Legal Counsel, Business Ethics & ESG, Lyngby

Do you excel in business ethics and ESG? Can you lead core ethics initiatives and ensure compliance across our organization? And are you a dedicated legal professional with a passion for making a positive impact? Then, join us and help shape our commitment to ethical practices and ESG.

Turn challenges into sustainable solutions
To strengthen our commitment to ethical integrity, we are looking for a Legal Counsel to join our Business Ethics team. We are a team of dedicated professionals collaborating on some of Denmark’s most impactful and sustainable projects, specializing in business ethics and CSR. Our team works alongside ESG, HR, and Sustainable Procurement, advancing key initiatives in anti-corruption, partner due diligence, and compliance.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Review and assess COWI’s business ethics related policies, procedures and internal controls to ensure alignment with applicable laws and regulations in the many jurisdictions where COWI runs its business.
• Conduct legal research to stay updated on emerging regulations and best practices in business ethics and ESG.
• Assist in the development and delivery of training programs on business ethics and compliance for COWI employees at all levels.
• Advise on potential ethical and legal risks and not least, propose useful mitigation measures.
• Collaborate closely with COWI’s ESG team to develop and implement initiatives that support the organization's ESG objectives.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to growth in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. You never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• Education as either cand.jur, cand.merc.jur or a similar educational qualification from abroad.
• A minimum of three years of practical experience with a focus on business ethics compliance, CSR, ESG or similar areas is required.
• Strong knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards related to business ethics and ESG.
• Experience in collaborating with ESG professionals, would be highly desirable.
• Excellent Interpersonal skills, with an ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of COWI’s organization, including top management.
• Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Great organizational skills along with the ability to manage multiple complex problems simultaneously.
• Excellent skills in oral and written Danish and English

Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to:

Christian Søltoft, Business Ethics Manager, e-mail: [email protected], mobile phone: +45 29 16 24 87 OR Julie Meisner, General Counsel, e-mail: [email protected], Mobile phone: +45 23 20 29 07

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Before you apply
All you need to include in your application is your CV – no photo or application letter. At an interview, you can tell us everything we need to know about why you’re interested in joining COWI. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.
We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.

Location: Lyngby