Our client:
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions, and industrial products to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. They sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.
They provide customers with lifes essentials to enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper and consumers to live well in their daily lives. With sustainability embedded in their purpose, its part of everything they do.
Cargill is looking for a Legal Counsel to strengthen its legal team.
Function:
As in house lawyer you will be part of a team based in Mechelen, Belgium, reporting to the Country Lead Lawyer for Belgium.
You will independently handle legal affairs mainly in the areas of commercial and corporate law with minimal oversight from other lawyers. You will act as a strong contributor to the team and business stakeholders, will manage a large scope and volume of projects and work, closely aligned with the law groups objectives and business objectives.
You will engage with global law team members and select leaders across the business while building strong external networks. You will apply expert business, organizational and industry knowledge to support the law team and business.
Your main responsibilities will include:
1. Handling both day to day and complex legal work in the areas of mainly commercial and corporate law.
2. Monitoring new legislation, its potential impact to the organization and helping to identify legal risks to the business.
3. Independently structuring, drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, policies and other documents related to a variety of commercial, corporate, financial or operational matters.
4. Supporting Belgian litigation and managing matters in a time and cost efficient way.
5. Coordinating the corporate housekeeping matters with respect to the Belgian legal entities.
6. Independently driving desired legal outcomes on matters with support from the team while bringing positive impact for both the law team and the business.
7. Supporting the success of the law team and business, counseling across a broad range of legal and business issues, proactively addressing legal risk and legal needs with the team and developing deep understanding of the business, its risk tolerance and goals.
8. Building and maintaining strong relationships with external network to ensure awareness of industry and external developments and developing and deepening relevant subject matter expertise knowledge.
9. Contributing to an inclusive and collaborative work environment where diversity and equity are valued.
10. Providing expert thought leadership in your field and work with limi