Legal Counsel

Maxima Bulgaria EOOD is owner of the retail chain T-Market in Bulgaria with 123 stores across the whole country and more than 2500 employees and with own online store. Maxima Bulgaria is a part of Maxima Grupė UAB – a Lithuanian group of retail chain companies operating in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Bulgaria and in 2018 has become the first private company in Lithuania to enter the international capital market, which has successfully placed the biggest-ever issue of bonds by a private company in the Baltics.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Supporting the General Counsel and acting as the first point of contact for legal queries;

Reviewing contracts and agreements of the company;

Drafting commercial contracts and template agreements for all facets of the business;

Representation and preparation of legal statements during inspections by state authorities

Preparation of pleadings, responses to pleadings, appeals and any other court document, legal representation before every instance of Bulgarian courts;

Providing support to the senior management of the company;

Providing legal counsel to all of the departments when required;

Organizing and maintaining the departments legal processes and systems.

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

University degree in law;

Fluent English and excellent written and verbal communication skills;

Curiosity about new legal issues and a willingness to work on a broad variety of matters;

Able to adapt to a fast paced work environment and meet strict deadlines;

Be solutions focused, proactive and confident;

Ability to build strong internal relationships, work well as part of a wider team, and be able to manage your own workload efficiently;

Have excellent organizational skills and good attention to detail.

With us, you will have the opportunity

To prove your professionalism and experience;

Unleash your full potential;

To become part of international, rapidly developing company;

Food vouchers.

If the proposal is of interest to you, please submit your CV, indicating the minimum categories of personal data for the position: name and surname; phone number; e-mail address; professional experience data; education and training data; personal skills; spoken languages; communication, organizational / management, professional and other skills; driving license data, if such data is required for the position concerned.

We kindly ask you not to include any other personal information in your CV. The privacy of your personal data is guaranteed. Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of the personnel selection procedure of Maxima Bulgaria EOOD, acting as a data controller, subject to the applicable personal data protection legislation. Further information that we are required to provide can be found on the company's official website.