(Senior) Legal Counsel - Business Partner Legal Commercial (all genders)

KWS Saat SE; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 80.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading agricultural company is seeking a (Senior) Legal Counsel for its Global Legal & IP Team in Berlin. The role involves providing legal advice on commercial agreements, managing litigation, and supporting business strategies within an international framework. Candidates should have a law degree and experience in commercial law, with strong communication skills and fluency in English being essential. This position offers flexible working conditions and the opportunity for personal development in a dynamic team.

Leistungen

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Company pension scheme

Childcare allowance

Job bike

Qualifikationen

• Fully qualified lawyer or comparable degree.
• Extensive professional experience in commercial law within an international business environment.
• Broad knowledge of national and international law.
• Ability to provide legally sound yet pragmatic and business-focused advice.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); knowledge of Portuguese and/or Spanish is an advantage.

Aufgaben

• Provide pragmatic, solution-oriented legal advice on various commercial agreements.
• Manage civil and administrative litigation matters.
• Identify new business opportunities and ensure legally sound solutions.
• Provide legal support for mergers and acquisitions.
• Coordinate the work of external legal advisors.

Kenntnisse

Commercial law experience

Legal advice

Strong communication skills

Fluent in English

Ausbildung

Law degree or comparable degree

Jobbeschreibung

For our Global Legal & IP Team, we are seeking to recruit a (Senior) Legal Counsel - Business Partner Legal Commercial (m/f/d) for KWS Berlin GmbH. In this role, you will primarily be responsible for the legal matters of our globally active and rapidly expanding Business Unit Vegetables, providing high-quality, business-oriented legal advice. Acting as a proactive and pragmatic sparring partner, you will support the KWS business with an in-depth understanding of the seed industry and its market dynamics.

Your Tasks:

• Provide pragmatic, solution-oriented legal advice on a wide range of issues mainly relating to our global Business Unit Vegetables, focusing on licensing, distribution, service, supply, lease, purchase, confidentiality, marketing, and other commercial agreements
• Manage and coordinate civil and administrative litigation matters
• Act as a trusted sparring partner to the business, identifying new business opportunities, structuring marketing models, and ensuring legally sound solutions with a strong commercial focus
• Provide legal support for mergers and acquisitions
• Member and organization of Company Boards
• Support the Expert Hub Legal by developing and implementing standard contracts, templates, model clauses, document management, and know-how/license management, as well as supporting overarching corporate matters
• Manage and coordinate the work of external legal advisors

Your Profile:

• Fully qualified lawyer or comparable degree
• Extensive professional experience in commercial law within an international business environment
• Broad knowledge of national and international law
• Ability to provide legally sound yet pragmatic and business-focused advice
• High degree of flexibility, mobility, and resilience
• Excellent customer orientation combined with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Strong communication skills across diverse stakeholder groups and hierarchy levels
• Team player with an independent, structured working style and strong social competence
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); knowledge of Portuguese and/or Spanish is an advantage

We offer:

• An exceptionally interesting and diverse job in an international environment with the opportunity to contribute innovative ideas
• Working in an international, highly motivated and dynamic team with flat hierarchies
• Targeted professional and personal development opportunities
• Flexible working hours with the possibility of mobile work
• Flexible choice of location between our headquarters in Einbeck, Lower Saxony, and our KWS office in Berlin
• As a family‑run company we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence; this culture is lived out in practice, creating an open and friendly working atmosphere.
• True to our motto "Make yourself grow!", we support employees' professional and personal development.
• We offer excellent work equipment and sufficient parking spaces at the KWS location.
• We offer a company pension scheme, capital formation benefits, Christmas and holiday bonuses, special prices for company shares, childcare allowance and a job bike.

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