Arrow Electronics Retail & E-commerce

Legal Counsel

Harlow, United Kingdom +2 In person Full-time

Location: DE-Neu Isenburg, Germany (Frankfurter Straße)

Position

Principal Accountabilities

  • Draft, review and negotiate various commercial contracts. Being the leader at the negotiation table with external parties to represent the company.
  • Review and resolve all aspects of legal-related issues that can occur in a multinational company.
  • Thrive in the role of a counsellor when interacting with management, sales and finance on legal/business related matters.
  • Work on corporate-related transactions and matters.
  • Review complex documents, standard and non-standard, and letters/general communications received from external clients or customers.
  • Research and analyse statutes, judicial decisions, legal articles, EU treaties and legal codes. Draft legal memoranda and other applicable documents and communications.
  • Interface with sales teams and maintain working relationships with other departments and stakeholders with the company.
  • Assist in development of legal-related training materials and conduct seminars and training of sales organisations and other business organisations of the company.
  • Work with external counsel for litigation matters.
  • Work is fast paced.

Minimum requirements

  • Completed a full legal degree in your European country/jurisdiction and passed all state exams.
  • You are licensed to practise law as an attorney (or local equivalent term, e.g. solicitor, Rechtsanwalt/Rechtsanwältin, abogado/abogada, etc.)
  • Minimum 3 years at a law firm or company where you were practising as an attorney (internships or non-attorney jobs, for example, are not applicable).
  • Other requirements/plusses
  • Requires working knowledge and experience of EU law.
  • Having worked in B2B distribution or IT a plus.
  • Must be absolutely proficient in the English language (written and spoken).
  • A second fluent language other than English is highly valued.
  • Must be able to work independently.
  • Must thrive working with a diverse, international team with colleagues and cultures all over the world.
  • You are a team player in the European legal team, supporting other team members who also support you.
  • Fluency in technology, willing and eager to use and adapt to new technologies and AI. You have no issue working in digital spaces with modern legal programs.

Benefits

  • Full-time position
  • Competitive pay
  • Good work-life balance
  • Home office opportunities
  • Other benefits depending of the location
  • International work environment with colleagues and business partners from all over the world.
  • Supportive and friendly legal colleagues
  • Arrow is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse working environment by providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified persons.

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Location

DE-Neu Isenburg, Germany (Frankfurter St)

Time Type

Full time

Job Category

Legal

Additional Locations: NL-Houten, Netherlands (Elzenkade), UK-Harlow, United Kingdom (Kao Park Hockham Way), NL-Sevenum, Netherlands (Maarten de Vriesstraat)

Job description provided by Arrow Electronics.
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