Legal Counsel Corporate & Commercial

Your responsibilities will be:

• To ensure the corporate administration of the Belgian listed company and the other Belgian entities, as well as the coordination and follow-up on the corporate administration of other group entities worldwide;
• To assist with potential acquisitions the Group would be contemplating
• To provide advice, organize, and/or draft corporate documentation, powers of attorney, minutes of board of director and shareholder meetings, and related planning;
• To assist in the corporate law aspects and administration linked to group and/or local financing agreements, i.e. guarantees, pledges, and related administration;
• To coordinate at Group level all transactional real estate files, such as purchase, sale, leasing, rent, etc. and review or draft related documentation;
• To manage real estate linked environmental files;
• To manage complex litigation on a worldwide level, in close coordination with external counsel;
• To draft complex commercial contracts of all types.
• To provide advice on various commercial topics, such as commercial practices, competition law, data protection, etc.;

• You hold a Belgian Master degree in Law. An additional degree in corporate law would be considered as a plus, as would be some financial expertise.
• You have 2 to 5 years of experience as a legal counsel or as a business lawyer in corporate and/or commercial law.
• You are fluent in Dutch and English with a good knowledge of French.
• You are result oriented, service driven, flexible, hands-on, pro-active and pragmatic.
• You are eager to learn and to develop your knowledge.
• You are a good communicator.
• You are a team player.

In addition to a motivating and competitive remuneration package, the function offers an interesting blend of challenging and varied work in an international company. Main working location will be Brussels with meetings potentially taking place in Gent on an ad-hoc basis. Remote working is possible up to 2 days/week.

Occasional traveling may be requested (5% of the time).