Job TitleJunior Legal Counsel CEE

Job Description

PHILIPS Central, Eastern Europe is a country cluster (Market) of 30 countries with entities in Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Rep, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia.

For CEE we are currently looking for a talented and experienced Junior CEE Legal Counsel, who has worked in an international environment, with either an international operating company or a law company.

This role is an office role for fixed-term assignment.

Your role:

Providing proactively legal support from a country and/or international context, including legal advice on commercial, contractual, HR, litigation, intellectual property, legal compliance, patients and consumers claims and other matters and fully cooperates with external and internal legal experts as necessary.Performing trainings to employees to ensure right awareness.Closely cooperating with the CEE and the Global Legal Department, as well as collaborates with any other departments (e.g. Risk Management, Internal Audit, HR, Procurement etc.) as appropriate.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience:

Master of Laws (obligatory) and an attorney-at-law or an advocate professional title (recommended).Professional experience gained in private practice and/or in-house in an international environment/ company/ group of companies.Proven track record in managing daily legal support, specific transactions in project and solution business (private and public sector) including but not limited to public tenders overall, PPP, managed equipment services, joint ventures, mergers, business transfers as well as other dedicated legal projects.Fluent in Polish and English.Strong organizational and analytical skills, including critical problem-solving ability.High ethical standards.Excellent communication and presentation skills.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.