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About the Role
As a member of the Global Legal Department, you will support management and specialist departments in all legal matters, particularly concerning customer, supplier, and partner contracts. You will advise sales, tender, and other specialist departments on contract drafting in the B2B environment. This role involves creating, reviewing, and negotiating purchase, service, and works contracts, including those for complex construction projects and public tenders, as well as contracts from IT and software law. You will ensure compliance with relevant legal areas such as competition and antitrust law, export/import, data protection, and other compliance regulations. The position requires independent assessment of complex situations and development of pragmatic, economically viable solutions in collaboration with Sales and Finance. You will represent Schneider Electric in all legal matters internally and externally, and independently conduct negotiations with external parties. Additionally, you will manage and coordinate disputes, court, and arbitration proceedings in cooperation with external lawyers and internal specialist departments. You will also strengthen legal and compliance awareness within the company through training on relevant legal topics.
Responsibilities
- Support management and specialist departments in all legal matters, particularly concerning customer, supplier, and partner contracts.
- Advise sales, tender, and other specialist departments on contract drafting in the B2B environment.
- Create, review, and negotiate purchase, service, and works contracts, including those for complex construction projects and public tenders, as well as contracts from IT and software law.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legal areas such as competition and antitrust law, export/import, data protection, and other compliance regulations.
- Independently assess complex situations and develop pragmatic, economically viable solutions in collaboration with Sales and Finance.
- Represent Schneider Electric in all legal matters internally and externally, and independently conduct negotiations with external parties.
- Manage and coordinate disputes, court, and arbitration proceedings in cooperation with external lawyers and internal specialist departments.
- Strengthen legal and compliance awareness within the company through training on relevant legal topics.
Requirements
- Fully qualified lawyer (w/m/d) with completed 1st and 2nd state examinations.
- Excellent knowledge of contract and sales law (B2B) and very good knowledge of public procurement law, VOB/B, antitrust and competition law.
- Knowledge of IT and software law, as well as anti-corruption and product liability is advantageous.
- Several years (min. 5 years) of relevant professional experience – ideally in an internationally active company.
- Good knowledge of the industry, its structures, and requirements.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills, combined with an independent and responsible way of working.
- Very good understanding of economic contexts and a high degree of entrepreneurial and ethical conduct.
- Fluent German and English language skills.
- Team spirit, optimism, drive, and willingness to travel occasionally.
Skills
- Contract law
- Sales law
- Public procurement law
- VOB/B
- Antitrust law
- Competition law
- IT law
- Software law
- Anti-corruption
- Product liability
- Negotiation
- Communication
Location
- Berlin
- Düsseldorf
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Fully qualified lawyer with completed 1st and 2nd state examinations
Salary/Compensations
- Performance-related pay (fixed annual salary and variable component)
Benefits
- 30 days of vacation per year
- Share program with employer subsidy and favorable conditions
- Various development and career opportunities
- Employer-funded pension model with various financing components
- Employee discounts through Corporate Benefits with external partners
About the Company
- Schneider Electric offers digital energy and automation solutions to customers worldwide, aiming for optimal use of energy and resources.
- Schneider Electric is one of the most sustainable companies in the world.
- Worldwide revenue of €40 billion.
- Over 9% organic growth.
- More than 150,000 employees in over 100 countries.
- Schneider Electric's culture is based on IMPACT values: Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork.
- Schneider Electric upholds the highest standards in ethics and compliance, guided by its Trust Charter.
Equal Opportunity
- Schneider Electric strives to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world by offering equal opportunities to all people everywhere and ensuring that all employees feel valued and safe in a unique way to do their best.
- Schneider Electric is an employer that promotes equal opportunities, offering equal employment and advancement opportunities regardless of race, religion, color, sex, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or other legally protected characteristics or behaviors in recruitment, hiring, training, transfer, and promotion.