Posted:
7/18/2024, 5:00:00 PM
Location(s):
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ⋅ Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior
Field(s):
Legal & Compliance
At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.
Legal Counsel, BU Electronics (all genders)
Allegion is a global pioneer in seamless access, with leading brands like Interflex®, CISA®, LCN®, Schlage®, SimonsVoss® and Von Duprin®.
At Allegion, we make the world safer and create peace of mind by securing people and assets with seamless access wherever they reside, work, and thrive. With more than 25 brands sold in almost 130 countries across the globe, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond: everything from residential and commercial locks, door closer and exit devices, steel doors and frames to access control and workforce productivity systems
Your tasks
The Legal Counsel Electronics will play a key role within Allegion International’s legal team, managing and advising on a wide range of general legal matters, primarily supporting our Electronics business unit (namely our brands Interflex and SimonsVoss).
Providing pro-active & business-oriented advice in connection with commercial, employment, corporate and M&A, regulatory, risk management, dispute resolution and contract management matters.
Commercial contract drafting, negotiation, review and interpretation.
Support to ensure EU regulatory compliance, including information and cyber security compliance, ensuring management and employees are in compliance with the rules and regulations of regulatory agencies and that company policies and procedures are being followed, and that behavior in the organization meets the company’s Standards of Conduct.
Manage product and commercial litigation matters, including retaining and managing outside counsel and making recommendations to management regarding case strategy and settlement. Advice on labor and employment issues, including managing outside counsel and making recommendations to management regarding strategy and handling of matters.
Your profile
Your base: European Master of Laws degree. German qualified lawyer. Relevant post-qualification experience in legal matters, ideally gained in a lawfirm or in-house counsel role; including relevant international legal experience.
Your language skills: Fluent in German & English and desirable Dutch; additional languages are a plus.
Your hard skills: Proven experience in business law; strong business curiosity.
ICT, IP, data protection, technology experience a plus.
Business-oriented approach to problem solving, tempered by an appreciation for legal complexity and risk.
Your soft skills: Collaborative and proactive nature, team player.Excellent communications and negotiation skills.Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to stand firm on issues with business clients when necessary.Superior legal and analytical skills – excellent judgment and initiative in selecting the most effective solutions.Detail-oriented and resourceful with excellent follow-through skills.
Our benefits:
Work-life balance: You can work mobile on at least 2 days and have flexitime without fix working hours. Plus 30 days vacation with no suspension during the probationary period.
Health: You receive a health voucher worth €300 per year for your new glasses, dentures or whatever else you need.
Sustainable mobility: If you want to get to work by bike, we offer you low-cost bike leasing.
Feelgood workplace: Modern work equipment, including a height-adjustable desk, is available to you.
Family and pension: We offer a company pension allowance, capital-forming benefits and disability insurance. You will also receive a childcare allowance of up to €75.
Long-term prospects: You will receive a permanent employment contract with us right from the start.
Wide range of further training opportunities: With us, there is access to the Allegion Academy and free use of the LinkedIn Learning program.
Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.
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REGISTERED IN IRELAND WITH LIMITED LIABILITY REGISTERED NUMBER 527370
Allegion is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer
Website: https://www.allegion.com/
Headquarter Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Employee Count: 5001-10000
Year Founded: 2013
IPO Status: Public
Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt
Industries: Electronics ⋅ Manufacturing ⋅ Product Design ⋅ Security