Managing Counsel

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.

Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

CMA CGM Group has decided to structure and strengthen its R&D approach by creating a Center of Excellence dedicated to Innovation and Research. The center will increase the company’s capacity for technological and scientific innovation necessary to meet its strategic objectives (decarbonization, digitalization…), while generating profitability and ensure a high visibility on the Group’s commitment to industry’s energy transition. It will rely on strategic industrial and academic partners experts in the maritime industry (laboratories, companies, startups, shipyards, etc.).

YOUR ROLE

Reporting to the Deputy Legal Director of Governance and Litigation, and working closely with other departments within the group (finance, human resources, operations, etc.), as well as collaborating with other teams in the Group Legal Department (M&A, maritime law, contracts, compliance teams, etc.) and regional legal departments, the **Litigation Legal Manager** oversees the monitoring of the Group’s significant commercial litigation and arbitration cases, ensuring effective risk assessment and protecting the Group’s interests.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

• Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Management : Coordinate the tracking of significant litigation cases in collaboration with other legal teams (maritime law, M&A, antitrust, etc.), Regional Offices, and other Group divisions. Manage a reporting tool for commercial litigation, liaise with the Finance Department regarding provisions, present quarterly commercial litigation updates to auditors, and prepare litigation reports for the Group’s executive leadership.
• Coordination of Commercial Litigation Procedures: Manage commercial litigation procedures (claims, expert opinions, urgent legal procedures, etc.), and negotiate and finalize settlements.
• Legal Management of Internal or External Fraud: Coordinate fraud cases with the Internal Investigations team, file criminal complaints, and monitor judicial proceedings.
• Contribution to Digital Tools and Regulatory Monitoring: Assist in improving the Legal Department’s digital tools, particularly in commercial litigation tracking, and monitor regulations related to litigation and arbitration.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• With a university background in business law and litigation, you have at least 7 years of professional experience, gained either in a publicly listed or large family-owned company, or in a corporate law firm, ideally within an international environment.
• You are fluent in both spoken and written English.
• You are highly engaged in your work, demonstrate responsiveness and initiative, enabling you to meet tight deadlines.
• Your precision, reactivity, as well as your analytical and synthesis skills, will ensure the protection of the Group’s interests.

Come along on CMA CGM’s adventure !

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