Legal Counsel

**Publishing date**:13 Dec 2024

**Work area**:Legal

**Location**:Madrid, ES, 28109

**Country**:Spain

**Legal Counsel**

Act in a dynamic international environment and support the regular business & strategic innovative projects. It is within reach with this full-time job as a Legal Counsel Iberia in Madrid. We are Legal within **Athlon**. Getting you there.

**Your road to success**

Left or right, your dynamic and proactive personality, the ability to connect with stakeholders and a high level of organization skills. You have a result-oriented approach, and the ability to balance legal and commercial interests. You have experience in working in teams from different disciplines and thrive in an environment where you have to work with a divers and international group of people. You communicate effortlessly at all levels.

You can do this as a Legal Counsel with full focus:

- General legal advice on all areas of legal enquiry
- Responsibility for all legal aspects in both car & non car related procurement processes
- Contribute and be an active participant in the Athlon International Legal Team
- Contribute to all significant business change, projects & development initiatives
- Responsibility for delivery, direct or by other 3rd parties, of all legal training to the business
- Oversee and assist the local compliance officer and local management
- Closely collaborating with Compliance

**Let’s talk Athlon**

Hi there We're Athlon. The international market leader in modern mobility solutions and part of the Daimler group. With a rich history of more than a hundred years, you can conclude that we have already covered the necessary kilometers. Do we take that lead for granted? Absolutely not. It makes us more ambitious to provide even better personal service to our customers. Together with around 1,700 colleagues, we are shaping sustainable mobility. We are proud of that. From vehicle leasing to fleet solutions and from electrification to contributions to the sharing economy.

**Leave it to us**

As our Legal Counsel, you will work alongside colleagues from Procurement, Project Management, Sales and support the monitoring of the Legal Center of Excellence in a challenging, local and international commercial environment. You will report to the General Counsel and the local Managing Director. Together with the local and international team, you ensure that the legal function delivers an optimal service and is highly visible within the organization.
- "Working in the Legal-Compliance department is very stimulating and challenging. We are a united, collaborative and motivated team in which day by day we learn and enjoy a lot, sharing the daily challenges with energy and enthusiasm.”_ - **Patricia Cerrillo, Legal Counsel.**

**Motivation has four wheels**

Become the best version of yourself. Very normal at Athlon, because all our colleagues run on a healthy dose of ambition. What do you take with you as Legal Counsel for at least 39 of hours per week? Absolutely your analytical thinking and results-oriented, your excellent communication, negotiation and people skills and your strong project management capability. You also have the drive to support legal projects from kick off to implementation and you have the ability to balance the company’s commercial drivers against legal risk. In addition, you have:

- Advanced degree in law
- Fluent in spoken and written Spanish and English
- A minimum of 5 years legal experience in an international fast changing environment combined with a strong experience in cooperating with internal and external stakeholders.
- Legal and drafting skills, experienced in a (general) legal advising role as well as experience with (international) contracts

**Always on the move**

Athlon is always on the move, just like you. To grow in our rapidly changing world, we are constantly looking at how you can get the best out of yourself every day. Creating an optimal workplace that suits you and this time is an important part of this.

In addition to building an (international) career, as a Legal Counsel, based on 39 hours per week, you can count on a:

- Great work environment
- permanent employment contract
- 60% remote work with an extended working from home package
- Flexible working hours
- Company car, laptop and mobile phone
- Athlon Healthy Program promoting a healthy culture: physiotherapy service at the office, an online platform with many resources for emotional well-being, sessions with psychologists, Pilates at the office, paddle tennis tournaments, nutrition and emotional health workshops, family outings... and much more
- Additional benefits to the fixed salary for flexible compensation
- Variable compensation based on fixed salary
- Additional vacation days beyond the collective agreement
- Option for intensive working hours in August
- Life and accident insurance
- Discounts at the Mercedes-Benz Boutique and many other brands
- Free fruit and coffee in the office

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