Corporate Lawyer

Universal Portugal Sgps Lda; Porto; Presencial; EUR 42 000 - 68 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Young team

Multicultural environment

Competitive salary

Resumo da oferta

Universal Kraft group is seeking a Corporate Lawyer to join our international team in Porto. You will provide essential legal support across the full project lifecycle, from permitting to execution, helping to ensure regulatory compliance and successful project delivery.

The ideal candidate has a strong academic background and up to 5 years of experience, with excellent negotiation, drafting and communication skills in Portuguese and English, and the ability to collaborate across global teams

Qualificações

• Excellent negotiation, drafting and communication skills with stakeholder management.
• Autonomy and concise decision-making abilities.
• Understanding privacy, data protection and information security.
• Sound knowledge of law and legal systems.
• Strong organizational skills for multi-project management.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English; additional languages a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Manage legal operations for a group of companies in an international organisation.
• Negotiate global commercial transactions, including sales and partnerships.
• Advise stakeholders on contract risks and ensure compliant agreements.
• Develop and streamline the contracting process with internal clients.
• Support a fast-growing global company across time zones.

Conhecimentos

Negotiation skills

Drafting

Communication skills

Autonomy

Decision-making

Privacy & data protection

Portuguese & English

Formação académica

Law degree

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The Universal Kraft group has been actively developing renewable energy solutions for over 20 years. Our projects span from wind and solar to waste-to-energy, water treatment, and energy storage solutions, including green Hydrogen and green Ammonia.

With offices in Canada, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, we are continuously expanding, along with our team. Currently, we are recruiting a Corporate Lawyer to join our dynamic team. This role is ideal for a legal professional with a strong academic background and up to 5 years of experience, looking to grow within the energy sector. You will provide essential legal support across the full project lifecycle, from permitting to execution, helping to ensure regulatory compliance and successful implementation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for managing the legal operations of a group of companies within an international organisation, including but not exclusively:
• Negotiate a wide range of global commercial transactions, from sales agreements to partnership deals, deeds and everything in between.
• Advise internal stakeholders regarding key issues and risks in our commercial contracts and ensure that our agreements reflect our high internal standards and guidelines.
• Engage with internal business clients to develop and enhance a streamlined, efficient, and scalable contracting process.
• Tackle anything else in the field that gets thrown your way as needed to support a fast-growing, dynamic, and innovative global company.
• You will be required to have flexibility and overlap in your working hours to accommodate meetings across global time zones.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent negotiation, drafting, and communication skills with the ability to manage and foster key stakeholder relationships and collaborate with teams across the business.
• Autonomy & concise decision-making skills
• An understanding and appreciation of privacy, data protection, information security and related issues - with demonstrated ability to negotiate agreements on these issues.
• Sound knowledge of Law and Legal system
• Razor sharp organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects.
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills in Portuguese & English (additional languages are a plus).

WE OFFER:

• Integration on a young, motivated team
• Multicultural and international working environment
• Competitive Salary according to proven experience