Junior Legal Counsel with German and English

Job Description

Junior Legal Counsel will be responsible for the day-to-day activity of structuring and drafting and reviewing/revising contracts with Bridgestone key customers, including both private and public sector customers while maintaining Bridgestone policies and procedures and ensuring consistent application of these throughout the business through sound partnering with the regional business key staff in DACH, Nordics, and Eastern Europe countries. Junior Legal Counsel is also responsible for advising the business on civil and corporate law-related issues, engaging all other areas involved.

Responsibilities:

• Acting as a trusted business partner by applying combined business and legal judgment to proposed deals, relationships, and other issues requiring legal or compliance attention,
• Working with the business team as a business partner to identify opportunities to drive the business forward, e.g. by working with the business in structuring strategic transactions, developing legal processes and templates for new business and commercial models, and raising business awareness of the same,
• Drafting, reviewing, and supporting negotiation of business agreements and transactions such as (but not limited to) customer sales contracts, purchase contracts, strategic alliance agreements, franchise and distribution agreements, marketing agreements, etc.
• Advising the business on all legal matters (except for tax law) and driving solutions,
• Providing hands-on legal advice on regulatory, privacy, antitrust, and advertising/promotional matters - in conjunction with the regulatory experts in the Bridgestone East and Central Europe Legal Teams, the Regional Compliance Officer, and the Data Protection Leader,
• Supporting strategic domestic and regional initiatives,
• Promoting compliance and ethical culture and ensuring its fostering,
• Support the coordination of restructuring of our legal entity structure and setup in the region,
• Driving legal and compliance projects to improve efficiency and business responsibility, including usage of influencing skills to achieve buy-in from all levels of the business,
• Identifying staff function needs, conducting legal and compliance training, and sharing training materials on SharePoint.

Qualifications & Experience Required

Education, Master, other certification:

• JD or Master of Law degree (or equivalent) from a reputable university
• Lawyer (trainee attorney-at-law or fully qualified Legal Counsel) - JUNIOR/MID

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant legal experience in a reputable law firm or in-house within commercial or sales-related areas
• Experience resolving legal issues efficiently and making quick risk-based assessments
• Experience prioritizing conflicting demands in a fast-paced environment

Technical Skills:

• Knowledge of German law (as an asset)
• Ability to quickly identify risks and propose pragmatic, business-oriented solutions

Languages Skills:

• Excellent written and spoken English is a must
• Excellent written and spoken German is a must

Soft/Behavioral Skills:

• Strong commercial awareness and pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset
• High attention to detail and strong motivation, willingness to grow within the role and beyond
• Ability to work in a structured, process-driven environment
• Strong ethics and alignment with Bridgestone values
• High level of integrity and business ethics

WHAT WE OFFER

At Bridgestone, what really matter is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to "Serve Society with Superior Quality", for that, we offer you more than just a competitive payment; we will provide you:

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• A diverse and inclusive team.

We are committed to create an even more inclusive culture that advances equity, embraces individuality, and helps our increasingly diverse teammates, customers, and communities thrive, by providing equal opportunities in employment. This means that all job applicants and members of staff will receive equal treatment and that we will not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnicity, color, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age.