Introduction to the job
ASML is looking for a bright, self-motivated, and business-savvy lawyer with strong interpersonal and communication skills and solid general legal and compliance experience to join its in-house legal team and assist with a broad range of compliance and transactional matters.
Responsibilities
In close cooperation with globally-based legal and compliance teams, the successful candidate will handle a variety of legal work with a focus on commercial matters, including:
Business Partnership - Serve as a trusted legal business partner by proactively understanding the business, anticipating their needs, raising the awareness of, and addressing any material gaps and needs and providing appropriate solutions to enable their business objectives in a compliant manner.
Contracting - Lead and manage contracting activities, including drafting and negotiating contracts, and managing templates and playbooks. Work closely with HQ colleagues and other regions to ensure global alignment and maintain responsibility for contract management, global policies, playbooks and quality control.
Compliance - In close collaboration with the Compliance and Ethics & Business integrity teams, raising awareness within the business units on compliance matters and promoting a culture of compliance within the organization.
Coordination - Coordinates HQ legal support for customer dealmaking, compliance issues (antitrust, export control, ethics, cybersecurity), and dispute management and prevention activities across the global legal team supporting sales and customer service teams worldwide.
Performs other duties as assigned or required.
Education and Experience
Must have J.D. or equivalent law degree.
7+ years of legal and compliance experience (some in-house experience preferred).
Fluency in English and excellent English contract drafting skills.
Proven experience dealing with change and AI transformation
Personal Skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to deal with high pressure and high workload
Able to work independently with little supervision
Flexible, able to embrace uncertainty
Good organizational skills and able to bring structure in the working environment.
Context of the position
This is a Senior Legal Counsel position based in Veldhoven, The Netherlands, reporting into the Head of Legal & Compliance CS&S.
ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.
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Who are we?
ASML is an innovation leader in the global semiconductor industry. We make machines that chipmakers use to mass produce microchips. Founded in 1984 in the Netherlands with just a handful of employees, we’ve now grown to over 40,000 employees, 143 nationalities and more than 60 locations around the world.
What do we do?
We provide chipmakers with hardware, software and services to mass produce patterns on silicon through lithography. Our lithography systems use ultraviolet light to create billions of tiny structures on silicon that together make up a microchip. We push our technology to new limits to enable our customers to create smaller, faster and more powerful chips.
Who are our people?
While you may think that only engineers and mathematicians work at ASML, you'll be surprised to find out that our people come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Across ASML, we have dedicated teams that manage customer support, communications and media, IT, software development and more. Every team in the company is essential for pushing our technology and the industry forward.
If you love to tackle challenges and innovate in a collaborative, supportive and inclusive environment with all the flexibility and freedom to unleash your full potential, ASML is the place to be.
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