Legal CounselReg Corp Counsel

Banbury - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This role will provide legal commercial and risk management support to the Dematic Business as a key internal business partner and advisor. The focus of this role will be in the areas of commercial and contract law construction law as it relates to project and services provided by Dematic in the intralogistics industry as well as the provision of legal advice more generally to the business inclusive of matters relating to corporate governance claims and litigation and compliance.

The incumbent will be required to draft and support the business in negotiating a broad range of contracts for the Dematic business operations in the UK Ireland and Scandinavia

We offer:

Competitive Compensation and Benefits
Bonus Scheme
Enhanced Pension Annual Leave and BUPA
Career Progression

Learn More Here: and Qualifications:

Legal Responsibilities:

Proactively promote and practice effective and professional legal advice for Dematic UKs business activities and service offerings.
Support pre-contractual legal considerations such as review and analysis of ITTs/ RFQs and provision of ad hoc (strategic) advice to the sales- procurement and/or execution teams.
Drafting and negotiating contracts variations and related documents forms as required in conjunction with senior management.
Support and advice the business teams on contract compliance contract awareness contract change management and related matters.
Render support as required in relation to Corporate Governance and Compliance Matters
Liaise where necessary and act as intermediary with other specialist or external advisors.
Ensure a consistent pass through of contractual positions and risks to suppliers/subcontractors where possible by rendering appropriate assistance to the procurement team.
Engage closely with the business teams to ensure that legal/commercial outputs are in compliance with Dematic policies.
Attend contractual meetings with customers (including co-operation with purchasing on supply contracts) on contractual issues prior to closing.
Ensure a consistent pass through of contractual provisions to other Dematic entities and departments where necessary.
Ensure that contract (templates) are kept up to date in line with new legal developments and Dematics best practice.
Support other Legal Counsel in rendering assistance to European or Group Legal in relation to both contentious and non-contentious matters where appropriate

Risk Management

Ensure that contracts are administered in line with Dematic policies.
Ensure insurance commitments are reflected within the business contracts.

Financial Management

Support on ad hoc financial duties
Liaise with Treasury regarding credit security matters.

Qualifications & Experience:

Degree in law
Solicitor or equivalent admitted in a common law jurisdiction additional European/civil law qualification is a plus.
Demonstrates and applies comprehensive knowledge of field of specialization to the successful completion of complex assignments.
Demonstrates advanced knowledge of complex concepts practices and procedures of particular area of contract specialization.
Demonstrates broad knowledge of organizations business practices and issues and contributes to resolution of those issues in support of regional management team.
Proven record in commercial legal work
Proven record in private legal practice is a plus
Thorough legal drafting and good negotiation skills coupled with business driven legal advisory tasks
deep knowledge of standard form engineering contracts typically used in the industry such as MF1 and FIDIC
Deveral years commercial experience and specifically negotiating commercial construction related contracts is a plus
Language skills: English native/advanced; additional language skill is a plus

Dematic is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Dematic prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race religion or belief age sex national or ethnic origin disability status sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

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