**Vestas Mediterranean (MED) is a Sales Business Unit (SBU) within Vestas Wind Systems, covering onshore and offshore wind markets in the South Europe, Africa and Middle East, each corresponding to MED Sub-Regions.**
**The Legal Department provides legal advice in relation to the sales and service sales transactions, which include preparation, negotiating and drafting the transactions documents as well as agreements with the different stakeholders to reach those established business goals.**
**Legal issues related to the MED entities are also taken care of by the Department, including corporate, procurement, contract management and litigation matters.**
**Responsibilities**
Reporting to the Vice President and General Counsel of the Region, the key tasks are the following:
- Assist in the preparation, negotiation, drafting and finalization of transactional documents (EPCs, Turbine Sales Agreements, Service Agreements) as well as subsequent early deliverables under such contracts, i.e. parent documentations, lender's direct agreements, escrow agreements, NDAs etc,
- Ensure and provide continuous legal support for issues arising after transactional documents are signed and during execution phase as well as of any potential litigation,
- Provide legal counselling to management with respect to current and future wind sector law & regulations impacts,
- Act as the legal point of reference for certain selected recurrent key customers,
- Ensure compliance with national legislation, internal rules and group guidelines,
- Ensure that the relevant corporate governance is timely and properly applied along the closing of each transaction,
- Ensure in coordination with the team that:
- the review process and management of commercial opportunities is applied in accordance with the internal mandates obtained on beforehand by the relevant functions
- the responsibility of the completion of tasks be properly allocated and accepted, and deadlines be fulfilled,
- Develop and implement good contracting practices, including, providing legal awareness training and creating templates and contract policies
**Qualifications**
Master degree in private business Laws of one of the EU countries,
- Solid legal educational background handling/analyzing complex transactions especially relating to construction industry or huge scale projects,
- Commercial mindset and interest in learning further about commercial and technical issues,
- Innovative and independent, but holds demonstrated stakeholder management skills and experience working in a multinational, matrixed organization,
- Experience in an energy industry (or other significant experience with handling large scale international construction, industrial equipment tools, automotive, aeronautical or railway transactions) is a significant asset,
- Computer literate (MS Office).
**Competencies**
- Efficient negotiation skills and capability to deal with intensive negotiation sessions,
- High ethical principles and compliance focus,
- Ability to effectively influence and communicate within all levels of a global organization, as well as third parties,
- Ability to prioritize among competing urgent matters and allocate resources for maximum impact,
- Appetite/strong interest for business related matters and ability to connect the legal dimension with value creation impact,
- General curiosity for renewables, environment, sustainable solutions and their associated products,
- High organizational skills,
- Ability to work under time sensitive environments,
- Proven commitment to continuous improvement,
- Flexibility with travel, based on company needs and goals,
- Languages: English, including legal and business terminology, is the working language. Any other EU language will be considered as an asset.
**What we offer**
We offer you an exciting job with great opportunities for professional and personal development within the world leader company in the renewable energy industry.
A great opportunity to influence and form the role of Legal Counsel within Vestas as the company is experiencing continuous growth and is continuously adapting the organization to meet the demands from the market,
Vestas is the world leader in wind energy, offering a progressive & innovative environment, underlined by a solid safety and ethical culture,
We highly value initiative, responsibility and the right balance between creativity and quality in all solutions.
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**About Vestas**
Vestas is the energy industry’s general partner on sustainable energy solutions. We are specialised in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines, both onshore and offshore.
Across the globe, we have installed more wind power than anyone else. We consider ourselves pioneers within the industry, as we continuously aim to design new solutions and technologies to create a more sustainable future for all of us. With more than 145 GW of wind power installed worldwide and 40+