Legal Counsel France

About BYD France

BYD France is the French National Sales Company of BYD BV Europe and BYD Company Ltd a Chinabased company and a leading global supplier of green energy technologies. BYD France offers a range of electric vehicles including allelectric cars buses & forklifts. BYD is expanding its operations in France to support a growing portfolio of New Electric Vehicle Passenger car and LCVs projects.

Responsibilities:

• Draft review negotiate and advise on a variety of complex commercial contracts which may include distributor or dealer agreements supply contracts procurement agreements and aftersales service agreements etc.

• Cooperate with the business team to prepare for the public procurement procedures

• Provide legal advice to business managers to ensure that legal issues are identified and resolved and that legal risk is managed appropriately

• Handle legal disputes including coordination of litigation/arbitration procedures and collaboration with external lawyers

• Provide support on legal compliance matters

• Summarize potential risks of current business activities and provide training to the business team

• Liaise and cooperate with the legal team in the Netherlands.

Required skills qualifications and experience:

• Master of Law degree with knowledge of French law

• 4 years of professional legal experience experience in private practice and in the automotive industry is a strong plus

• Experience in commercial contract matters corporate law and legal compliance

• Good commercial/transactional negotiation skills particularly in crosscultural and multijurisdictional transactions

• Able to develop and implement legal strategies and solutions

• Demonstrate excellent analytical skills precise and able to multitask effectively

• Proactive diligent team player and also be able to work independently

• Excellent command of English and French both verbally and in writing knowledge of Chinese is a plus

We offer:

Performance and experiencebased competitive remuneration.

25 days annual leave additional holidays.

Company phone and Commuting allowance.

Department & companywide teambuilding events.

An exciting opportunity to lead the European transition to Zero Emissions transportation and decarbonization of the economy.

Our Purpose is to build a zeroemission future that reconnects humanity with nature and a World of clean air. We are looking for talent that connects with this mission and want to create positive impact by joining a diverse and dynamic team