Legal Counsel - Packaging Industry - Milan

Legal Counsel - Packaging Industry - Milan

The Group is the world's largest Hybrid Packaging Supplier of glass, plastic, and metal containers and closures with 100+ years in the packaging industry and 2100+ employees worldwide.

Description

The successful candidate will provide legal support mainly for Italy, and for France and Iberia as needed, reporting to the EMEA Legal Director.

Activities:

1. Draft, negotiate and review a variety of national and international commercial contracts, legal documents and business arrangements, including distribution and sales agreements, terms and conditions of sales and supply, supply agreements, confidentiality agreements, lease agreements, and IT agreements.
2. Take care of corporate governance and corporate secretarial matters.
3. Manage data protection and privacy and other compliance matters (231, whistleblowing, KYC).
4. Provide practical and timely legal support and business advice to all internal stakeholders (e.g. marketing, finance, sales, supply chain, IT, logistics, and HR).
5. Handle external lawyers, notaries, and consultants.
6. Support and assist the EMEA legal director in handling global initiatives and complex matters as needed.

Profile

The Group is looking for a smart and highly motivated attorney that shares its values and view of business, that is comfortable in working in a multinational and multicultural group, is flexible and able to work independently within a dynamic, innovative and constantly evolving workplace.

The profile:

1. Italian law degree. Bar admission is considered a plus.
2. 5 years of working experience in an international law firm and/or in-house department; a combination of both is strongly preferred.
3. Full professional proficiency in Italian and English is required. Professional knowledge of French too is strongly preferred.
4. Experience in negotiating contracts in a pragmatic way; must have the ability to provide rapid, practical, business-oriented advice directly to all business units.
5. Excellent team player with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and a positive and proactive attitude.
6. Must be self-reliant, hard-working, flexible, and organized.

Job Offer

Excellent growth opportunities in an international environment.