Senior Corporate Counsel (m/f/d)

Contemporary Amperex Technology Hungary Kft.; Arnstadt; Vor Ort; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading battery technology company in Arnstadt seeks a Senior Corporate Counsel to provide legal advice, manage risks, and oversee contracts while ensuring compliance with laws. Ideal candidates will have a law degree, extensive legal experience, and strong leadership skills. This role offers permanent employment in a dynamic and international environment with opportunities for professional development and competitive benefits including annual bonuses and an attractive referral program.

Leistungen

Permanent employment contract

Annual bonus payments

Group accident insurance

Employee referral program

International working environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifikationen

• Successfully completed law degree and German admission after the second state examination.
• Extensive professional experience with a broad understanding of various areas of law.
• Ideally, experience as a corporate lawyer in a manufacturing company or automotive sector.

Aufgaben

• Provide legal advice on corporate governance, finance, and operations.
• Identify and manage legal risks to ensure compliance.
• Oversee contract drafting, review, and negotiation.

Kenntnisse

Expert legal advice

Risk management

Contract negotiation

Compliance and governance

Litigation management

Intellectual property protection

Strong communication skills

Leadership skills

Strategic thinking

Business fluent English

Ausbildung

Law degree

Jobbeschreibung

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Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) is a global leader in advanced energy and battery technologies and was founded in 2011 in Ningde, China. CATL is a long-standing partner of the German and global electric vehicle and energy storage industry. In 2024, CATL was the supplier with the highest installed battery volume in electric vehicles worldwide for the eighth consecutive year. For four years in a row, CATL has also held the highest market share in the global supply of energy storage batteries.

From our first European production site at Erfurter Kreuz, we have been supplying German car manufacturers with cells and modules made in Thuringia since 2022. Globally, CATL employs more than 100,000 people at 13 production sites and 6 research centers with branches and offices in France, Germany, Japan, North America and China. Our batteries are already installed in more than 17 million electric vehicles worldwide - that corresponds to around one in three electric vehicles.

Become part of our team and use your talent to help increase this number even further in the future!

Senior Corporate Counsel (m/f/d)

Job ID: 1919

Date: Jan 6, 2026

Location: Arnstadt, Thuringia, DE

Company: CATL

This is your new challenge:

The Senior Corporate Counsel primarily acts as legal advisor for CATL's German locations, provides strategic guidance, and manages all legal aspects of the organization to minimize risk and support business objectives.

Responsibilities include:

• Legal advice: Providing expert advice to executives and management on all legal matters, including corporate governance, finance, marketing, human resources, and operations
• Risk management: Identifying, assessing, and managing legal risks to ensure compliance with local and international laws and regulations
• Contract management: Overseeing the drafting, review, and negotiation of all corporate contracts, including supplier, customer, employment, subcontractor, and sales agreements
• Compliance and governance: Independently developing and sustainably implementing compliance programs, policies, and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance and ethical conduct; managing corporate record-keeping
• Litigation management: Developing strategy and overseeing all litigation, managing external legal counsel, and representing the company in court when necessary
• Intellectual property: Protecting the company's intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights
• Strategic development: Participation in management decision-making processes, contribution of legal perspectives on new markets, product launches, and strategic initiatives
• Team leadership: Management and supervision of an internal legal department team, coordination with external law firms, and cooperation with works council representatives to uniformly advance the company's goals

These are your achievements to date:

• Successfully completed law degree and German admission after the second state examination
• Extensive professional experience in the above‑mentioned field with a broad understanding of various areas of law
• Ideally, experience as a corporate lawyer in a manufacturing company or in the automotive sector
• Strong personnel management and leadership skills
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to think strategically and economically, aligning legal advice with corporate goals
• High integrity, sound judgment, and resilience
• Business fluent English skills

These are your benefits:

• Permanent employment contract with diverse future prospects in a growing company
• Annual bonus payments (loyalty bonus and variable performance bonus)
• Group accident insurance that covers you professionally and privately 24 hours/day
• Attractive employee referral program
• International working environment where teamwork is a priority
• Further qualification and professional development opportunities

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, gender orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disabilities.