At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide legal support in a dynamic freight forwarding environment and manage complex contracts.
- Company: Join DHL, the world's leading logistics provider with a global presence.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive compensation, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Work in an international environment with a focus on personal development and mentorship.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a global team while navigating exciting legal challenges.
- Qualifications: 4+ years of legal experience, strong contract negotiation skills, and excellent communication abilities.
The predicted salary is between 56700 - 69300 £ per year.
About DHL and Legal Services: DHL Group is the logistics provider of the world with over 580,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories. We are an organization that is not just moving goods around; we have a very clear purpose: Connecting People. Improving Lives. We provide challenges and opportunities for personal and professional development, recognising the difference you bring to our business and together we share the pride of building one of the largest world leaders in logistics and supply chain. DHL Legal Services offers all business partners worldwide solution-oriented legal advice. We provide comprehensive support in contracts, negotiations, and processes with customers and suppliers as well as in general litigation and commercial law matters. Location is flexible including UK and EMEA.
Job Purpose: Legal support to DHL Business, focusing on freight forwarding. The role will require supporting a global team in a challenging multi-jurisdictional project engineering environment to ensure robust legal guidance as well as implementing legal processes and procedures to identify and mitigate legal risks and protect DHL's legal and business interests in line with business needs, established legal framework, standards, approval guidances, applicable laws and regulations.
Your tasks:
- Contract reviews within a complex freight forwarding environment
- Giving legal advice in a multi-jurisdictional Business
- Balance legal guidance and operational considerations when supporting the Business
- Advise and counsel functional or operational part of the Business to ensure proposed business activities, policies, practices and transactions comply with internal policies as well as relevant laws and regulations
- Prepare legal contracts, letters of agreement, and other documents related to trade, commercial, financial, and operational matters – in particular negotiating contracts with global DHL’s customers - to protect organization’s legal and business interests
- Supporting with claims made against the company including advising the Business and supporting with resolution of the claims.
- Prepare materials for external legal counsel and liaise with them so that they are well-prepared to represent the organization in legal proceedings.
- Legal research & document drafting, contract negotiation & administration and legal records management
- Analyze and apply legal rules and regulations in a multi-jurisdictional context
Your profile:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience/qualification
- 4+ years of legal practice either within commercial law firm or in-house legal department;
- Experience with contracts from Logistics, Construction, Engineering, Oil & Gas industry would be a great advantage
- Skilled in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex contracts in a commercial, pragmatic manner.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to advise and influence at senior management level.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities, work autonomously, and deliver under pressure.
- Demonstrates leadership qualities and experience mentoring or managing legal professionals.
- Commercially minded, decisive, and solutions-oriented, with integrity and professionalism at the core of your work.
We offer:
- Great opportunity to work for the biggest logistics company in the world
- International and virtual environment
- Flexibility and great opportunity to learn
- Tempting Compensation and benefits
- Remote / hybrid working mode
DHL is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. If this is something you would like to do, don’t hesitate, and start your application.
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