Legal Counsel

**Legal Counsel**:
**Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.**:
ABB’s Legal & Integrity team is a pro-active and strategic business partner, with a strong focus on quality, customers and the company’s best interest. We drive & execute the business strategy with a can -do attitude and build credibility and trust with our stakeholders as a true business enabler. As legal professionals we provide direction and solutions, with clear and simple communication and show responsibility and accountability for our actions, decisions and advice.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Ensure compliance with policies and legislation and proper implementation of Group Policies and Instructions.
- Deliver a wide range of legal and integrity services, in particular, but not limited to drafting and negotiation of all types of commercial contracts and other legal documents from vendors, customers and other third parties, including machinery and robotics purchase and sale contracts, terms and conditions, technology contracts, collaboration and consortium agreements, development or pilot agreements, settlement agreement, etc.
- The contractual management of the aforementioned contracts once they have been entered into, in particular, the monitoring of the fulfilment of the obligations by the ABB's customers, partners, and suppliers, the management of the corresponding notifications under such contracts and the management of claims in the pre-litigation phase, if applicable.
- Assist the local business in meeting the goals by providing commercially sound legal advice in addition to information and analysis on changes in law, Group policies and Instructions and promote actions for their implementation.
- Assist in assist in investigation and resolution of any integrity issues, support Integrity processes.
- Identify and evaluate potential legal risks, develop and update local templates and instructions as required.

**Your background**:

- Lawyer with at least 8 years of working experience in other multinational company or law firm.
- Advanced level of oral and written English & Spanish is essential.
- Self-motivated and able work independently.
- Preferably someone with a practical mind-set, with experience in multicultural environment.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills and able to work effectively with stakeholders.
- Knowledge of ABB policies and procedures would be a plus.

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