Legal Counsel

at  Otis

Date Posted:
2024-12-17
Country:
Italy
Location:
CASSINA DE’ PECCHI, Cassina De’ Pecchi, Italy
Otis has an exciting opportunity for a motivated lawyer who is capable of managing a busy and demanding business workload. In this Legal Counsel role, you will be responsible for business law advice and legal compliance matters for the Otis businesses in Italy, reporting to the Director, Legal, SEE.
A typical day at work is difficult to describe because of its diversity but there is always one common element: the permanent focus on the selling and operational side of the business while protecting the company’s interests and ensuring good governance in compliance with applicable laws. The role comes with much responsibility and a large degree of day-to-day client contact but most importantly a pro-active hands-on approach towards the operating business as part of our growth and innovation strategy.
The location for this role is in Italy (Cassina de’ Pecchi - MI).

Responsibilities:

• Provide counsel and advice to the business including negotiating, drafting, and reviewing contracts
• Act in an advising capacity on disputes and legal issues
• Manage non-significant litigation matters as well as provide day-to-day support for significant litigation matters
• Supporting complex projects as well as business development activities
• Streamlining and automating legal processes
• Liaising with external counsel and deploying ongoing training and development of non-legally skilled business colleagues.

To be SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOUR PROFILE SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:

• Accountable: Follows through on commitments and makes sure others do the same. Acts with a clear sense of ownership. Takes personal responsibility for decisions, actions and failures. Establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results. Designs feedback loops into work.
• Be Resilient: Is confident under pressure. Handles and manages crises effectively. Maintains a positive attitude despite adversity. Bounces back from setbacks. Grows from hardships and negative experiences.
• Business Insight: Knows how businesses work and how organizations make money. Keeps up with current and possible future policies, practices and trends in the organization, with the competition, and in the marketplace. Uses knowledge of business drivers and how strategies and tactics play out in the market to guide actions.
• (Internal) Customer Focus: Gains insight into customer needs. Identifies opportunities that benefit the customer. Builds and delivers solutions that meet customer expectations. Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.
• Situational adaptability: Picks up on situational cues and adjusts in the moment. Readily adapts personal, interpersonal and Leadership behavior. Understands that different situations may call for different approaches. Can act differently depending on the circumstances.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years’ broad operational legal experience, in particular in the construction industry, ideally gained at a reputable law firm and/or in a major corporation;
• Completion of the bar exam
• Fluent in English and Italian.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in dealing with construction (contentious and non-contentious) matters: from high-profile complex projects to “flow” transactions; Sub-contracting; (pre)litigation and dispute resolution;
• Strong academics and analytical skills and willingness to travel across the country;
• Growth oriented, pro-active and pragmatic mindset and approach;
• Solutions/results orientated, with skills to drive change and innovation, also in the legal function;
• A true communicator (oral, written) and team player with strong business judgment

Otis is the world’s largest elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service business. We serve customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world and maintain more than 2.2 million elevators and escalators globally. Our Gen2® elevator system, energy-saving ReGen™ drive technology and Link escalator solutions have set industry standards for innovation and performance. Otis has more than 71,000 employees, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians. We are proud to be a global team that continues to rise to the challenges of a fast-moving, high-performance company. Together, the people of Otis are creating new ideas and opportunities by collaborating across time zones, geographies, and cultures to better serve our customers. So just imagine where you can take your career!
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Responsibilities:

• Provide counsel and advice to the business including negotiating, drafting, and reviewing contracts
• Act in an advising capacity on disputes and legal issues
• Manage non-significant litigation matters as well as provide day-to-day support for significant litigation matters
• Supporting complex projects as well as business development activities
• Streamlining and automating legal processes
• Liaising with external counsel and deploying ongoing training and development of non-legally skilled business colleagues

To be SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOUR PROFILE SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:

• Accountable: Follows through on commitments and makes sure others do the same. Acts with a clear sense of ownership. Takes personal responsibility for decisions, actions and failures. Establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results. Designs feedback loops into work.
• Be Resilient: Is confident under pressure. Handles and manages crises effectively. Maintains a positive attitude despite adversity. Bounces back from setbacks. Grows from hardships and negative experiences.
• Business Insight: Knows how businesses work and how organizations make money. Keeps up with current and possible future policies, practices and trends in the organization, with the competition, and in the marketplace. Uses knowledge of business drivers and how strategies and tactics play out in the market to guide actions.
• (Internal) Customer Focus: Gains insight into customer needs. Identifies opportunities that benefit the customer. Builds and delivers solutions that meet customer expectations. Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.
• Situational adaptability: Picks up on situational cues and adjusts in the moment. Readily adapts personal, interpersonal and Leadership behavior. Understands that different situations may call for different approaches. Can act differently depending on the circumstances