Senior Legal Counsel (m/f/d) (In-house Counsel)

LMT Tool Systems GmbH & Co. KG

Job Description

LMT Tools is one of the most renowned specialists for the development and production of precision tools. Our passionate commitment to precision ensures that our customers in industry utilize superior quality at the critical interface between machine and workpiece. And thus, in turn, can offer excellent, market-successful products.

The approx. 1,000 employees (m/f/d) of LMT Tools develop a wide range of precision tools at international production, sales, and service locations – up to the customer-specific design of complex solutions. The offering includes not only tools, but also, among other things, cutting materials and a variety of services.

Senior Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

• Lahr near Freiburg, Schwarzenbek near Hamburg
• permanent
• full-time, flexible working hours

As the primary point of contact, you will advise the domestic and foreign companies of the LMT Tools Group independently and responsibly in clarifying and processing all arising legal issues.

Your Tasks

• You secure legal claims before courts, arbitration courts, and against authorities and enforce them.
• You proactively advise and support decision-makers in the implementation of legal requirements, including through the preparation of proposed solutions and recommendations for action.
• You process legal requirements in connection with ESG, certifications, and Compliance together with the respective responsible specialist departments and external service providers.
• External lawyers (m/f/d) and notaries (m/f/d) are managed and accompanied by you.
• You are responsible for the development of (inter)national internal guidelines and monitor their compliance.
• You manage negotiations of framework and individual contracts as well as legal documents of all kinds.
• You conduct meetings and negotiations with internal and external contact persons.
• You design and organize internal training sessions on the aforementioned legal topics.

Your Profile

• You have successfully completed your First and Second Legal State Examination, a completed degree in the field of Business Law, or a comparable qualification.
• Several years of professional experience in an international company, particularly in corporate and contract law, distinguish you.
• You have an overview of commercial and corporate law, national and international contract law, general civil law, national and international business law, as well as Claim Management.
• You can classify legal topics within an economic context and perform a risk assessment together with the specialist departments.
• You enjoy working in an industrial medium-sized company.
• You are interested in familiarizing yourself with new areas of law.
• You have business-fluent English skills in speaking and writing.
• Confident communication across all hierarchical levels, including the management and the supervisory board, completes your profile.

We Offer You

• Global teamwork: flat hierarchies as well as cohesion in an open culture of dialogue with exciting tasks
• Mobility: promotion of mobility through free company parking spaces, bike leasing, and e-charging stations in Schwarzenbek
• Company catering: employer-subsidized company restaurant
• Work-Life-Balance: Work-Life-Balance through flexible working hours and 30 days of vacation with a 5-day week
• Further training: personnel development and further training through exciting projects, e-learnings, as well as talent and