Job Description
National Legal Counsel

It's more than a job

In an administrative role at Kuehne+Nagel, tasks such as managing office operations or coordinating schedules certainly contribute to your team's success, but they also provide meaningful moments for people around the world. Because your attention to detail supports your colleagues to perform at their best, such as ensuring the timely and seamless transport of hearing aids and advanced medical devices that change lives. At Kuehne+Nagel, our work contributes to more than we imagine.


You will be part of our Legal + Compliance team, adding your expertise + skills to the delivery of customer + operational excellence.


How you create impact

Your primary objective will be to manage the legal + compliance aspects of our business activities in your location, ensuring we fulfill all related legal requirements.

What we would like you to bring

  • To draft, review, redline + negotiate contracts along with other legal documents together with the business project owner.
  • To ensure compliance with applicable laws/regulations, policies/strategies + executions.
  • To analyze + discuss emerging compliance risks with business management + employees.
  • To reinforce our culture of compliance by providing ongoing training to comply with local laws + maintain ethical business practices on the basis of our global ethics + compliance program.
  • To analyze legal risks/disputes in order to provide legal recommendations, alerts, solutions, + support.
  • To participate in the preparation, review, evaluation, negotiation, + interpretation of all relevant documents.
  • Responding to legal elements in relation to any day to day support requests.
  • To prepare, update + present briefings on new legal documents/changes/issues with legal solutions timely.

What's in it for you

  • Your strong leadership skills + focus on customer + stakeholder relationships along with your strong time management will be the key to your success.
  • You will be successful in this role because for your knowledge across our operations, products + services; because you possess the key attributes we are looking for.

Who are we

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

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