Legal Counsel

Job title:

Legal Counsel

Company:

Jones Lang LaSalle

Job description

LEGAL COUNSEL – ITALYJLL is a leading global real estate advisory firm. An exciting opportunity exists for a commercially minded lawyer to join our Italian branch to oversee the legal aspects affecting our business and contribute to the firm’s success.MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE ROLEProvide legal and compliance support to the Italian structure of JLL and Tétris (with global reach, supporting and ensuring compliance with laws, internal policies, and good ethics), and provide legal advice to management in relation to all aspects of corporate and commercial law, real estate business, and design/construction projects.TEAM STRUCTUREReporting to the Head of Legal & Compliance of Italy, this role combines the excitement of working alongside the business team with the support structure of the EMEA Legal and Compliance Team.ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Managing commercial legal and compliance activities.
• Maintaining standard documentation for all JLL business lines, with a focus (although not exclusive) on design / construction businesses, including but not limited to: clients proposals and contracts, mandates, construction contracts and subcontracts, confidentiality agreements, contracts and purchase orders with third-parties services and goods providers.
• Preparing, negotiating and reviewing commercial and construction contracts for key deals.
• Reviewing contracts with subcontractors/vendors, local and foreign, and external professionals
• Advising and otherwise supporting (best practices, standard documents, pitch material, PR, marketing) on legal matters both business and other corporate functions.
• Managing, monitoring and advising on litigation matters with clients, suppliers, employees, and coordinating external legal specialists when required.
• Coordinating outside counsels
• Maintaining commercial registry and other company secretarial documentation; managing company law legislation and all the connected requirements, including but not limited to: calling of the management boards, appointment and revocation of directors, lodging of legal documents, etc.
• Ensuring compliance with all the internal policies including the firm’s Ethics programme.
• Training all other company’s functions and business lines on legal and compliance matters.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Legally qualified with at least six years’ experience either as a legal counsel in multinational corporations with direct involvement in the business, or alternatively as a lawyer in international law firms
• Knowledge and understanding of construction law and construction business.
• Strong personal communication and organisational skills.
• Good business judgement and ability to analyse situations and information.
• Ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies.
• High level of professional ethics and personal integrity.
• Team oriented.
• Track record of building productive cross-functional relationships.
• Professional experience in construction law, commercial law, real estate and contract law
• Knowledge of employment law is a plus.
• Fluent in professional English both written and spoken.

#LI-FT1Location:On-site –Milano, ITAIf this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!JLL Privacy NoticeJones Lang LaSalle (JLL), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services. We take our responsibility to protect the personal information provided to us seriously. Generally the personal information we collect from you are for the purposes of processing in connection with JLL’s recruitment process. We endeavour to keep your personal information secure with appropriate level of security and keep for as long as we need it for legitimate business or legal reasons. We will then delete it safely and securely.For more information about how JLL processes your personal data, please view our .For additional details please see our career site pages for each country.For candidates in the United States, please see a full copy of our Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action policy .Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process – including the online application and/or overall selection process – you may contact us at . This email is only to request an accommodation. Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our page
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Expected salary

Location

Milano

Job date

Thu, 09 May 2024 07:40:23 GMT

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