Legal Counsel 
Czech Republic
 

About RWS:
RWS Holdings plc is the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management and intellectual property services. We help our customers to connect with and bring new ideas to people globally by communicating business critical content at scale and enabling the protection and realization of their innovations.
Our vision is to help organizations interact effectively with people anywhere in the world by solving their language, content and market access challenges through our collective global intelligence, deep expertise and smart technology.
Customers include 90 of the globe’s top 100 brands, the top 10 pharmaceutical companies and 18 of the top 20 patent filers worldwide. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, and North and South America across the technology, pharmaceutical, medical, legal, chemical, automotive, government and telecommunications sectors, which we serve from offices across five continents.
Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).
For further information, please visit: www.rws.com 

 

About The Role:
As a new member of our Legal Department, you will help us to promote the best legal practices in the organization, by providing legal services to our branches worldwide, supporting them with the broad corporate agenda, and assuring compliance with all necessary legal requirements.

 

Responsibilities: 

• Review and draft various types of legally binding agreements for multiple corporate functions of the company such as Finance, HR, Sales or IT
• Provide legal and administrative support to the Legal Director with all kinds of ethics and compliance initiatives, data protection programs, corporate and entity matters, and employment law relations.
• Utilize a broad familiarity with major legal disciplines to provide internal clients with timely advice and counsel to minimize risk and advance the interests of the company.
• Monitor legislation and advises relevant departments accordingly.
• Conduct legal research and prepares legal memoranda and correspondence.
• Keep informed of new developments in corporate legal matters and advises internal clients accordingly.
• Coordinate training and educational activities to enhance legal awareness within the company at both local and global levels.
• Work cooperatively and proactively across functional areas to ensure compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations.
• Being involved in formulating, administering, and presenting policies to ensure compliance with all applicable legal requirements and Company practices
• Take care of routine administrative matters related to legal agenda (including archiving).
• Generate reports and presentations as required
   

Requirements:

• Master Law degree obtained from public universities in the Czech Republic or Slovakia
• Minimum 5 years (PQE) of relevant legal work experience from a law firm or a legal function in a private corporation or public organization required
• Proficiency in Legal English, written and spoken
• Experience in handling international commercial matters (contract revisions in English)
• Experience with Czech legal systems and databases
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat
• Ability to manage a large number and variety of critical and often time-sensitive projects
• Orientation to detail, sense of responsibility, dependability, consistency and thoroughness

 

Perks of working with us: 

• An exciting company—we work with some of the most innovative brands in the world, and our employees are true professionals with unique skills
• A great team of people who are fair, open-minded, and friendly—and always ready to support you as much as possible
• International, English-speaking environment and pleasant offices in the center of Brno
• Chance to put your ideas into practice and engage with hundreds of employees global
• Interesting challenges, trainings, and other internal opportunities to support your growth
• Fair compensation, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package (flexible working hours, 5 weeks of vacation, 2 sick days, possibility of work from home, Cafeteria plan)

Life at RWS:

We work hard together to deliver for our customers; our expertise, professionalism and determination to never let others down drives us to be passionate and serious about what we do, deliver customer value, yet always adding a human touch. 
 
As a company focused on connecting people through language, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our company culture. RWS is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed in ensuring that all employees work in an environment free from all forms of harassment and discrimination and one that actively promotes teamwork, diversity and trust. All employees have a right to be treated with respect and dignity. RWS operate in a manner for the inclusion of all - any form of discrimination is expressly prohibited. Employees are selected and promoted on merit alone and no other factors whether race, gender, age, religion, marital status, gender identity or disability are taken into consideration. 

We are proud to work in a company where all can succeed and grow their career and while RWS operates in accordance with all local employment laws, if local law enables any form of discrimination this is against RWS company policy and we will adhere to the highest standard.   

Recruitment Agencies: RWS Group PLC does not accept agency resumes.  Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees.  Any unsolicited resume received will be treated as the property of RWS and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such resume will be considered null and void.