Company Description

The Business Area Tires offers the perfect tires for a wide range of different applications - from cars, trucks and buses to special vehicles, bicycles and motorcycles. Through continuous investment in Research & Development, Continental makes a major contribution to safe, cost-effective and ecologically efficient mobility. The portfolio of the Business Area Tires includes services for the tire trade and for fleet applications, as well as digital management systems for tires.

Job Description

Team Lead

▪ lead, supervise and develop the lawyers (and assistants with interns if applicable) in legal team                                                                                                                             
▪ ensure provision of high quality legal advise to companies within China                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
▪ ensure integration of team members into the whole EMEA & APAC team across the various countries and locations                                                         

▪ identify and continuously develop a successor of all leadership functions in the team including own function  
▪ plan and manage team budget 

Risk Management / Decision Making

▪ anticipate issues and opportunities and estimate risks for the companies in China
▪ evaluate and weigh multiple inputs and impacts of possible decisions or course of action
▪ identify solutions to minimize risks and maximize legal rights and opportunities
▪ develop proposals for efficient and effective internal decision making

Cooperation

▪ create trustful relationships with key stakeholders internally (e.g. general managers, BA heads, Central Functions etc.) and externally (suppliers, customers, external counsel etc.)
▪ within the Global Law Department liaise with the leaders of other areas/regions for global coordination of legal services in cross-regional and cross-functional matters
 ▪coordinate retention and manage costs of outside counsel for those clients/areas of law where no in-house resources are available

Legal Advice & Claims

▪ provide expert and strategic legal advice to management in complex, significant matters and supervise legal advice given by the team members                                                                                                                            ▪ ensure proper support of clients in claim management, both in and out of court, both as claimant and as defendant

Standardization

▪ help to develop standardized solutions, where reasonable, to increase efficiency of law department (e.g. by further developing templates and tools)

Contracts

▪ Responsible to draft and review contracts of all kinds and other legal documents
▪ Offer support in negation of high complexity/high stake contracts
▪ Ensure an updated library of contract templates in all legal areas

▪ Ensure usage of available contract management/approval tools by the entire team

Trainings

▪ Ensure that the team provides preventive workshops & training for assigned clients
▪ Coach the team members in their technical as well as organizational skills

Reporting

▪ Ensure tracking of all legal matters in applicable IT system(s) by the team 

▪ Report on all relevant legal matters and risks to the supervisor

Confidentiality

▪Respect the confidentiality of information he/she has access to inside the corporation

Company´s procedures

▪ Respect Internal Regulations and company's procedures.

Qualifications

University degree - Law School

at least 8 years of professional experience on legal position

independent advisory in complex national and international matters/projects

proven experience in formal or informal leadership (e.g. coordination colleagues in complex projects)

multiple years of working in an international team/company

Additional Information

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