Head of Legal
KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Werne • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Lead
About the role
- Strategic leadership and further development of a European team
- Legal advice to executive management and business units, particularly in contract, corporate, employment, data protection and compliance law
- Contract management: review, drafting and negotiation of complex agreements with business partners
- Identification, assessment and mitigation of legal risks in an international business environment
- Monitoring regulatory developments across Europe and advising management on legal implications
- Support for M&A activities, including legal due diligence and coordination of external law firms
- Supporting business units in complying with internal policies and legal requirements
- Design, delivery and ongoing development of internal legal training and governance measures
Requirements
- Completed legal studies: fully qualified lawyer (Volljurist) with both state examinations or equivalent qualification
- Several years of relevant professional experience in a comparable role or at a commercial law firm, ideally in an international environment
- Leadership experience in managing and developing a team
- Expert knowledge of business/corporate law and related legal areas
- Excellent German and English skills, both written and spoken
Benefits
- Job security: permanent employment contract
- Flexibility: flexible working hours
- Work-life balance: remote working/mobile work options, at least 30 days of annual leave per year
- Team spirit: employee events
- Health: occupational health services
- Career prospects: opportunities for professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
contract managementlegal advicecorporate lawemployment lawdata protection lawcompliance lawlegal due diligencenegotiationrisk assessmentregulatory monitoring
Soft skills
strategic leadershipteam managementcommunicationinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillstraining deliverygovernance development
Certifications
fully qualified lawyerstate examinations