Legal Counsel

Job TitleLegal Counsel

Job Description

Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.

At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.

Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world. You light the way.

More about the role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Legal Counsel to join our Legal team in BA, Argentina. Reporting to the Head of Legal for Americas, the Legal Counsel will provide comprehensive legal support to both Signify Argentina and the South Latam region. The ideal candidate should have at least 4+ years of experience in a similar role, either in a law firm or in-house at a multinational company.

• Contract Review and Negotiation: Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial contracts, including distribution and agents’ agreements, product supply and service agreements, strategic collaboration agreements, turnkey agreements, and procurement agreements.
• Legal Counseling: Provide legal counseling and commercial contracting advice on issues relating to our sales and marketing activities, customer agreements, private and government tenders, and distribution channels (distributors, agents, etc.).
• Regulatory Compliance: Monitor the impact of new legislations in the business, advise and counsel business clients on a range of compliance and regulatory issues, including data privacy & product safety laws, public tenders laws, anti-corruption & anti-bribery laws, antitrust law, export controls and others.
• Marketing and Advertising Review: Review marketing and advertising materials to ensure compliance with legal & regulatory standards.
• Claims and Litigation Management: Assist with claims and litigation management, including managing outside counsel, directing the scope of activities.
• Training: Provide Legal and Compliance trainings to employees.
• Additional Projects: Perform other non-lighting projects as required as part of the Signify Legal Function (e.g., legal tech & AI, and other digitalization, automation & simplification activities).
• Direct support to other countries: support all legal and commercial activities in other countries of South America region in coordination with team members and external counsel support.

More about you

While we value and appreciate all applicants, we believe that the following experience and skills will be needed to shine brightly in this job opening:

• Education: Law Degree from an accredited law school
• Experience: 4+ years of experience in a law firm or in-house at a multinational company.
• Fluency in English.
• Admitted to practice as a lawyer in Argentina.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating and drafting various types of commercial agreements such as sales and procurement agreements, distributor and agent agreements, reseller agreements and SaaS agreements.
• Ability to recognize legal and ethical risks and communicate effectively with business partners regarding the same.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and work independently with colleagues in multiple locations.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to resolve legal issues in a manner that allows the business to move forward on the basis of informed, reasonable and controlled risk-taking.
• Demonstrated maturity, communication skills, influencing skills, judgment, and functional expertise when solving legal issues and dealing with both internal and external clients.
• Ability to be a team player with Legal colleagues and a business partner to the commercial organization.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in all interactions with senior management, corporate functions, and all levels of personnel.
• Familiarity on generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools and with AI applications in legal operations.
• Developed business acumen, with the ability to learn from the lighting sector’s business.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Act with the highest level of integrity and professionalism.

Everything we’ll do for you

You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 30,000+ people.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce representing 99 nationalities, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.

Come join us, and together we can light the way.

Our candidate profile is just a guide. We know that many talented people only apply for jobs when there is an exact match. If you don't fit all the criteria but believe this role is for you, we would very much like to hear from you.

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