Legal Counsel | Commercial Contracts Specialist

Hexa Group; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Hexa People seeks a Legal Counsel (Commercial Contracts) Specialist to provide legal and commercial advice to stakeholders, helping projects move forward while managing legal and commercial risk.

You will review and draft contracts, manage risk across international agreements, and ensure compliance with data protection and regulatory requirements. Strong drafting and negotiation skills with GDPR experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Law degree and qualification as a lawyer in an EU jurisdiction.
• Fluent English.
• Maximum 4 years relevant post-qualification experience in international commercial contracts.
• Good knowledge of contract/commercial law and regulatory issues (Data Protection, Anti-Bribery).
• Strong knowledge of technology agreements, GDPR and contractual risk management.
• Excellent judgement, drafting, negotiation and international stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective legal and commercial advice and assistance.
• Review, draft and negotiate contracts.
• Assist in identifying, assessing, mitigating and managing legal and commercial risk.
• Ensure business is conducted in accordance with law and governance processes.
• Provide preliminary advice on disputes.
• Advise on regulatory compliance.
• Support standard and bespoke contracts and queries with low to medium revenue/complexity.

Skills

Fluent English

International stakeholder management

Negotiation

Education

Law degree + EU lawyer qualification

Job description

We are looking for a Legal Counsel (Commercial Contracts)Specialist to provide legal and commercial advice and solutions to stakeholders. You will help the business move projects forward while ensuring that legal and commercial risks are understood and appropriately managed.

Responsibilities

• Providing effective legal and commercial advice and assistance
• Review, draft and negotiate contracts
• Assist the function supported regarding the identification, assessment, mitigation and managementof legal and commercial risk in light of different risk profiles
• Help to ensure that business is conducted in accordance with relevant law and Sodexo's internalgovernance processes
• Provide preliminary advice on disputes
• Advise on regulatory compliance
• Support a range of standard and bespoke contracts and queries with relatively low to medium levelsof revenues, complexity and impact

Requirements

• Law degree and qualification as a lawyer in an EU jurisdiction.
• Fluent English
• Maximum 4 years relevant post-qualification experience in international commercial contracts.
• Good technical knowledge and experience of the law (including contract / commercial law andregulatory issues e.g. Data Protection, Anti-Bribery etc.),
• Strong knowledge of technology agreements, GDPR and contractual risk management.
• Excellent judgement, drafting, negotiation and international stakeholder-management skills.