Company Description
The Business Area Tires offers the perfect tires for a wide range of different applications - from cars, trucks and buses to special vehicles, bicycles and motorcycles. Through continuous investment in Research & Development, Continental makes a major contribution to safe, cost-effective and ecologically efficient mobility. The portfolio of the Business Area Tires includes services for the tire trade and for fleet applications, as well as digital management systems for tires.
Job Description
Team Lead
lead, supervise and develop the lawyers (and assistants with interns if applicable) in legal team
ensure provision of high quality legal advise to companies within China
ensure integration of team members into the whole EMEA & APAC team across the various countries and locations
identify and continuously develop a successor of all leadership functions in the team including own function
plan and manage team budget
Risk Management / Decision Making
anticipate issues and opportunities and estimate risks for the companies in China
evaluate and weigh multiple inputs and impacts of possible decisions or course of action
identify solutions to minimize risks and maximize legal rights and opportunities
develop proposals for efficient and effective internal decision making
Cooperation
create trustful relationships with key stakeholders internally (e.g. general managers, BA heads, Central Functions etc.) and externally (suppliers, customers, external counsel etc.)
within the Global Law Department liaise with the leaders of other areas/regions for global coordination of legal services in cross-regional and cross-functional matters
coordinate retention and manage costs of outside counsel for those clients/areas of law where no in-house resources are available
Legal Advice & Claims
provide expert and strategic legal advice to management in complex, significant matters and supervise legal advice given by the team members ensure proper support of clients in claim management, both in and out of court, both as claimant and as defendant
Standardization
help to develop standardized solutions, where reasonable, to increase efficiency of law department (e.g. by further developing templates and tools)
Contracts
Responsible to draft and review contracts of all kinds and other legal documents
Offer support in negation of high complexity/high stake contracts
Ensure an updated library of contract templates in all legal areas
Ensure usage of available contract management/approval tools by the entire team
Trainings
Ensure that the team provides preventive workshops & training for assigned clients
Coach the team members in their technical as well as organizational skills
Reporting
Ensure tracking of all legal matters in applicable IT system(s) by the team
Report on all relevant legal matters and risks to the supervisor
Confidentiality
Respect the confidentiality of information he/she has access to inside the corporation
Company´s Procedures
Respect Internal Regulations and company's procedures.
Qualifications
University degree - Law School
at least 8 years of professional experience on legal position
independent advisory in complex national and international matters/projects
proven experience in formal or informal leadership (e.g. coordination colleagues in complex projects)
multiple years of working in an international team/company
Additional Information
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