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Legal Counsel
Legal Counsel – Global (EMEAI) – Private Equity-Backed Company
Chemelex is a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions, protecting the world’s critical processes, places, and people. With over 50 years of innovation, we develop technologies that ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency across diverse environments—from industrial plants and data centers to everyday homes. Backed by global standards, we combine trusted brands like Raychem, Tracer, Nuheat, and Pyrotenax with cutting-edge expertise.
This is an exciting career opportunity to join Chemelex at a pivotal stage of growth as a private equity-backed portfolio company. We are building a practical, business-aligned Global Legal & Compliance Team, designed to: ✔ Support fast, smart decision-making ✔ Drive strategic priorities ✔ Protect the business while enabling execution
We are seeking an energetic, agile, and commercially minded Legal Counsel—not just a contract lawyer, but a trusted advisor who partners with senior leadership across EMEAI, Asia, and North America. Reporting directly to the VP General Counsel, this role spans:
- Commercial contracting & project execution
- M&A & integration activities
- Corporate governance, IP, compliance, and disputes
- Employment law & global business support
The ideal candidate enjoys ownership and variety, thrives in a high-impact industrial/tech environment, and brings direct exposure to complex commercial relies on projects, particularly in EPC, industrial, oil & gas, or data centers.
What You Will Do
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Strategic Business Advisory:
- Act as a practical legal consultant for business leaders across EMEAI, helping them identify risk, make informed decisions, and advance commercial priorities.
- Translate complex legal requirements into clear, actionable guidance for senior stakeholders.
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Commercial Contract Management:
- Draft, review, and negotiate customer, supplier, subcontractor, procurement, and project agreements.
- Work closely with Sales, Procurement, Finance, Project Management, HR, and Operations to support proposals, negotiations, and risk mitigation.
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M&A & Corporate Affairs:
- Due diligence & transaction support (External Company Reviews, disclosure schedules, document reviews).
- Post-closing integration including entity alignment, legal diligence, compliance audits, and PE-specific governance.
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IP & Technology Protection:
- Handle IP ownership, licensing agreements, invention disclosures, patent/ trademark portfolio coordination, and R&D collaborations.
- Support IP diligence in transactions and brand protection initiatives.
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Employment & Legal Risk:
- Partner with HR in workplace investigations, global employment law, policy interpretation, and employee relations.
- Navigate regional labor compliance while ensuring alignment with HR.
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Claims, Disputes & Litigation Assitance:
- Manage customer claims, warranty disputes, financial guarantees, liens, letters of credit, bonds, and insurance certificates.
- Work with external counsel when specialized support is needed.
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Legal Process Development:
- Develop standardized workflows, playbooks, and templates to support the Legal Team’s global scaling.
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Collaboration & Compliance:
- Coordinate with internal and external teams on cross-functional legal/compliance projects.
Ideal Qualities
- Business Mindset: Views legal advice as a commercial tool—clear, adaptable, and deeply integrated with strategy.
- Comfort with Variety: Thrives in working across contracts, transactions, HR, IP, and disputes—con astfel to transition seamlessly.
- Negotiation Prñez: Balances legal risk with commercial objectives, communicating persuasively—both inside and with vendors Third Parties
- Judgement: Sails fluidly between flexibility (agility) and even enforcement severe.
- Collaborative: Strong interpersonal skill: able to trust cultural functions or geographical boundaries.
- Detail-Oriented but Pragmatic: Oblige meticulous when it lengthy but focused on what if essentially impactful.
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- Chemelex Values Alignment:
- Experts with empathy—advises with care.
- Explorer mindset—seeks and implements improvement.
- Example for others—inske exemplary standards.
- Exceptional impact—pulled results that matter.
Requirements & Experience
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Qualification:
- Law degree (civil or common law jurisdiction) with strong academics.
- Ability to deliver practical, business-aligned legal solutions.
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Experience:
- 4-7 years of relevant legal experience, with in-house or private practice exposure.
- Strong preferences for:
- Industrial, manufacturing, EPC, oil & gas, or infrastructure sectors.
- Private equity portfolio company or transaction-rich environments.
- Commercial contracts (drafting, review, negotiation).
- Direct M&A and due diligence involvement.
- Optional but beneficial:
- Employment law (collaboration with HR, regional compliance).
- IP portfolio coordination (patents, trademarks, licensing).
- Dispute administration or claims resolution experience.
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Key Skills:
- Outstanding communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management.
- English fluency (German, Spanish, French preferred).
- Travel-ready: Willing to travel regionally and internationally as needed.
"At Chemelex, we protect the places of progress through electric excellence."
Our Dimensions of Excellence shape how we inspire workplace decision and foster impact: ✔ Experts with empathy. ✔ Explorers for continuous improvement. ✔ Examples—leading by action. ✔ Achieving exceptional impact daily.
Chemelex affirms commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion: No discrimination based on protected class.
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