Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

Linde Gas GmbH Österreich; Stadl-Paura; Vor Ort; EUR 80 000 - 100 000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Linde Gas GmbH is seeking a Legal Counsel to oversee all legal aspects of operations in Austria. The successful candidate will manage commercial contracts, ensuring compliance with legal standards while promoting a culture of proactive risk management. This role also involves significant negotiation responsibilities and collaboration within a global legal team.

Leistungen

Bonus systems

Flexible working hours

Work from home opportunities

Career opportunities in an international environment

Qualifikationen

• At least three years of professional experience as an in-house lawyer or in a law firm.
• Substantial expertise in commercial and civil law.
• Experience in complex negotiations and drafting agreements.

Aufgaben

• Responsible for all aspects of the legal function covering operations in Austria.
• Review, draft, and negotiate contracts related to sales and procurement.
• Ensure compliance with Austrian and EU regulatory frameworks.

Kenntnisse

Fluent in German

Excellent English skills

Excellent communication skills

Critical and strategic thinking

Strong commercial mindset

Ausbildung

University degree in law

Passed the Austrian bar exam

Jobbeschreibung

Linde Gas GmbH

Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

Stadl-Paura, Linz, Graz or Vienna, Austria | req23810

What You Will Enjoy Doing

• In this role, you will be responsible for all aspects of the legal function in the broadest sense covering the operations of Linde Gas Austria
• Your primary focus will be on commercial contract law, where you will review, draft and negotiate contracts related to sales and procurement
• Developing and maintaining contract templates and general terms and conditions will be part of your duties, along with ensuring compliance with Austrian and EU regulatory frameworks, including data protection and ESG (environmental, social and governance)
• You will identify proactive solutions to eliminate or mitigate risks for the organization
• As a mid-senior level professional, you will be an integral part of Linde's Global Law Department, reporting to the Head of Legal - Cluster Austria and Hungary
• For those based outside of Stadl-Paura, we request flexibility to travel to our primary location at least 3 days per week to actively collaborate and contribute on-site
  
  

What Makes You Great

• You are fluent in German and possess excellent English language skills, both spoken and written
• In addition, you obtained a university degree in law in Austria, and you have successfully passed the Austrian bar exam
• You have at least three years of professional experience after bar exam as in-house lawyer or in a law firm, preferably within a large international environment or with international clientele
• You have substantial expertise in commercial and civil law and gained significant experience in working with senior management in and outside your organisation, as well as working in a matrix organization
• You can confidently lead complex negotiations in, and then reflect in drafting the agreed points arising from, demanding transactions with major customers making large-scale investments with Linde
• Excellent communication skills, critical and strategic thinking, and a strong commercial mindset complete your profile
  
  

Why you will love working with us

Linde Gas GmbH is one of the world's leading manufacturers of technical and medical gases, with about 320 employees in Austria generating sales of 332,55 million euros in 2023. We live our mission "Making our world more productive" by developing high-quality solutions and sustainable technologies for our customers together with our employees. As a global player, we fill a fundamental role in the decarbonization of the entire industry. We already supply "green gases” and hydrogen has been within our DNA for over 100 years – we are the only company worldwide covering the entire value chain.

What we offer you!

We live a great corporate culture according to the motto "WE – appreciation, identification, respect", an open-minded cooperation and a strong sense of sustainability are a matter of course for us. You can expect a crisis-proof job in a top company in the chemical industry with career opportunities in an international environment. In addition, you can expect numerous benefits such as bonus systems, flexible working hours, joint activities, the possibility of working from home and many other attractive social benefits.

Create the future with us according to the motto - Be Linde. Be Limitless.

For this position there is provided a minimum basic salary in accordance with the collective agreement for employees in the chemical industry section in remuneration group IV/1 u. 2 (monthly gross salary EUR 4.270,14). Your professional and personal skills as well as your professional work experience will be taken into account when determining the regular monthly salary.

Have we inspired you? Let´s talk about it

We are looking forward to receiving your complete application (motivation letter, CV, certificates) via our online job market.

We only accept applications in English

Your contact person

Linde Gas GmbH

Bianca Ehrenfellner

[phone]

www.linde-gas.at

Any designations used of course apply to persons of all genders. The form of speech used here is for simplicity only.

Linde Gas GmbH acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.