(Senior) Legal Advisor

Are you ready to boost your career in an international and innovative renewable energy company and exercise your legal and business acumen to help achieve a de-carbonized future?

Vestas Legal, Risk & Compliance > Global Legal Offshore & Service
Global Legal Offshore & Service is an excellence center within the global Legal, Risk & Compliance department of Vestas, providing legal and contracting support to the high growth business areas of Offshore and Service. We work in three sub-teams: (1) global offshore transactional enablement, (2) vessels, aviation & ports for offshore projects, and (3) global service product offerings & special projects. 
We are looking for a Legal Advisor or Senior Legal Advisor for our global offshore transactional enablement team. The team provides Vestas' front-line regional offshore transactional legal advisors and other key stakeholders in the offshore wind turbine sales and service sales frontline regional teams necessary tools (governance, guidelines, training, templates, "hotline" support etc) to enable them to excel in their work and ensure a healthy contracting risk profile for Vestas. Sometimes, the enablement team members may be asked to step into the front-line regional offshore transactional legal advisor role for a specific project or challenge. 
By encouraging a culture based on accountability, we give employees the chance to create meaningful, real-world impact through their work. We also cultivate employee performance and success by providing an inclusive, motivating environment with collaboration at its core. You will experience a team of great diversity both within competencies, experience, gender, and nationality.

Responsibilities Provide contracting risk advice and business-oriented solutions to front-line regional teams  Develop, implement and continuously improve governance and policies for Offshore wind turbine sales and service offerings to ensure a healthy risk profile for Vestas Develop and implement effective and scalable training (field and desktop) to internal and external front-line Offshore lawyers as well as other relevant stakeholders Support improvement and development of product offerings and solutions for the Offshore market Continuously ensure that contractual lessons learned from previous projects are incorporated into the enablement toolbox of governance, policies, templates, training, etc Business partner with key stakeholders in the Offshore end-to-end value chain to ensure customer-centricity and quality is embedded in our tools Conduct peer reviews of front-line negotiated turbine supply agreements and service & maintenance agreements

Qualifications Solid legal educational background with professional English contract drafting skills Relevant experience working from an international-oriented in-house corporation or a law firm Experience in wind energy transactions (preferably Offshore) or come from a related offshore industry or have other experience with handling large scale international infrastructure transactions  Strong communication & presentation skills and stakeholder management in a multinational, matrixed organisation Working knowledge of FIDIC (Yellow Book) is desirable

Competencies  Commercial mindset and curiosity to learn more about commercial and technical issues Innovative, independent, and structured Ability to effectively drive change, manage internal improvement projects and communicate within all levels of a global organisation Ability to prioritise in time sensitive environments among competing urgent matters and allocate resources for maximum impact Ability to analyse complex problems and apply legal principles, facts and precedents to recommend adoption of an effective, practical and proper course of action Proven commitment to continuous improvement and willingness to go the "extra mile"

What we offer 
We offer an exciting job with great opportunities for professional and personal development in an inspiring and diverse work environment within the energy industry's global partner on sustainable energy solutions. At Vestas, we aim at being sustainable in all aspects - both as employer and business partner. With , employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution - today, tomorrow, and far into the future. We value initiative, responsibility, involvement and the right balance between creativity and quality in all solutions. You will become part of a highly professional environment with lots of passion. Vestas is growing and developing, and we want you to grow with us.