Legal Counsel

DHL Group the logistics provider of the world with over 600,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories. We are an organization that is not just moving goods around, we have a very clear purpose, and we are:
Connecting People. Improving Lives. We provide challenges and opportunities for personal and professional development, we recognize the difference you bring to our business and together we share the pride of building one of the largest world leaders in logistics and supply chain.

In a matrix organization, Legal Services is organized on the one hand according to regions and on the other hand according to global cross-sectional topics. As our business keeps growing, we want you in our AMERICAS region.

Ready to immerse yourself in the exciting world of Legal? Join the team and bring your expertise on board! As part of DHL Group, you will be working with a global network of Legal colleagues and benefit from a wide range of development opportunities.

• Legal professional responsible for supporting the development and execution of legal strategies designed to mitigate organizational risk while enabling business objectives.
• Works closely with a supervising attorney to provide legal advice and transactional support across the business, particularly in commercial contracting and general corporate matters.
• Partners with key stakeholders, including Procurement and Commercial Contract Management (CCM), and collaborates with cross functional teams to ensure regional and global legal initiatives are effectively implemented within the assigned area of responsibility.
• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates customer, vendor, and general corporate agreements, and provides day to day legal guidance to supported business units.
• Maintains strong awareness and working knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, and compliance requirements impacting company operations and proactively identifies legal risks and mitigation strategies.

• Provides comprehensive legal support in commercial contracting, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating customer and vendor agreements.
• Advises and supports functional teams, including Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Strategy (M&A), Marketing, GoGreen, and Procurement.
• Assists with mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence, transaction support, and post acquisition integration.
• Identifies, assesses, and recommends legal strategies to mitigate legal, regulatory, and commercial risk.
• Manages and supports resolution of disputes with customers, vendors, or business partners, in coordination with supervising counsel and, where appropriate, outside counsel.
• Collaborates with internal legal and support teams to ensure consistent application of legal standards and policies.

• Undergraduate university degree
• Professional Juris Doctorate degree from accredited institution
• License to practice law in Ohio and in good standing
• 3 years of relevant experience
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience with a law firm, corporate legal department, or governmental agency (or any combination thereof) with a focus on transactional legal work.
• Knows fundamental law concepts, practices and procedures of general law practice or a particular field of specialization.
• Highly organized
• Effective communicator
• Influencing skills
• Competent & experienced in facilitating meetings or workshops and presenting to groups
• Energetic
• Proactive with a customer focused approach
• Ability to build rapport with key internal contacts
• Flexible team player
• Membership in at least one state bar (in good standing), with the ability to become a member of the Ohio bar

• Great opportunity to work for the biggest logistics company in the world
• International and virtual environment
• Flexibility and great opportunity to learn
• Tempting Compensation and benefits

DHL is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. The EEO is the Law poster is available here: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-poster

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