Global Legal Counsel GENOVA

Global Legal Counsel
Genova
Liguria, GENOVA

Posting Date**:3 Jan 2025

**City**:Genova

**Location**:Genova, IT, 16128

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Division**:Global Tender & Procurement Legal Support

**Level of experience**:Senior

- RINA is currently recruiting for a **Global Legal Counsel** to join its office in Genoa (Italy) within the Global Tender & Procurement Legal Support Division.

**Mission

- As the Global Legal Counsel at RINA S. p. A. , you will play a key role in providing strategic legal advice, managing legal risks, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations to support our global operations and business objectives.

**Key Accountabilities

- **Legal Advisory**:

- Provide expert legal guidance and support to various departments and business units.

- Advise on legal implications of business strategies, initiatives, and operational decisions.

- Conduct legal research and analysis on complex legal issues.

- **Contract Management**:

- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts and agreements.

- Ensure contracts comply with legal requirements and company policies.

- **Compliance Oversight**:

- Monitor and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies.

- Develop and implement compliance programs and initiatives.

- **Risk Management**:

- Identify legal risks and propose strategies to mitigate them.

- Assess potential liabilities and provide proactive solutions.

- **Litigation Management**:

- Manage litigation matters, including liaising with external counsel and overseeing legal proceedings.

- Develop strategies for dispute resolution and settlement negotiations.

- **Corporate Governance**:

- Advise on corporate governance matters and ensure adherence to corporate governance standards.

- Support Board meetings and prepare legal documentation related to corporate governance.

**Education

- Master's Degree- Professional Certificate in Law**Qualifications

- Minimum of 5 years of experience practicing law, preferably in a global company or law firm.

- In-depth knowledge of **administrative law and public procurement regulation** is mandatory.

- Capability to provide legal advice on the analysis of calls for tender and check required tender documentation.

- Capability to draft and support the negotiation of Joint Venture (JV) agreements, grouping agreements, and service agreements.

- Knowledge of corporate law, commercial law, contracts, and regulatory compliance is a plus.

- Fluency in Italian and English.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.

- High level of professionalism, integrity, and ethical standards.

- Experience in managing and supervising legal matters across multiple jurisdictions is an advantage.

**Competencies

- ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way

- BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization

- CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction

- EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity

- MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint

- MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions

- PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances

- PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model

- THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future

- With over 5, 600 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries worldwide, RINA is a multinational player which provides certification, marine classification, product testing, site supervision and vendor inspection, training and engineering consultancy services across a wide range of sectors.

Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion.

The aim is to guarantee a project's technical, environmental and safety - and sometimes also economic and financial - sustainability.

- At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas.

We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind.

We are also compliant to the Italian Law n. 68/99. _