We are currently looking for a Legal Counsel to join our Legal department in the Head Office.
Responsibilities
- Providing high quality legal support to the Global Procurement team
- Providing advice and participating in the evaluation of legal issues in technical projects (e.g. building of plants, plant expansions, plant maintenance works), including the proper set‑up of a project from a legal point of view
- Drafting and negotiating major project related contracts (such as EPCM/EPC contracts) and other engineering, construction and maintenance contracts as a core member of the project team
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts within the day‑to‑day business of procurement, i.e. sale and purchase agreements, supply agreements, services agreements, consultancy contracts, tolling agreements, consignment agreements, MoUs, etc.
- Providing legal support in the management of claims, disputes and litigation
- Updating/developing contract templates in cooperation with procurement
- Holding regular legal/ contract negotiation trainings to procurement
- Managing external lawyers
- Acting as the business’ legal sparring partner in all legal questions
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Law, bar exam (mandatory) and at least 5 years of experience
- Fluency and excellent contract drafting skills in English (Advanced proficiency in German is desired)
- Excellent knowledge of international contract and commercial law
- Relevant experience in a renowned international law firm or legal department of a global enterprise
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Good understanding of technical and commercial issues, understanding of IPR topics is a plus, but not a must
- Strong negotiation, project management and conflict resolution skills
- High problem‑solving competence and results‑orientation, good business judgement
- Ability to establish and maintain effective cross‑organizational and cross‑cultural relationships, ability to manage stakeholder involvement
- "Hands‑on" personality bringing great sense of responsibility/reliability, high level of commitment, dedication and social intelligence
- High degree of independence, ability to take decisions following the guidance of the line manager and taking into account business needs
- Ability to take ownership for the dedicated area of support and for the development of best practices
- Ability to work in a matrix organization, and follow internal procedures and guidelines
Our Offer
We offer competitive compensation based on the collective labor agreement, starting at EUR82.400annual gross salary (based on 38 hrs/week) and a yearly bonus. Your salary package will reflect your profile, experience and the specifics of the location you apply for.
For this role in Vienna, we also offer:
- Free ticket for public transport & subsidized parking
- Fitness allowance
We reserve the right to close this vacancy for further applications when we have received sufficient applications that meet the advertised requirements and will contact you as soon as screening is closed.
At Borouge International, we are committed to an equal recruitment process. We value diversity, and all applicants & employees are treated fairly and equally. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination based on factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression.
We only accept candidate resumes from recruiters or recruiting agencies if they have been explicitly commissioned by Borealis for a specific recruitment and if the data is provided to us in line with the General Data Protection Regulation. Borealis will not accept or pay fees for candidate resumes of any form or kind that were sent unsolicited to either HR or directly to our hiring managers.
