German-speaking legal counsel
Would you like to create legal value in one of Europe’s leading energy trading companies? Are you curious about the energy market, and like to approach your responsibilities in a solution-oriented way? If yes, you are in the right place!
Here’s what the job entails
In the role, your primary function will be to provide the organisation with relevant legal input for decision-making regarding current and future business opportunities. You will gain valuable experience within the energy market, especially renewable energy.
Your areas of responsibility will include the following:
- support the organisation in assessing legal risks and value in current and future contractual relations
- draft and negotiate contracts primarily focused on the German market and IT
- be the in-house law specialist for all legal requests
Meet the team
You will join the Legal & Market Access team, where our role is to identify and mitigate legal risks, especially in contract drafting and negotiation. For that reason, we work closely with the commercial teams to understand our business and products and help develop a legal framework.
We are a team of six committed, innovative and experienced legal counsels who collaborate extensively with the organisation and external legal advisors. We are also a social team who enjoys spending time together.
This is great opportunity to make an impact on the development of contracts in a complex business and play an important role in the ever-changing energy market.
But enough about us… over to you!
As you will be working on legal matters in a complex business, we imagine youhave a can-do-attitude where no job is too big orsmall – the team covers a wide range of tasks, and we always support each other in getting the job done. We also picture you as an outgoing person with great stakeholder management skills.
We also imagine that you:
- hold a relevant educational background in law
- have at least two years’ experience in a similar position, either with a law firm or as an in-house counsel
- are proficient in English and German – both written and verbal
Please note that it is not a requirement to have prior knowledge of the energy industry to enter this role.
We’ll take good care of you
At Danske Commodities, we take great care of our people. Joining us means you’ll get a lot of great perks – including social events, cultural experiences, tasty food and benefits to better your health, your life and your future.
Here are some of the benefits we offer our employees:
- Flexible working hours
including the opportunity to work part-time as well as the option to work from home up to two days per week - Vast development opportunities
with the help of your own individual development plan, access to our DC University with 50+ courses as well as remote courses through Harvard Learning - Global career prospects
as part of the Equinor group with +20,000 colleagues across the world - 10% paid pension
as well as a beneficial health care and insurance package - Great parental leave conditions from day one
including 26 weeks of paid maternity leave and 16 weeks of paid paternity/co-parent leave as well as the opportunity to join the network Inspired Beyond Babies - Unlimited paid children’s sick days
no limit on paid absence days in relation to child sickness - Extra days off
five, to be exact, as well as a Yay Day (an additional day off dedicated to ‘me time’) every year – adding to the standard five weeks off each year - Senior days
if you’re over 55 years old - Bonus scheme
- Share savings
meaning you have the opportunity to participate in our parent company Equinor’s attractive share savings programme - Paid at home internet and equipment
including a mobile phone with paid subscription and IT equipment for when working from home - 100+ yearly social and professional events
including DC Sports and DC Talks events, gatherings in our book club, bicycle club, student network, wine club, CS:GO team and more - Various free tickets
to family-friendly and cultural attractions - Discounts
at hotels, restaurants, sports clubs and more - Organic food
including a light breakfast, lunch buffet and snacks throughout the day - An office in the heart of Aarhus
right next to the central train station
Recruitment process and relocation
You can read more about our recruitment process here. Please note that if you are an international candidate, we will reimburse travel expenses in connection with potential interviews and support you with the relocation process.
What we’re about
We're a tech-driven energy trading company present in 40 markets across five continents. Our +500 people are driven by a need to constantly better things. If you are too, we could very well be the right place for you. You'll join a collective of thinkers and doers. Aspiring chefs, runners, parents, beekeepers, gamers – the list goes on. We're highly specialised experts within our fields. But it’s actually our diversity of ideas we’re most proud of, which is why we continuously work on strengthening an inclusive culture where diverse teams thrive.
Our organisation is flat with an open-door policy. We expect you to care. About your work. About your own and your colleagues’ collective successes. And about the difference we make at Danske Commodities. Together with our parent company Equinor, we have the vision and strength to accelerate the energy transition and make an impact. Like no other.
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