Legal Counsel

Key Responsibilities

• Advice and support on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial and procurement contracts and other legal documents.
• Monitoring local legislation and informing businesses about its implications.
• Managing all Turkish corporate issues internally and externally; drafting and examining the documentation prepared for board meetings, and general assembly meetings.
• Supporting strategic growth projects and investments in Maersk EME*.
• Advising on various engagements with governmental authorities in Türkiye.
• Responsible for engaging and managing of external legal counsels.
• Proactively identify and address legal issues in a pragmatic and risk-based fashion.
• Provide training to (non-legal) colleagues on relevant topics such as commercial contracting.
• Supporting claims team for handling any major litigation/ dispute in Türkiye.
• Working effectively with other departments and functions such as Finance, Tax, Compliance, etc.

* EME: Bulgaria, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Lebanon, Romania, Ukraine, Türkiye.  

We are looking for

• The candidate must be qualified as a Turkish lawyer.  
• Minimum 5 years of relevant legal experience in private practice and/or as in-house counsel. Know-how gained in transportation and logistics industry will be strong advantage.  
• Solid exposure to general corporate, regulatory and commercial legal issues.
• Experience with drafting and negotiating contracts; drive to understand the commercial context.
• Able to hold a position yet partnering with the business to find solutions to complex issues.
• Commercial mind-set, drive to deliver high quality results, high level of integrity.
• Effective communicator with ability to explain complex legal issues to non-legal functions, empathy, personal tact.
• Well organized, punctual.
• Proficient in Turkish and English. 

What we offer

At Maersk, you’ll be part of a global team motivated by bringing the world closer. We do this through close partnerships with our valued customers, who trade everything from seafood and fruits, to clothes, electronics and cars! No matter our role in the Region our end goal is to simplify the lives of our customers. This is done through seamless processes, best in class digital solutions, and great customer service!