Legal Counsel Business

Il y a 4 mois


La Madeleine, France Roquette Frères S.A. Temps plein

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

Our teams   

Roquette legal department is composed of over 60 members operating in 5 functions (Ethics & Compliance, Corporate, Global Operations, Intellectual Property, Regulatory Affairs) and 3 regions (EMEA, Americas and APAC).

As business partners and true pillars to Roquette’s growth strategy, the legal function provides strategic legal advice and guidance on the Group’s activities, projects and transactions.

To secure the Group’s ambitions, the legal department’s members have an active involvement upstream in projects and in the design of commercial or partnership strategies, working closely with internal teams (sales, purchase, manufacturing, customer care, quality, audit, finance) to deliver consistent and pragmatic advice, guidance, recommendation and support in the implementation of the solutions.

An opportunity has arisen to recruit for an experienced business lawyer to sit in the company’s headquarters in the North of France (Lille / La Madeleine). Attached to the Group Headquarters, you will play an important role to support the Senior Business Lawyer for the EMEA region.

The mission?   

Provide legal support to the business teams and associated operational functions on the EMEA region,

Drafting, reviewing and negotiating as business partner supply agreements that allocate risk and responsibility for the delivery of goods, and different types of contracts,

Management of contractual disputes/litigation: resolve, settle and/or escalate contractual disputes in concert with in-house and external counsel when necessary,

Provide legal support to Senior Legal Counsel on business projects and initiatives of the Group.

Your experience and talents will make the difference to:   

Provide effective and business oriented legal advice and support to allocated sales teams and associated operational functions

Identify and report to the Senior Business Lawyer key legal and contractual risks, and suggest/develop strategies to mitigate those risks

Support the Senior Business Lawyer in developing policies, processes, best practices, reporting, templates, KPI… towards a One Legal approach on sales activities within the group (templates, legal procedures…)

What will we love about you?  

Critical thinking, analytical, reasoning, and negotiation skills

Team-player with excellent interpersonal and communications skills

Strong ethics, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional and multi-cultural teams – whilst promoting a well-being environment (one of Roquette’s value)

Business acumen and ability to understand technical matters

High level of professionalism

Pragmatic and creative problem-solving ability

Detail-oriented, knowledgeable, and ability to influence others

Good organizational and multitasking skills

Comfort working in a matrixed organization

Excellent client-facing skills

Cultural awareness and open minded

And also...  

Education: Masters Degree (Bac+5) in Business law / Economic law / International law/ LLM / Business School

Experience: 3+ to 5 years’ experience with ideally experience in an international and/or manufacturing group

Specific requirements:

Full working proficiency in English and French

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences.

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

To find out more about our products, values and sustainable development ambitions visit us at and at


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