till jobberbjudande: Public Employment Service of Sweden(AMS)

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