Legal Counsel (m/f)
NHV is a fast growing Business-to-Business aviation services provider for the offshore & onshore industries. NHV is specialized in business-to-business helicopter services, both offshore & onshore; and operates a young fleet of 59 helicopters in Europe and Africa.
NHV Group is the only helicopter service provider with presence in all Oil and Gas producing countries in the North Sea region. Furthermore, the company has a very strong presence in West Africa.
Our client is looking for a qualified Legal Counsel (m/f) for the Belgium head quarters, situated in Oostende, to deal with the legal aspects of NHV’s business in Europe and Africa, with focus on legal support to group corporate departments and business units.
Job description
Being part of the Legal team at holding level and reporting directly to the general legal counsel, you will:
- work closely together with management, the general counsel, the paralegal and different business units,
- assist in setting up and maintaining a corporate social responsibility culture within the Group
- as a key member of the Legal Team, be in contact with other group corporate functions (in particular finance, HR, tax, project management office, GM’s) delivering legal advice, information, documentation and analysis on corporate & financial matters
- be responsible for the corporate governance and corporate housekeeping of all 20 legal entities with the Group, with the assistance of a paralegal
- assist in setting up the international legal structure that adequately supports the business strategy of the Group
- assist in corporate transactions, in collaboration with the general counsel
Occasional travel to other sites is required.
Responsibilities & main result areas:
1. Corporate law:
- Ensure that the corporate housekeeping of entities in Belgium, UK, Netherlands, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Norway, Denmark is complete and up-to-date
- Keep records of corporate decisions, and improve/maintain a procedure for documenting corporate decisions
- Contribute to the drafting of corporate documentation (minutes of meeting, resolutions)
- Map and follow up on local legal formalities
- Monitor and prepare legal documentation to formalize intragroup structures (e.g. financing agreement, service agreements, lease agreements end hire out agreements)
2. Corporate social responsibility:
- Contribute to the drafting of corporate governance rules, authorization rules and administrative guidelines
- Ensure compliance with existing rules, regulations and applicable legal basis
- Actively educate organization on corporate social responsibilit
3. Legal project management:
- Render advice on envisaged corporate and financial transactions (joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, hedging etc.)
- Follow up due diligence operations in corporate or financial transactions
4. Litigation:
- Follow up on pending claims and litigations and liaise with outside counsels
- Provide annual litigation report to the legal manager/executive committee
5. General advice on legal matters:
- Provide legal advice, guidance, information and analysis to internal clients
- Prepare and review legal documents and examine documents for legal sufficiency
- Prepare drafts, documents, letters
- Perform specific legal researches to support the legal manager
6. Legal administration:
- Follow up on outside counsel expenses and manage external expenses in accordance with legal budget
Profile
- You have a Master degree in law
- You have minimum 8 years’ experience in corporate law, in an international business law firm and/or as in-house lawyer in an international company
- You have clear and effective communication skills with natural charisma and authority
- You have strong coordination, negotiation and persuasive skills, with an eye for details without loosing the helicopter view
- You are able to work independently and autonomously with a problem solving approach
- You have excellent (verbal and written) communication skills and you are a real team player
- You are passionate about legal matters and at the same time business oriented
- You are excellent Dutch and English. Good knowledge of French (written and spoken)
- You have relevant experience in project management on a company level
- You have relevant experience in risk management/risk assessment process
- You are available to occasional travel on business trips
- You are a professional user of MS office
We are looking for a senior legal counsel with the following qualities:
- Motivated, enthusiastic, and dynamic
- Communicative
- Passionate about legal matters and at the same time business oriented
- Analytical
- Result oriented
- Agile
- Team player
- Structured
- Self-development
- Independent
- Adaptive: open to different ideas and experiences
- Strong service oriented
- Project manager
- Problem solver
Offer
Working for NHV means working in a challenging yet stable work environment.
You will find a dynamic job in a fast moving, growing, international and flexible business environment full of opportunities, and with a solid growth track ever since the founding of the company.
You will closely work together with the professionals of the business.
NHV cares for their employees whole being and fully supports their efforts to become the best they can possibly be.
If teamwork is important to you, if you value a working environment with quick decision making, if you value independence and responsibility, and if you are searching for diversified tasks in an international company with its headquarters in Belgium (Oostende), this is a very interesting opportunity for you.
You will be offered a motivating and competitive remuneration package.