Corporate Lawyer

Volkswagen Financial Services Portugal; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 50 000 - 70 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Private health insurance

Life insurance

Meal allowance

Bonuses depending on performance

Continuous training

Resumo da oferta

Volkswagen Financial Services Portugal in Lisbon is seeking a Corporate Lawyer. This role involves drafting and negotiating IT contracts, ensuring compliance with regulations, and supporting legal matters across VWFS locations.

The ideal candidate will have a law degree and at least five years of relevant experience, fluent in English, and ready to collaborate in a multicultural environment.

A permanent contract and competitive benefits package, including health insurance, is offered.

Qualificações

• Minimum of five years’ experience as a lawyer in an IT company or in a law firm focused on IT matters.
• Experience drafting, preparing, and negotiating IT contracts.
• Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements for Banks.

Responsabilidades

• Support VWFS on legal, compliance, and regulatory matters.
• Draft, revise, and negotiate contracts with IT Service Providers.
• Identify and propose measures to mitigate legal risks.

Conhecimentos

Legal and regulatory risk analysis

Contract drafting and negotiation

Experience with IT contracts

Data protection knowledge

Fluency in English

Formação académica

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Law

Descrição da oferta de emprego

It's been more than 70 years since Volkswagen Financial Services AG financed the first Volkswagen vehicles in Germany in 1949. A lot has changed since then, but our core goal hasn't; ensuring we meet the mobility needs of the people.

Volkswagen Financial Services today operates in 48 markets through its various subsidiaries, shareholdings, and joint ventures. Volkswagen Financial Services is the largest provider of automotive financial services worldwide.

At VWFS Porto, we are proud to foster a gender-equal workplace, where diversity is celebrated, and every individual is provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed.

What we do?

VWFS Porto is a VWFS AG IT hub, and the first outside Germany. Here we will establish a long-term Business & IT company. Our primary goal is to service all European markets in implementing and maintaining contract management systems and overseeing IT projects in other areas. Our focus is on: core systems, satellite systems (such as document management systems, collection systems) but also extends to integrations, data, and large project organizations. For this we seek a hands‑on Corporate Lawyer.

Objectives

The Lawyer will report to Legal and Compliance Manager of VWFS. Its main objective will be to ensure the quality of the contracts with IT Service Providers, evaluate legal and regulatory risks and identify measures to mitigate them. He or she will also be expected to provide support on other legal matters within the company, beyond the scope previously mentioned.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Support VWFS (Lisbon and Porto) on legal, compliance and regulatory matters;
• To draft, revise and negotiate contracts with IT Service Providers and end Customers of VWFS Porto;
• Negotiation of contracts required for the operations of VWFS Porto;
• Identify and measure legal and regulatory risks and propose measures to mitigate them;
• To establish and manage processes and workflows between VVWFS Porto, Service Providers and HQ’s;
• To develop the GDPR requirements for VWFS Porto.

We believe that the right profile for this job should have / be:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Law;
• Minimum of five years’ experience as a lawyer in an IT company or in a law firm in a department dedicated to IT matters;
• Minimum of five years’ experience drafting, preparing, and negotiating IT contracts;
• Experience in legal matters as licensing, liability (and limitation), IP rights, export control, data protection, IT security;
• Experience in regulatory requirements for Banks (Outsourcing, IT security, BCM);
• Experience in Compliance;
• Advance level of English, written and spoken;
• Availability to travel to Porto.

What we Offer:

• Permanent contract;
• Competitive package including private health insurance, life insurance and meal allowance (pay by meal card);
• Bonuses and benefits depending on performance;
• Schooling allowance and pension scheme;
• Incredible and unique annual company events;
• Opportunity to work on an international project and be part of multicultural and multidisciplinary team;
• Solid performance evaluation and career management methodologies;
• Continuous training – technical and behavioral development.

The lawyer will integrate the VWFS Legal and Compliance Department. The lawyer will work for VWFS Porto but from the offices in Alfragide (Lisbon) where the Legal and Compliance Team is located.