Business Oriented Legal Counsel to Columbus

At Columbus, our vision is to be the preferred service provider of digital business solutions globally. Our mission is to help companies transform, maximize and futureproof their business. And we’ve been doing that since 1989, with more than 1 500 employees around the world. We’ve had over 30 years to build up our portfolio of comprehensive solutions, deep industry knowledge, extensive technology expertise and profound customer insights. We specialize in helping companies reach their goals for growth by finding and implementing the right digital business solution for them.

We are now looking for an Inhouse Legal Counsel to join our office in central Stockholm.

What We Offer You

The job as a Legal Counsel is a full-time position with a flexible work environment and a culture which encourages collaboration and a healthy work-life balance. In Columbus you will have a great career and growth opportunities in a developing organization that is part of an international consultancy company with subsidiaries all over the world.

In your role you will be part of Columbus Sweden’s Management Team. You will refer directly to the Head of Group Legal in Denmark and have a dotted-line to the Swedish Country Manager.

About the Role

As a Legal Counsel at Columbus you will support all business areas of the organization, as well as contribute to building and developing the legal function in Sweden together with the General Counsel in Denmark. You will implement legal policies, as well as educate and train your colleagues in different business areas. In order to succeed in the role, you will need to work closely and in a proactive way with the sale organization and management and assist in different projects.

You will, amongst others, be responsible for:

• Negotiating, reviewing and drafting different commercial agreements mainly in the field of IT/IP

• Giving daily advice to management, sales and project representatives

• Finding solutions in close cooperation with business operations

• Handling disputes and resolutions

• Some data privacy, employment law and other tasks within various legal areas

You will mainly work with the Swedish and other Scandinavian jurisdictions but from time to time you will be involved in various international compliance and global projects. You will benefit from taking part in Columbus’ global Shared Service Legal Center with colleagues around the world.

About You

We are looking for a candidate with a Law Degree from a Swedish university. You have 3-8 years of relevant experience from a top law firm or as an Inhouse Counsel in the professional service industry.

We are a fast growing and flexible organization who work very close to each other. To fit in the role and the organization you need to have an open personality, be communicative and like to work closely and in cooperation with others. Furthermore, the right candidate for this position must be ambitious, high-performing as well as innovative and action-oriented. It is also important that you are a team-player with an operational approach and that you understand the business value of the legal framework.

We are looking for a candidate that is analytical and structural, but also driven, service-minded and prone to take initiative. You will need to be able to take commercially sound decisions with a risk-based approach by working closely together with the operational team and management.

Application and Enquiries

In this recruitment we are working together with Sharp Recruitment & Consultants.

For more information contact Linda Sjöhagen on +46 736 41 88 81 or linda.sjohagen@sharprecruitment.se

All applications will be reviewed, and interviews will be performed continuously.

Do not hesitate to apply today, by sending in your CV.

Columbus is a global IT services and consulting company and we are experts in designing, developing, implementing, upgrading and maintaining digital business applications.

Our mission is to help our customers to gear up for the future and to succeed in the digital transformation. Any change is daunting but we will be there, every step on the way. Our secret to success is a comprehensive solution portfolio, deep industry knowledge, extensive technical expertise and profound customer insight. And of course, our entrepreneurial environment, passion to develop ourselves and strong team spirit. This has worked very well for us for over 30 years.