Job Description

Company Description

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people

and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent, and affordable

solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic, and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of €39.4

billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries and markets.

The ContiTech group sector develops and manufactures, for example, cross-material, environmentally

friendly, and intelligent products and systems for the automotive industry, railway engineering, mining,

agriculture, and other key industries. Guided by the vision of “smart and sustainable solutions beyond

rubber,” the group sector draws on its long-standing knowledge of the industry and materials to open up

new business opportunities by combining various materials with electronic components and individual

services

Job Description

As a Legal Counsel (m/f/diverse), you will be primarily responsible for providing legal support for

ContiTech’s business operations in the EMEA Region (the “Region”) as part of the ContiTech law

department.

The position involves providing independent legal advice and support to ContiTech’s business operations in

the Region in all legal matters with a strong focus on Commercial and Contract Law, as well as collaboration

with other members of ContiTech’s Global Law Department across the globe. A Legal Counsel will draft,

review, negotiate and manage a wide variety of contracts/documents for ContiTech’s business operations in

the Region, and will manage the relationship with external counsels.

Specifically, the legal services to be provided will include the following:

General legal advice:

Handling legal issues and advising on national and international matters of all ContiTech companies in

the Region, embedded in a global team of lawyers

Identification and analysis of legal risks, development and implementation of solutions to avoid, limit or

secure them.

Follow current legal developments.

Professional support of legal colleagues in other jurisdictions in the aforementioned area of

responsibility.

Contracts:

Drafting, negotiation, review and interpretation of all contracts typical of companies (including contracts

of particular strategic importance) in cooperation with the (operational) specialist departments / divisions

in German and English, even in complex projects with outstanding importance and required expert

knowledge

This includes both individual contractual provisions from specific business transactions and framework

and standard contracts for new business transactions.

Comprehensive legal advice on ongoing contractual relationships, including national and international

supply and service relationships.

Governance:

Reviewing, implementing and ensuring compliance with current and new legal developments and

requirements, especially in the field of civil law

Ensuring the legality of business activities (laws, corporate standards)

Communication:

Exchange with business areas, other central functions and other stakeholders

Building understanding of each business strategy

Qualifications

Completed full law studies with above-average state examinations, or comparable qualification,

preferably with study abroad

At least 3 - 7 years working experience at law firm(s) and/or in an in-house role

Economic understanding, business oriented and global mindset

An eye for practical solutions, proactive

Highly motivated work approach with strong results orientation

Confident handling of MS Office programs

Fluent in English, both written and spoken

Flexibility

Strong teamwork skills

Very good communication skills and persuasiveness

Additional Information

The 13-th salary – Paid once a year, in December;

Meal tickets - With a value of 40 Ron;

Private Health Insurance – Health is the most important, so we offer you a medical subscription through Signal Iduna;

Referral bonuses - We encourage colleagues to refer new candidates to us and, at the same time, to get the chance to receive a bonus;

Bookster – Feed your body and your mind. You can borrow books and you’ll receive them at the office;

Sports benefits- It’s important to stay active, so we offer you the 7Card;

Discounts at our partners – We collaborate with different vendors, and we receive discounts for various products/ services like rubbers, restaurants, kindergartens, etc;

System for Rewarding Improvement Ideas – We have an internal improvement program (Continental Idea Management) that gives you the opportunity to come up with ideas and to be honored with an attractive bonus (this is established by the CIM team according to your improvement idea);

Happy days – If you or your child is getting married, or you become a parent, you receive some extra free days;

Life events celebration - If your family is growing, we praise your newborn with a bonus;

Unfortunate events - In case of unhappy events in your life, we support you by offering you free days and financial support (handled on a case by-case basis);

Extra vacation days – You begin with 22 vacation days/year, and starting with the 3rd year with us, we offer you 1 more day of vacation and. We reward employees who reach 15 and 20 years within the company with another day of vacation, reaching a maximum of 29 days.

Transport from the Timisoara area – You can choose to come with the bus provided by the company if you’ll work from the plant location/office;

Professional development - Many opportunities to develop yourself within the company;

Diversity and multicultural mindset - We encourage you to join us no matter who, where, or what you are. We have colleagues from different nations and a variety of languages are spoken in our company.