Group Legal Counsel Expert

CMA CGM; Marseille; Presencial; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

CMA CGM Group in Marseille seeks a Group Economic Sanctions Legal Counsel to ensure global compliance with economic sanctions, export controls, and international law. Reporting to the Head of Economic Sanctions, you will help implement procedures and monitor transactions and projects across the group.

You will analyze regulatory changes from the EU, US, UK, and UN, provide clear legal advice to commercial and operations teams, and develop internal guidance and training on sanctions compliance

Formación

• Fluent English mandatory.
• Minimum 8 years in international economic sanctions.
• Master 2 in Law/Compliance or equivalent.
• Experience in international firms, banks, or multinational groups preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Implement the Economic Sanctions Compliance Program and keep it up to date.
• Provide legal analyses for operations, acquisitions, investments, and long-term contracts.
• Draft internal notes, guides and policies for sanctions/export control.
• Deliver training on sanctions compliance for commercial, operations and international teams.

Conocimientos

Sanctions regimes (EU/US/UK/UN)

Export control

Compliance & international law

Industry knowledge: shipping/logistics

Business-oriented advice

Legal rigor

Communication skills

Multinational environment

Educación

Master 2 in Law/Compliance or equivalent

Descripción del empleo

Marseille, FRA

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Group Legal Counsel Expert

Req ID: 592260 Posting Start Date: 14/10/2026 Marseille, FRA CMA CGM Legal - Insurance Permanent contract Full Time

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

YOUR ROLE

The CMA CGM Group is seeking a Group Economic Sanctions Legal Counsel to join its Economic Sanctions team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the compliance of the Group's global activities with applicable international regulations regarding economic sanctions, export control, and international law. Reporting directly to the Head of Economic Sanctions, you will participate in implementing appropriate procedures and controls to ensure the compliance of the Group's transactions and projects with applicable economic sanctions regimes.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Implementation of the Economic Sanctions Compliance Program

• Program Management: Implement the CMA CGM Group's economic sanctions compliance program and contribute to its continuous updates.
• Operational & Commercial Support: Support operational and commercial teams by providing legal analyses and recommendations regarding spot shipping operations, projects (acquisitions and investments), or long-term contracts.
• Contractual Drafting: Review economic sanctions and export control compliance clauses, and secure decisions related to sensitive operations by verifying all components of the transaction (customers, vessels, ports, cargoes, financial flows, etc.).
• National Regimes & Cargo Compliance: Manage and structure the Group's compliance with national sanctions regimes by evaluating cargo classifications and determining the necessary authorizations from a maritime carrier's perspective.
• External Relations: Manage relationships with external counsels, competent authorities, financial institutions, and business partners on matters related to economic sanctions and export control.

Legal Watch and Strategy Analysis

• Regulatory Monitoring: Ensure the analysis, monitoring, and implementation of international sanctions enacted by the European Union, the United States (BIS, OFAC), the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and applicable national regimes.
• Risk Anticipation: Maintain an active legal watch on geopolitical and regulatory developments to anticipate their impacts on the Group's activities: shipping, logistics, supply chain, energy, and international projects.
• Internal Guidance: Draft notes, practical guides, and internal policies to disseminate economic sanctions compliance requirements across the Group.

Awareness & Internal Training

• Training Animation: Develop and deliver training sessions on sanctions and export control for commercial teams, operational teams, and international subsidiaries.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR ?

Technical Skills & Expertise

• Sanctions Regimes: Proven expertise in EU, US (OFAC, BIS), UK, and UN sanctions regimes, with the ability to provide independent legal analysis on complex, high-stakes economic situations.
• Export Control: Strong command of export control regulations.
• Compliance & Law: Solid experience in international economic law, the geopolitics of sanctions, and compliance.
• Industry Sector: Experience in shipping, logistics, international trade, energy, or other sectors highly exposed to economic sanctions is a major asset.
• Business-Oriented Advice: Ability to analyze complex operations and provide clear, operational, and business-oriented advice.

Soft Skills & Professional Attributes

• Legal Rigor: Strong research and synthesis skills, analytical mind, autonomy, curiosity, humility, and team spirit.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills with both internal stakeholders (commercial, operations, management) and external parties.
• Environment: Proven experience in an international and multi-industry environment.

Education & Experience

• Education: Master 2 (Master's Degree) in Law, Compliance, or equivalent.
• Languages: Fluent English is mandatory; proficiency in another language is a plus.
• Experience: Minimum of 8 years of experience in international economic sanctions, acquired within an international law firm, a financial institution, or a multinational group.

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !

Information at a Glance

Rise in motion with CMA CGM Group: where ambition meets opportunity.

Join a global team of nearly 200 nationalities, shaping the future of global trade, moving essential goods, forging newpaths, and pushing boundaries to serve an ever-changing world.

The pace is fast, the challenges are real, but the rewards are greater: growth, purpose, and thechance to make a meaningful impact. Thisis more than a job. It’s a journey on which you rise.