Senior Legal Counsel

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

The Senior Legal Counsel role is 1 year Fixed Term Contract covering a maternity leave. The role will primarily support selected Chart business units in Europe with additional support on a global basis by providing overall legal guidance, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, supporting corporate projects, including internal restructuring and D&O changes, providing support to other functions, helping with compliance efforts and supporting integration of Chart Industries into Baker Hughes. Responsibilities include overseeing commercial advice, governance, litigation, internal corporate projects, integration, and general compliance.

The role is primarily based in Czech Republic and involves collaborating with business units, parent company departments, and external counsel to strategic projects, ensure corporate adherence to internal policies, and deliver training. This position requires strong legal expertise, commercial awareness and business approach, and the ability to prioritise in a dynamic, high-pressure environment. 

Chart Industries is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the clean energy and industrial gas markets. Chart employees over 11,700 people based across 64 global manufacturing locations and 50+ service centres. Recognised for an innovative edge and expansive portfolio, Chart has a global leadership position in process technologies with products and services in applications such as hydrogen, carbon capture, energy recovery, nuclear, water treatment, mining, and LNG to name a few. Most recently Chart has become part of Baker Hughes.

What Will You Do?

•  Provide general legal advice to selected European but also all Chart business units worldwide to ensure compliance with Group policies and risk management.
• Oversee the management and adherence to the Group’s internal corporate approval process to ensure that there are no unintended consequences are likely to arise as a result of a proposed change to or transaction involving a Group business units.
• Oversee the management of (i) company secretarial compliance globally including liaising with and directing external specialists in multiple jurisdictions with respect to the preparation of board minutes and shareholder resolutions to approve annual financial statements, together with routine approvals, including the re-election of auditors, directors and officers, which form part of the annual meeting cycle, and (ii) the administration of the internal corporate management system. 
• Provide guidance and conduct training courses on internal legal policies including with respect to compliance, terms and conditions and contract risk management for Chart business units. 
• Provide assistance in relation to global litigation, disputes and warranty claims.
• Assist with day-to-day compliance matters including but not limited to (a) conducting and reviewing due diligence on agents; (b) advising on data privacy and protection (including the Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR); (c) advising on anti-bribery and corruption; and (d) advising on competition law.
• Guide and monitor outside legal counsel on legal matters for the Company Business Units. 
• Liaise and interact with Parent company corporate management and specialist departments (legal, trade compliance, tax, insurance, EHS, IP, etc.) on relevant matters and provide legal support on global strategic projects such as restructuring. 

Your Experience Should Be...

• Qualified lawyer (6 year+  relevant experience) in any EU/UK jurisdiction.
• Experience in compliance issues e.g. anti-bribery and compliance and as a legal and risk representative. 
• Experience of general corporate work. 
• Experience in dealing with commercial contracts, complex projects and reviewing terms and conditions.
• Experience in negotiating with a variety of clients/companies.
• Relevant experience from a law firm or international equivalent or multinational company, including transferrable skills to work in an in-house environment if not already done so.
• Had involvement/played a support role in large complex contracts.
• Robust analytical ability combined with commercial fluency and attention to detail.
• Articulate and a team player.Must understand role of in-house counsel as an enabler.

It would also be beneficial to have the following:

• Relevant experience in dealing with international commercial contracts.
• Experience in negotiating with international companies.
• Legal experience particularly in-house as opposed to private practice would be an advantage
• Experience in day-to-day compliance issues e.g. trade compliance, general compliance
• Experience from industrial/manufacturing company is benefit

This is a role to primarily cover maternity leave so its advertised for a 1 year.  We’ve put together some criteria that we think is important for this role, but don’t worry if your experience and expertise isn’t an exact match. If you feel that you can add value to our role and to Howden more broadly, we would welcome your application and be eager to learn more about you. 

Our Benefits Package...

Howden Čkd Compressors provides a competitive and expansive benefits package that ensures not only do you perform on an optimum level, but also balance your private and professional responsibilities in a friendly and modern environment.

Health and Quality of Life benefits:

• Competitive salary and a generous cafeteria bonus
• Employee recognition initiatives, well-being initiatives and team buildings
• 5 weeks of vacation
• Contribution to the supplementary pension insurance
• Multi-sport Card
• Company transport from Černý Most metro / Mstětice train station
• Commuting allowance
• Discretionary yearly bonus payments

Development Opportunities: 

• Constant learning opportunities and challenges in interesting projects with a significant impact on the world in a growing company with more than 80 years of experience
• Program of corporate education
• Vertical and horizontal organizational movement
• Professional practice and free e-learning opportunities
• Language courses

Flexible and supportive working environment:

Our new and modern office near Prague in Nehvizdy 1101, 250 81 Nehvizdy, Czech Republic

• Possibility of hybrid schedule (4 days at home, 1 day at the office)
• Flexible non-binding working hours
• Commuting allowance
• State-of-the-art technology and IT equipment: laptop, headset, workstation, 2 monitors per employee, Windows and O365 software

• Global diverse community where people can support and learn from each other, celebrate successes and have fun in team buildings and programs.