Aktuelle Jobs im Zusammenhang mit Corporate Counsel - Mannheim - Caterpillar

**Career Area**:Legal**:
**Who is Caterpillar?**

With **2021 sales and revenues of $51 billion **, Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Services offered throughout the product life cycle, cutting-edge technology and decades of product expertise set Caterpillar apart, providing exceptional value to help our customers succeed.

**What do we do?**

With its two brands, MWM and Cat®, Caterpillar Energy Solutions stands for highly-efficient and eco-friendly solutions for distributed power generation, and manufactures gas engines, electricity power plants, as well as CHP plants. Automotive pioneer Carl Benz laid the cornerstone for the company headquarters in Mannheim, Germany, with the founding of the “Mechanische Werkstätte Mannheim" in 1871. As part of Caterpillar Inc., Caterpillar Energy Solutions today commands a leading market position in the field of highly efficient, ecologically advanced distributed energy solutions. Thus, the company serves its customers around the globe as a reliable partner for proven and sustained added value in the implementation of power plant projects. The products are the result of 150 years of experience in the development and optimization of gas engines and gensets for natural gas, biogas and other special gases.

**What experiences can we offer you?**

At Caterpillar, we believe each person is unique and valued, and are committed to ensuring that our workplace is diverse and representative of the many customers we serve around the globe. Different perspectives help us achieve our best work and come together to form a high-performing Caterpillar team that makes positive changes in the communities where we live and work.

**That’s the Power of Everyone **.

You power our success and we are committed to empowering yours. After all, when your work can impact the entire world, it’s important to do work that matters.

**The Opportunity**

We are looking for an experienced Corporate Counsel to join our legal team ideally based in Germany to support a wide range of legal matters. The primary focus of this role is to partner with the Electric Power Division (EPD), which includes inter alia the MWM brand, and to support the development of our power solutions for our customers. You may also provide in country support to other Caterpillar business units that have operations in Germany.

Day to day the Corporate Counsel will deliver or coordinate the delivery of legal support to our Vice Presidents and General Managers within EPD as well as their direct reports, for a broad range of issues and business concerns, including commercial agreements, issues related to digital and advertising/marketing, purchasing, dispute resolution (including litigation), compliance and general business law matters.

**Job Responsibilities and Duties**:

- Handle or coordinate the management of legal matters involving sales through dealer networks; direct sales; purchasing; real estate; competition; warranties; dispute resolution/litigation; bankruptcy of suppliers and distributors; and product regulatory.
- Accountable to assess legal risk, identify and contribute to resolution of technical legal issues with a broad band of risk exposure with guidance from management.
- Responsible for strategic planning as well as day-to-day tactical legal issues.
- Support complex tactical legal issues and provide inputs relevant to a broad array of strategy and problem-solving matters.
- Provide careful evaluation of unique legal problems and issues and make recommendations to higher leadership on the best course of action, calling on past examples and inputs from all areas of legal services as required.

**Skills and Experience**:

- Significant post-qualified legal experience; demonstrating career progression and a broad knowledge in the practice of German or other European countries’ law and foreign law in the commercial and corporate law areas of practice.
- Law degree qualified and license/ qualification to practise law in a country of the European Economic Area, preferably Germany or Switzerland.
- A trusted advisor and a confident communicator, acting as a business partner to provide strategic legal counsel to the senior leadership team.
- Sound legal judgement; highly skilled in drafting, negotiation, and resolution management.
- Experienced manager, able to lead, inspire and motivate.

**Benefits**:

- Exciting, varied and responsible tasks
- Cooperation in a motivated team
- Excellent earning opportunities
- Other attractive benefits such as flexible working hours, company pension plan, 30 days vacation, job ticket and home office options

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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