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When you join the Albemarle team, you contribute to a better tomorrow. You will play a role in powering many of the world’s largest and most critical industries, from energy and communications to transportation and electronics. We are putting innovation to work to improve people’s lives and we want YOU to be a part of it.

Job Description

Albemarle Corporation is seeking an attorney to become part of Albemarle’s global legal team. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual with a broad commercial legal background.  The candidate will provide legal support on a wide range of legal matters in relation to our operations and activities in Europe, primarily in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, as well as in the Middle East.  The role will be based out of our manufacturing facility in Amsterdam, Holland. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Advice on, drafting and review of Commercial Contracts providing end-to-end legal support with contract reviews and negotiations in line with legal requirements and the company’s commercial standards (approximately 60-80% of time)

  • Support Amsterdam manufacturing facility, occasionally operations in Germany, on Supplier/Procurement Contracts

  • Support all our global GBUs on negotiations of sales agreements, often based on our forms

  • Typically partner and collaborate with the appropriate functional and business resources for review/ negotiation of agreements

• Employment Law Support (20-30% of time)

  • Answering ad hoc employment law questions, primarily in support of Albemarle’s Amsterdam manufacturing facility, but may also include advice on Belgium employment law matters

• Environmental Law Support (approximately 5-15% of time)

  • Ad-hoc questions and advice, primarily for Albemarle’s Amsterdam manufacturing facility

• The position will also require the budgeting and management of outside counsel relationships on a variety of matters

Requirements:

• Top academic results

• Licensed to practice law in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxemburg, Belgium or France

• Master of Laws degree from English language university is advantageous

• At least 5 years PQE in a comparable sized company or international law firm

• Fully fluent in written and spoken English; the majority of the work is English

• Attention to detail, self-initiative, and the ability to work independently in an energetic, highly collaborative, multicultural, and international team environment

• Strong communication and negotiation skills, and ability to interact and build trust across all levels of our business

• Self-motivated with the capability for separating the important from the urgent

• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Familiarity with Apptus contract management software and Legal Tracker preferred, but not required

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