Europe Executive L&e Counsel

**Job Description Summary**:
Role Summary/Purpose

The location is flexible and can be home-based (with travel to sites required per needs of job), and the role will support multiple Vernova businesses for the Europe region, with an emphasis on France. The position will sit in the European team within the global Vernova Corporate L & E organization to support the business L&E needs as required.

Essential Responsibilities

The role will have the following responsibilities:

- Providing legal advice and leadership on Labour and Employment law issues to GE Vernova businesses across Europe, with a particular focus on France. Provide legal and compliance leadership across a wide range of issues, including, for example, employee, works council and union relations; cross border restructuring projects, redundancies and outsourcing; equal opportunities and diversity; employment litigation; mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; collective bargaining obligations; employee discipline, grievances and termination; drafting of employment separation agreements; working time obligations.
- Retain and work effectively with outside counsel where required, and manage external counsel to reduce costs, secure value-added services and improve ‘make vs buy’ decisions.
- Work as a senior member of of the European L&E team to drive simplification initiatives and consistent enterprise standards for Labour and Employment support across the Europe Region.
- Providing training for the HR and business teams on key employment and compliance risk areas.
- Keeping abreast of relevant legal developments across Europe.

Qualifications/Requirements
- Qualified lawyer in at least one European jurisdiction, preferably France.
- Substantial legal post-qualification experience of labour and employment law in Europe, including detailed knowledge and experience of French labour & employment law.
- Demonstrable fluency in English and French, including ability to draft and negotiate and present legal and business documents. Additional language capabilities would also be an advantage.

Desired Characteristics
- Preferably time spent both with a leading law firm or in-house with a large multinational corporation, that includes:

- Extensive “hands-on” labour & employment legal experience, including experience of handling cross-border matters and major projects; and
- Substantial experience and success in working with senior management and international environments
- Prior experience of managing/leading legal teams in either private practice or in-house (and preferably both).
- Superior advocacy skills, including the ability to effectively and efficiently communicate in writing and orally, an aptitude for practical negotiation, the capability to think clearly and quickly under pressure, and the composure to satisfy multiple and often competing interests.
- A strong commitment to integrity and professionalism, and passion for excellence.
- A work history that affirmatively demonstrates leadership, and ability to persuade and push others to deliver on commitments.
- Superior negotiating skills and ability to work in complex international environment, substantial experience working in different cultures and an open and tolerant mind with respect to diversity.
- Demonstrable computer literacy with specific ability to use Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and other software such as redlining tools.
- Strong project management and prioritisation skills
- Record of dedicated and successful teamwork, excellent interpersonal and diplomatic abilities.

**CDI **Conseil **exécutif** **en** matière de L&E pour **l'Europe** H/F**

Résumé/Objectif du rôle

Le conseiller exécutif L&E de GE Vernova pour l'Europe est un avocat senior qualifié et expérimenté spécialisé dans les lois et réglementations/les politiques et les pratiques relatives aux employés, y compris dans les domaines des avantages et de la rémunération dans la région Europe. Doit également se spécialiser et fournir des conseils et des conseils en matière de procédures des comités d'entreprise, de négociations syndicales et d'autres questions relatives aux relations avec les employés. Conseille sur les défis commerciaux internes et externes complexes, fournit des solutions commerciales conformes à la législation et joue un rôle de premier plan dans l'identification et la mise en œuvre des meilleures pratiques visant à améliorer les produits, les processus ou les services. Est un expert en la matière qui se tient au courant des tendances du secteur susceptibles d'influencer le travail.
Le site est flexible et peut être basé sur le domicile (les déplacements vers les sites étant requis en fonction des besoins du travail), et le poste soutiendra plusieurs entreprises de Vernova dans la région Europe, en mettant l'accent sur la France. Le poste occupera le poste au sein de l'équipe européenne au sein de l'organisation mondiale de Vernova Corporate L & E afin de