Legal Counsel

Role Responsibilities :

Supports the manager in overseeing the following activities :

• Negotiation, drafting, and review of a wide range of commercial contracts, providing strategic advice with particular focus on service agreements with clients and suppliers. Key contracts include goods handling and integrated logistics service agreements, transport and shipping contracts, commercial leases, leasing, maintenance, consultancy agreements, Letters of Intent, Non-Disclosure Agreements, MOUs, etc.
• Legal advice to internal company functions on cross-functional matters.
• Management of litigation and pre-litigation, including coordination of external legal counsel and handling of disputes with clients, suppliers, and third parties in general.
• Preparation of periodic reports for the Legal Department of the parent company.
• Management of GDPR compliance and the 231 Organizational Model.
• Performing duties in compliance with occupational health and safety regulations (Legislative Decree 81/08) and with procedures aimed at protecting company assets.
• Compliance with SOX regulations across all relevant processes.

Skills and Requirements :

• Law degree;
• Previous experience of at least 3–5 years in qualified law firms and / or legal departments of multinational companies, not necessarily in the logistics sector;
• Excellent command of English;
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and the Microsoft Office suite;
• Strong interpersonal skills, flexibility, dynamism, attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving abilities, and team-working skills.

What We Offer :

A tailored onboarding plan will be developed based on the role. A dynamic environment where you can actively contribute.

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