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In-house lawyer / Legal Counsel (m/f/x)

Location: Haren
Working Hours: Full-time employee


1,600 employees in 18 locations around the world with a fleet of 60,000+ circulating containers. Since ELA’s establishment in 1972, our business has continuously been expanding, we are specialists in mobile room solutions. Our family-run company based in Haren (Ems), Germany, is growing at a fast pace and we are actively looking for qualified and dedicated team players to join us locally, internationally and beyond.

Are you ready for an exciting professional challenge? Would you like to work in a dynamic environment where you can make the most of your legal expertise and continue to develop your skills? If so, we are looking for you to join us as a corporate lawyer (m/f/x).

To strengthen our team at our Haren (Ems) office, we are looking for a dedicated legal professional who can support our specialist departments with legal matters and work with us to develop pragmatic, legally sound solutions.

Your Future Role

  • Independently handling general legal matters, with a particular focus on data protection and IT law
  • Providing support and advice to our business divisions and subsidiaries both in Germany and abroad
  • Drafting, reviewing and refining contracts, agreements and guidelines
  • Ensuring compliance with (data protection) legal requirements and their implementation
  • Drafting model contracts and guidelines, and adapting them to current legal requirements
  • Providing active and ongoing advice to specialist departments on specific matters

What You Bring to the Team

  • A successfully completed degree in commercial law (LL.B. required, but an LL.M. is desirable) or law (First State Examination, but a full qualification as a lawyer is desirable)
  • Several years’ professional experience, preferably in the legal department of a company or a commercial law firm as a commercial lawyer or fully qualified lawyer (m/f/x), is required; international experience is desirable
  • Interest in a wide range of legal advisory work
  • In-depth knowledge of civil law, company law, contract law and data protection law
  • Ability to work in a team and strong communication skills
  • Very good written and spoken German and English

What you can expect from us

  • Once ELA, always ELA. When you join our company, we want you to be a key member of the team, which is why we’ll offer you a permanent contract
  • We offer you flexible working hours and the opportunity to work flextime
  • You have the option to work up to 60% of your week from home
  • We organize an extensive onboarding program for you at our headquarters in Haren (Ems), so that you can get to know the entire company, our products, and our employees
  • We offer you company health insurance
  • We offer you an attractive bike leasing scheme
  • Our company fitness program: for just €25 a month, you can have access to thousands of gyms, swimming pools, and more throughout Germany, including unrestricted digital access
  • We’d like for you to continue developing, which is why we support your personal development with a tailored range of options
  • We want you to be optimistic about the future, which is why we support you with our company retirement plans and capital-forming benefits for your financial security
  • Expand your network at our regular employee events
  • Our company restaurant serves up fresh, delicious lunches on a daily basis
  • There’s no need to part ways with your four-legged friend at ELA, as you can simply bring your dog with you into the office if the situation allows

How You can apply

Please send your documents via our career website https://career.ela-container.com or via email career@ela-container.com including your CV, your essential certificates and qualifications, as well as a few lines about yourself and why we fit. We would then like to meet and have a personal conversation with you. We look forward to hear from you!


Any questions?
Contact us via email or WhatsApp/text message on +49 1511 9539616.

 
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