Head of Legal

Global Teams Spain

Barcelona, Spain

Media Production / Finance Strategy & Legal / Legal

Full-time
Company Description

We’re Adevinta, a global leader in digital marketplaces. Our household name brands, including marktplaats in The Netherlands, Mobile.de in Germany and leboncoin in France, reach hundreds of millions of people every month.

We’re all about matchmaking, and our sites help people find whatever they’re looking for in their local communities - whether it’s a car, an apartment, a sofa or a new job. Every connection made or item found makes a difference by creating a world where people share more and waste less.

Our brands are supported by Global Teams based in our main Hub in Barcelona and our other global Hubs in Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin. Our local brands are founded on the connections between people, and as an international group we create networks of talented Adevintans who work together towards a common purpose across geographies and disciplines.

Team description

Adevinta’s Legal Team is undergoing a process of exciting change: we’re embarking on a journey to transform the delivery of legal services across our Marketplaces and Global and Corporate functions. To achieve this we’re investing in technology, automation and people to ensure that our lawyers help drive the group’s bottom line by providing high-value commercial legal services to our business partners. In this context, the new Head of Legal will occupy a key role in this new operating model, as they’ll be the pivot across the Global Procurement, local Marketplaces and Global Contracts Teams.

**Job Description**:
What you’ll do

Adevinta’s Global Legal Team is looking for a commercial technology and procurement contracts lawyer in Barcelona.

**You will**:
Work closely with Adevinta’s Central Procurement Team with the strategy, negotiation, drafting and conclusion of supplier contracts for the group (including RFP processes)

Provide constructive and solution-oriented commercial legal advice to business partners

Work with local and Global legal Teams to implement and reflect group and marketplaces requirements in Global procurement contracts

Instruct and work with external counsels on strategically important procurement contracts

**Qualifications**:
Who you are

10-15 years PQE at a major international law firm/in-house experience

Extensive experience in negotiating, drafting and analysing multi-territory commercial contracts, with a focus on IT/technology (e-commerce sector experience preferred)

Experience working with procurement teams in large international organisations

Strong commercial acumen and balanced approach to legal-commercial risk-taking

Ability to work effectively and flexibly across different territories and cultures in a fast-moving commercial environment

Attitude and ability to positively shape interactions between Adevinta’s legal function and its commercial partners

Additional Information

What you’ll get from us

Competitive compensation package

A unique position in an international and dynamic environment

Opportunity to shape the way we work. Your feedback and opinions are valued at all levels of the organisation

The chance to be a key player in a growing, highly skilled team

Great colleagues and a healthy working environment

Benefits including private health insurance, stock purchase plan and bonus

Flexibility to work when and how you want - flexible hours, autonomy to set your own agenda, choice of phone and computer

Smart Working Policy - work remotely some of the time, balanced with time in the office together with your team - between 5 and 45 days per quarter in the office

‘Work from anywhere’ weeks - up to four weeks working from anywhere, including from another country, as long as you have an internet connection

Career development, including individual training budget and language classes

Additional Information

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

**Covid-19**: We’re reviewing the situation on a regular basis to ensure that we follow all local government guidelines and put the health of our people first. All interviews are currently taking place virtually.