Vitesco Technologies will be joining forces with Schaeffler as of October 1st 2024 to form a leading motion technology company. While this transition is underway, we remain committed to our current projects and hiring top talents to support our continued growth. We encourage you to apply for this role and shape tomorrow with us.

Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel

Job ID:  36022
Location: 

Debrecen, HU

Job Flexibility:  On Site


Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its
entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. Does that sound interesting to you? As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Legal Support to various business units at the company, ensuring compliance with local and international laws and regulations.

  • Strong focus on legal advice in labour law and data privacy related legal issues.

  • Contract management and negotiation: Independent drafting, review and negotiation of commercial agreements (including sales and supplier agreement)

  • Support the company in assessing and identifying legal risks associated with the company’s business activity and planned projects.

  • Develop and implement solutions to avoid these risks, in cooperation with central departments.

  • In case of dispute resolution managing and support of the company in legal disputes, litigation and close cooperation with external attorney.

  • Cooperation with HQ Legal department in local and EU law related legal topics

  • Legal research and keeping updated in legal trends and latest legislation

  • Willingness to travel on business trips regularly within Hungary

  • Support of the work of the General Counsel Hungary

 

Your Qualifications

  • Law degree and successful bar exams in Hungary

  • Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience (especially commercial law and labour law) in an international law firm or in multinational corporate environment

  • Manage MS Office programs with confidence.

  • -Fluent English and Hungarian language skills; German language skill is an advantage

  • Independent and solution-oriented approach, project management mindset

  • Mobility and flexibility

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

  • Excellent communication skills and persuasiveness.

  • Proactive, solution-oriented approach to legal challenges

  • Based in Hungary, in Budapest.

 

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

www.schaeffler.com/careers

Your Contact 
Vitesco Technologies Hungary Kft.  
Eva Hajdu 

Vitesco Technologies is a leading international developer and manufacturer of cutting-edge drive systems for sustainable mobility. With intelligent system solutions and components for electric, hybrid, and internal combustion drive systems, Vitesco Technologies is making mobility clean, efficient, and affordable. The product portfolio includes electric drives, electronic controls, sensors and actuators, and exhaust gas treatment solutions. In 2022, Vitesco Technologies generated sales of around €9.07 billion and employs a workforce of around 38,000 employees at 50 locations. Vitesco Technologies is headquartered in Regensburg, Germany.