Senior Legal Counsel

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Are you looking for a new opportunity to take your career to a higher orbit? To join an international group with a successful track record in Space Engineering? A job adapted to your career ambitions and in which you could have an impact for the years to come?

We are looking for a talented individual to join our team and take on the role of Senior Legal Counsel. You will play a key role in managing and overseeing the company’s legal matters, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and mitigating risk across all business units.

With a strong background both in-house and in private practice, you will provide strategic legal advice to management, represent the company in negotiations on major contracts and corporate matters, manage external counsel, and advise on a broad range of legal issues, including corporate governance, contracts, regulatory matters, litigation, and employment law.

You will also act as a team lead coordinating activities within the department.

Tasks and activities

The scope of work will include:

• Provide expert legal advice and guidance to the management team and business units on a wide range of legal issues, ensuring decisions are legally sound and risk-mitigated.
• Develop and implement legal strategies aligned with business goals.
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial contracts, agreements, and legal documents including but not limited to supply contracts, partnerships, NDAs, licensing, and service agreements.
• Manage legal disputes, claims, and investigations to minimize financial and reputational impact on the company.
• Provide counsel on corporate governance matters, including compliance with board procedures, shareholder rights, and reporting obligations.
• Conduct internal legal training and awareness programs for staff to ensure understanding of legal risks and obligations.
• Share best practices across the organization to ensure consistent application of legal standards.

Skills and experience

The following skills and experience are mandatory:

• University Degree in Law, with qualification to practice in Belgium.
• At least 8 years proven experience as a legal professional, with a combination of experience in both in-house roles and private practice.
• Strong background in commercial and corporate law, with demonstrable experience handling complex legal matters in a business environment.
• Ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal solutions.
• Proven experience in managing cross-functional legal issues and working effectively with senior management.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with proven ability to lead, mentor, and collaborate effectively within a team setting.
• Proactive and self-motivated with a strong work ethic.
• Desire to work both autonomously and as part of a team, in an international multicultural environment, with an ability to build and maintain strong relationships across departments.
• Solution oriented mindset, with a customer focused communication skill.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

The following skills and experience would be highly desirable:

• Fluent in Dutch, or any other European language.
• Previous experience in the Space sector would be an asset.
• Experience with Employment Law.

Why should you apply?

• You will have the opportunity to work within leading space organisations across Europe.
• We encourage everyone to think outside the box and to push the boundaries of traditional knowledge. This role is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking company and allows for a deeper understanding of the industry.
• To be part of a company that values integrity, inspiration, care and collaboration.
• Benefits include: competitive remuneration packages; unique career opportunities, including working in other countries; access to training and development programmes; flexible relocation support.
• We welcome applications from people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, all genders, LGBTQ+ individuals and ex-service personnel.