Senior Legal Counsel

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We are now looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join us.

The role requires a disciplined, structured and business-oriented mindset with a strong sense of integrity and personal ethics while maintaining the ability to strike a sound balance between analysis and action. This will require a hands-on approach, extensive in-house experience working in an advisory role and supporting the business in contract negotiations will be critical.

You will play a key role in supporting and developing Maersk’s enterprise wide initiative to standardise and further develop our existing contractual frameworks, terms and conditions and end-to-end processes for customer contracting.

You will be one of the key points of contact in legal for the business, providing day-to-day advice on all aspects of the products and associated customer contract portfolio and also drive, as a Legal Business Partner, the development of the suite of products within Maersk. In this role you will also be responsible for developing and maintaining processes for supporting sales in the non-standard contracting journey, customer negotiations and generally supporting roll-outs of new initiatives within the customer contracting function.

Your responsibilities include guiding and collaborating with sales and product teams globally, coordinating with regional legal teams, and aiding in the creation of a unified customer contracting legal support function at Maersk, aiming to establish a top-tier team.

You will provide legal advice and strategic guidance to the product teams and the sales organization and also support the Head of Customer Contracting in the implementation of strategic direction of implementation of a global governance for customer contracting.

You will manage and propel customer contracting, encompassing both domestic and international transportation, contract logistics, customs brokerage, project cargo, and additional value-added services.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the global lead, trusted legal advisor and Legal Business Partner serving as the customer contracting subject matter expert for a number of products.
• Assist the business in their sales activities and handle negotiations with Maersk’s largest customers as may be required and any post-sales discussions on a product and global level. Provide hands-on support to the contract governance team and assist and support our regional legal organisation.
• Act as the trusted legal advisor and subject matter expert to assist the product development team in refining existing and developing new products.
• Ensure a successful and sustainable adherence of customer contracting elements at a global level such as: policies and procedures, communication, risk assessments, contract reviews, conduct in-person trainings to target audience.
• Drive and lead customer contracting initiatives, roll-outs and agenda by establishing and maintaining engaged and constructive relationships with internal stakeholders for ensuring solutions that match and align business and legal needs.
• Lead projects on a global and product level to be the single point of contact between the business and Center to provide recommendations for complex bespoke contractual setups, including liaising with the regional teams and Center teams in finance, insurance, product and tax.
• Provide guidance to the global organisation in relation to transport documents across the entire portfolio, and liaise with the internal stakeholders as may be required in relation to parties, shipments, commodities and transactions.
• Create and conduct legal training to relevant employees (in person, webinars and/or e-learning).
• Advise stakeholders on legal trends, developing areas of the law, industry trends and related risks that may impact the Maersk’s operations and/or services.
• Participate in external forums and work groups as a representative of Maersk.

What we are looking for

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in law or an equivalent legal qualification related discipline is preferred
• Licensed to practice law and a member in good standing in the jurisdiction in which the license is issued
• Solid experience in a legal role focusing on complex commercial transactions, preferably with a mix of in-house and law firm experience .
• Experience in the logistics, supply chain and/or transportation industry is preferrable but we will consider relevant experience in other industries as well.
• Highly effective communications style, translating complex legal issues into readily understandable assessments and actionable recommendations that deliver business value in the context of global business strategies
• Experience with drafting, reviewing and negotiating various contracts related to logistics, transportation, procurement and complex commercial transactions, and substantive experience with industry-related regulatory matters
• Experience in building, updating and refining contract templates customized to meet specific needs and requirements of business, while incorporating experience-informed negotiating positions
• Experienced and successful trainer and facilitator
• Strong analytical, communication, negotiation, presentation, and strategic decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, an inquisitive mind, and the ability to connect and work effectively with multiple, diverse, cross-functional stakeholders, legal organization, third parties and customers.
• Ability to work independently while working collaboratively within a local and global team environment
• Commercial mind-set, drive to deliver high quality results
• Ability to work across cultures
• Excellent written and verbal skills in English

If this sounds like you, send us your application no later than July 31st.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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Senior Legal Counsel

Work type:
Full time

Locations:
DK - Copenhagen