Legal Intern

Location: Madrid, Spain

Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators, are based upon innovative use of radiocommunications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are ground breaking new digital technologies such as 4G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.

Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and, furthermore, is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation. With a turnover of €320 million and a staff of 1,200, it exports approximately 40% of its total production principally to the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America.

In defence and security, armed forces, governments and global organisations entrust Thales with helping them achieve and maintain security, tactical superiority and strategic independence in the face of any type of threat. In an increasingly unpredictable world, governments rely on our expertise to protect their citizens and make the world safer, from designing smart sensors and connecting soldiers on the digital battlefield to delivering solutions that protect states, cities and critical infrastructures.

In Spain, **Thales Sistemas** is specialized in Command and Control systems, Tactical Communications and Modeling and Simulation addressing solutions in the domain of Defense and Security. Thales is the Spanish leader in tactical Land CIS (Communication and Information Systems) covering all the product life cycle (design, development, production, ILS). Based in Leganés, Thales Sistemas employs a highly specialized workforce of more than 100 people, most of them engineers that participate in the following activities:

- Communications and Information Systems (CIS) to support Command function and Decision Making:

- Embedded electronics for military aircraft
- Tactical Communications
- Radio Navigation Aids for air traffic

As part of the **Legal team**, you will support to the Legal & Contracts area of the Company in tasks related to tenders, commercial contracts, administrative specifications, contract management, corporate and compliance.

As a **Legal intern, **you will:

- Management, monitoring, filing and preparation of the company's corporate and commercial documentation. Support on the corporate side of Thales companies in Spain.
- Management, documentation and preparation of matters related to Registers and Notaries.
- Drafting, management and support in contractual matters of the company.
- Support on the compliance side.
- Administration of bid generation activities in the area. Analysis of RFIs, RFQ's and drafting of bids in compliance with Thales procedures. Analysis of tender documents, preparation and presentation of administrative documentation.
- Generation of administrative documentation to assist in the preparation of legal bid documentation.

**Competences**:
Technical/functional skills:

- Law degree.
- High level of English.
- Ability to draft corporate matters of the company.
- Ability to deal with registers and notaries.
- Ability to understand legal concepts, write contract clauses and generate legal reports.
- Ability to interpret administrative and technical specifications.
- Knowledge in the use of office tools of the Microsoft suite, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, Outlook and Windchill (Databases).
- Knowledge of commercial documentation archiving tools that allow the automation of documents to be used in the legal and commercial departments.

Other (advantage):

- French desirable.
- Interest in doing a wide variety of different tasks.
- Enthusiasm for learning and belonging to a Group like Thales.

Behavioural skills:

- Oral and written communication skills to express technical concepts.
- Motivation to work in a company like Thales, Defence and Security sector.

**What does the Talent Programme consist of?**

At Thales we believe that the new generations are the drivers of change and, for this reason, we have developed a **one-year full-time internship programme that we will complement with a Master's degree** in Productivity, Adaptive Management and Innovation through the Nebrija University (distance learning).

**What do we offer you?**
- ** 21 days holiday**:

- ** 1050€ gross per month**:

- ** Flexible working hours**:

- ** Intensive working day on Fridays and during July & August**:

- Multidisciplinary and international environment, which will enrich you as a professional