Assistant General Counsel (m/f/d) - Opportunity Available Near Munich! - #2175974

About

About Chesterton International GmbH:

Our team is recruiting for a qualified German Lawyer to support our EMEA region. This is a full-time, hybrid based position (2-3 days of on-site work) located at either of our Ismaning or Rödinghausen offices depending on the location of the selected candidate. Please see below job postings for more information.

Providing Value to Various Industries Since 1884

Chesterton is a leading international manufacturer and supplier of five distinctive product lines . Each product line provides value-added solutions for industrial needs. Since 1884, we have worked closely with our customers to provide them with solutions that enable them to operate more reliably, efficiently, and economically.

Chesterton is a Global company providing local solutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Chesterton uses high-performance materials, specialized formulations, and designs to provide solutions for your most challenging industrial applications. We offer value-added solutions with documented success and the highest recognition throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Tasks And Essential Skills

• Conducts legal research, drafts documents and conducts factual inquiries at the direction of the VP/General Counsel.
• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates contracts with customers, distributors, suppliers, and/or vendors.
• Provides advice to HR on German labor law questions. Working with outside counsel as appropriate, provides labor law support for other countries in the EU, Middle East, and Africa.
• Provides legal advice, drafts documents, and reviews materials related to or affecting marketing and sales, intellectual property, operations, information security, product development, real estate, corporate governance, or other and related matters as directed.
• Keeps current on legislative issues, decisions, and other important legal developments that may affect Company interests.
• Conducts internal investigations as needed.
• Serves as a key member of Chesterton’s Compliance Committee and liaison for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Region, advising on risks and driving risk mitigation initiatives.
• Provides support to Chesterton’s international affiliates, particularly those in the EU, working with international outside counsel as appropriate.
  
  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Ability to drive matters independently.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and time management skills, including the ability to work cross-functionally to achieve Company goals.
• Effective problem-solving, decision-making, and process-improvement skills.
• Strong business acumen and customer focus.
• Strong forensic (investigative and risk assessment) instincts and skills.
• Ability to write effectively and persuasively in emails, policies, contracts, memoranda, and other written instruments.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally, both within and outside the Department and outside the Company.
  
  

Profile

Education and/or Experience

• Qualified German lawyer
• Degree in law and successful completion of the appropriate first and second judicial state examinations in Germany.
• Registered with the appropriate bar to provide advice on German laws.
• 5 years related experience.
  
  

Other Skills And Abilities

• Understanding of computers and business systems.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Fluency in German is required.
• Proficiency in additional languages (such as Italian, Polish, Czech, French, or Hungarian) is desirable but not required.
  
  

We Offer

• Yearly performance reviews
• Competitive salary + potential bonuses opportunities depending on performance
• Individual retirement provision
• Group accident insurance / Individual occupational disability insurance
• Food vouchers
• Professional development opportunities - "You Drive, We Assist"
• NEW: Mentor/Mentee Program starting in 2026!
• Very good and collegial working atmosphere
• Corporate events
• Company-owned parking spaces
• and more!
  

Contact

If you have any questions, please contract , or contact me through LinkedIn at:

The formal link to our posting(s) on LinkedIn are listed below:

Assistant General Counsel - Ismaning, Bavaria

Assistant General Counsel - Rödinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia

Nice-to-have skills

• Negotiation
• Information Security
• Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  
  

Work experience

• Legal
  
  

Languages

• English