Baker Hughes

Commercial Legal Counsel – Industrial & Energy Technology - Europe

GB-LONDON-245 HAMMERSMITH ROAD Full time

Commercial Legal Counsel – Industrial & Energy Technology - Europe

Would you like to be part of a team that provides essential legal guidance?

Would you like to help shape commercial and strategic direction?

Join our leading Legal Team

Our Legal team takes responsibility for supporting the execution of our company's global business and safeguarding its people, assets and interests. We provide critical legal support across the business, working closely with the business teams and the Legal department's functions.

Partner with the best

As a Commercial Legal Counsel, you will provide commercial legal advice and support to the IET Segment, this comprises supporting different product lines within Europe Region.

As a Commercial Legal Counsel, you will be responsible for:

  • Providing legal support for customer contracts and activities
  • Providing legal advice to the business on strategic initiatives, partnerships and various growth and business initiatives
  • Delivering training and advice to support legal and compliance teams
  • Having oversight on commercial activities of IET in Europe, including supporting development of tools and templates to support business growth and driving Commercial Legal initiatives.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Possess law degree from an accredited university or law school
  • Have been admitted to a European Bar
  • Have impressive knowledge and experience negotiating complex commercial contracts and transactions
  • Be able to demonstrate deep project management skills and process improvement skills
  • Be able to demonstrate leadership in interacting with cross-functional teams and providing strategic legal and compliance guidance to leadership
  • Be a natural communicator, with an ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
  • Be a motivated self-starter, proactively taking the initiative to lead and solve problems
  • Show significant experience in a similar role providing legal counsel with experience in similar role in-house or at a law firm

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

  • Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace challenge with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

  • Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
  • Comprehensive private medical care options
  • Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
  • Tailored financial programs
  • Additional elected or voluntary benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Legal Advisor - Commercial Counsel