Global Legal Counsel

RINA is currently recruiting for a Global Legal Counsel to join its office in Genoa (Italy) within the Global Tender & Procurement Legal Support Division.

Mission

As the Global Legal Counsel at RINA S.p.A., you will play a key role in providing strategic legal advice, managing legal risks, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations to support our global operations and business objectives.

Key Accountabilities

1. Legal Advisory:
   
   • Provide expert legal guidance and support to various departments and business units.
   • Advise on legal implications of business strategies, initiatives, and operational decisions.
   • Conduct legal research and analysis on complex legal issues.
2. Contract Management:
   
   • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts and agreements.
   • Ensure contracts comply with legal requirements and company policies.
3. Compliance Oversight:
   
   • Monitor and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies.
   • Develop and implement compliance programs and initiatives.
4. Risk Management:
   
   • Identify legal risks and propose strategies to mitigate them.
   • Assess potential liabilities and provide proactive solutions.
5. Litigation Management:
   
   • Manage litigation matters, including liaising with external counsel and overseeing legal proceedings.
   • Develop strategies for dispute resolution and settlement negotiations.
6. Corporate Governance:
   
   • Advise on corporate governance matters and ensure adherence to corporate governance standards.
   • Support Board meetings and prepare legal documentation related to corporate governance.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience practicing law, preferably in a global company or law firm.
• In-depth knowledge of administrative law and public procurement regulation is mandatory.
• Capability to provide legal advice on the analysis of calls for tender and check required tender documentation.
• Capability to draft and support the negotiation of Joint Venture (JV) agreements, grouping agreements, and service agreements.
• Knowledge of corporate law, commercial law, contracts, and regulatory compliance is a plus.
• Fluency in Italian and English.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• High level of professionalism, integrity, and ethical standards.
• Experience in managing and supervising legal matters across multiple jurisdictions is an advantage.

• ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
• BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization
• CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
• EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
• MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
• MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
• PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
• PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
• THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future

With over 5,600 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries worldwide, RINA is a multinational player which provides certification, marine classification, product testing, site supervision and vendor inspection, training and engineering consultancy services across a wide range of sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion. The aim is to guarantee a project’s technical, environmental and safety - and sometimes also economic and financial - sustainability.

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. We are also compliant to the Italian Law n. 68/99.