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Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel Nordic BA

Finans, bank och juridik · Juridiska tjänster · Regelefterlevnad · Bolagsrätt

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ASSA ABLOY is seeking an experienced Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel to lead the Legal & Compliance function for its Nordic Business Area. This senior role involves advising on a wide range of commercial, legal, and compliance matters across Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark, including contract negotiation, data privacy, and risk management.

Ansvarsområden

  • Lead, develop, and set the direction for the Nordic BA Legal & Compliance function, including remote leadership of team members in Finland.
  • Act as a trusted adviser to the Nordic BA leadership team on legal risk, governance, and commercial matters.
  • Provide practical, commercially minded, and risk-based legal advice to protect ASSA ABLOY’s interests.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including customer, supplier, technology, software, and IP-related agreements.
  • Implement and embed Group and EMEIA legal and compliance policies, procedures, and controls.
  • Develop and deliver training on legal and compliance matters to managers and employees.
  • Advise on competition law, anti-corruption, trade compliance, data privacy, digital compliance, cyber security, product safety, and product liability.
  • Manage disputes, litigation, investigations, whistleblowing matters, claims, and crisis-related legal issues.
  • Instruct and manage external counsel effectively.
  • Support M&A transactions, due diligence, and post-acquisition integration.

Krav

  • Qualified Swedish lawyer.
  • Substantial experience from an in-house legal role within an international or complex business environment.
  • Broad experience of commercial law, including drafting and negotiating complex customer, supplier, and technology-related agreements.
  • Experience of advising senior business leaders and working across different functions and jurisdictions.
  • Previous people leadership experience, preferably including remote leadership.
  • Good understanding of compliance areas such as competition law, anti-corruption, trade compliance, and data privacy.
  • Interest in emerging regulatory areas, particularly digital compliance, technology, cyber security, and resilience.
  • Experience of managing disputes, investigations, and external legal advisers.
  • Fluency in Swedish and English, both written and spoken.
  • Ability and willingness to work with matters and stakeholders across the Nordic region.
  • Experience from an industrial, technology, engineering, retail, or similarly complex international environment.

Önskade kvalifikationer

  • Experience from a reputable law firm is valuable, but must understand working close to the business and balancing legal considerations with commercial realities.
  • Commercially minded, pragmatic, and solutions-oriented.
  • Comfortable prioritizing in a broad role.
  • Proactive and able to drive implementation and improvement.
  • Interested in developing people, processes, and ways of working.
  • Able to communicate complex issues clearly and build trust at all levels.
  • Confident enough to challenge when needed, while remaining collaborative.
  • Open to taking on new legal and regulatory areas.
  • Comfortable working autonomously while making effective use of specialist support.

Förmåner

  • Opportunity to take a leading legal role in a significant Nordic business.
  • Opportunity to continue shaping a developing legal function.
  • Work closely with senior business leaders.
  • Access to an established legal and compliance community in Stockholm and across the EMEIA division.
  • Exposure to commercial operations, technology, digital regulation, security, risk, governance, and organizational development.
  • Opportunity for an experienced legal counsel to step into a broader leadership role, or for an existing legal leader to take responsibility for a complex and changing Nordic business.
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ASSA ABLOY Group

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för 3 dagar sedan

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om 6 dagar

Anställningstyp

Heltid

Arbetsform

Hybrid

Erfarenhetsnivå

Senior

Platser

Ballerup, Denmark

Ski, Norway

Eskilstuna, Sweden

Landskrona, Sweden

Malmö, Sweden

Mölnlycke, Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

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