Group Legal Counsel – Peterborough / UK

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Benpac

The benpac group is a leading group of companies for all-round packaging solutions. It supplies completesystems around packaging technology, injection molding technology and related mechanical engineering. Thegroup operates globally with a worldwide company structure and offers customers solutions across the entirevalue chain

benpac global services handles all central services for the Group in the areas of HR, legal, accounting/controlling,M&A, marketing, communications and purchasing. Group management is also based in this unit, which sets andcontrols all strategic goals. The central services are also provided for third-party companies.

We are looking for the location Peterborough/UK as of now or according to agreement:

Group Legal Counsel

At Benpac Global Services we are looking for a talented and motivated Corporate Lawyer, the Corporate Lawyerwill serve as the central service advising the entire Group on its rights, responsibilities, and duties under the law.This will include all legal issues affecting BGS, including complex state and federal regulations and regularmeetings, such as the annual shareholders meeting. The role also includes duties such as drafting contracts,merger and acquisition support, corporate governance, securities, and venture capital. The candidate will workwith local law firms in each country and will establishe a team to provide group-wide advice.

Requirements

• Consult and handle all corporate legal processes (e.g. intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions,financial/securities offerings, compliance issues, transactions, agreements, lawsuits, patents).
• Develop company policy and position on legal issues.
• Develop and implement processes.
• Research, anticipate and guard company against legal risks.
• Guide managers and ensure compliance with rules and regulations.
• Structure, draft and review reports and other legal documents.
• Represent company in legal proceedings (administrative boards, court trials etc).
• Draft and administer all contracts.
• Negotiate deals and attend company meetings.

Requirements

• Proven comparable law firm experience.
• Proven background on corporate law (contract law, tax law, accounting, securities law, bankruptcy, intellectualproperty rights, licensing, zoning laws).
• Excellent negotiation and communications skills.
• Administrative and managerial skills.
• Analytical ability and strong attention to detail.
• Previous demonstratable experience is a must.

Qualifications

• BS/MSC degree in Law.
• LPA , Legal Practice Course.
• Current license to practice law.

If you enjoy working in an international and dynamic environment, think entrepreneurially and are solution-oriented, a varied job awaits you. You are a positive, winning, dynamic, discreet, honest and reliable personality,a team player, with excellent organizational skills, a speedy and goal-oriented work style.

You can expect a very interesting and varied range of tasks with a growing scope of action as well ascontemporary employment conditions in an innovative company.

To apply, please send your resume by e-mail directly to our HR at