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A Snapshot of Your Day

This role is for a Legal Counsel working for the Onshore Business Unit of Siemens Energy and reporting to the Head of Legal in the region.

This is a regional role, with a focus on the Japanese renewable energy market, and joining a very diverse group of Lawyers and Compliance Professionals, with responsibility for projects across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region,The position is based in Tokyo Japan, and occasional travel is expected (<25% of your time).

How You’ll Make an Impact

You will be a part of a dedicated, multi-national team of legal advisers and compliance professionals, supporting Siemens Energy’s market leading Onshore Wind business in Asia Pacific. Working together with our internal business partners and the broader Legal Department, you will provide primary negotiation, contracting and legal support for the entire lifecycle of onshore wind projects in the APAC region (including during the bidding, negotiations, implementation, warranty and service phases of projects).

You will also provide legal support as required on a variety of issues, including IP/IT, corporate matters, litigation, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, contract and claims manangement and other legal topics which may arise from time to time.

How to contribute to our vision

As our Legal Counsel you will act as a consistent, impartial and trusted legal and contractual adviser in all respects, providing guidance and direction reflecting sound judgment and substantive legal knowledge and expertise.

It will your responsibility to advise internal business partners on, and support the preparation, drafting, negotiations, and handling of, complex Project Agreement terms and conditions (including but not limited to non-disclosure agreements, turbine supply agreements, service & warranty agreements, spare parts agreements, parent company guarantees, bonds, direct agreements, and amendments thereto), typically based on customers’ invitations to bid, customers’ templates, or documents drafted by outside counsel.

You will Collaborate closely with the global Legal and Compliance community.

You will evaluate all contractual and commercial risks in relation to a project, and present these for approval to senior management in accordance with internal guidelines.

In the role you will clarify and coordinate issues with other legal colleagues, Sales, Project Management, insurance and other specialist departments throughout any project.

You will provide business-oriented legal solutions to complex and novel problems in a fast-moving environment, which allow the business to progress without exposing the company to unacceptable risk

You will be the primary compliance resource with the responsibility of six assigned risk areas of Anti-corruption, Anti Money-Laundering, Anti-Trust, Data Privacy, Human Rights and Export Control. You will be responsible for ensuring that the company operated within ethical and legal framework while adhering to the company’s policies and procedures.

What You Bring

-Passion for renewable energy and a sense for the importance to lead the change. We are also looking for…

-A qualified lawyer with a minimum of 3 years of experience working in a variety of jurisdictions and commercial environments with a strong academic and legal background combined with relevant practical legal experience in house or with top-ranked private firms.

-Experience in structuring, preparation and negotiation of terms and conditions of different types of international project-related contracts and structures, including several years of experience in the renewables sector.  A deep knowledge of and experience with international energy plant and system contracts or construction contracts (e.g. FIDIC) would be an asset.

-A skilled, assertive and successful negotiator with strong skills of persuasion, and a demonstrated ability to close

deals with excellent English and Vietnamese oral and drafting skills.

-Ability to independently think through situations from an abstract conceptual perspective and provide well-reasoned solutions to novel problems quickly and a strong personality and the necessary gravitas to communicate with internal and external stakeholders at all organizational levels.

To be successful in this role you preferably have:

•A strong sense of personal integrity and address issues directly, including providing impartial and independent advise and challenging conventional wisdom when appropriate

•Comfort working in a constantly evolving industry and a high-pressure, fast-moving environment with less than complete information

•A strong desire to deliver first-class legal support to market-leading renewable energy projects around the globe

•Initiative and ownership in all that you do

•An ability to add value on the first day

•Proficient in English and Japanese

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

•Become a part of our mission for sustainability: Clean energy for generations to come.

•We are a global team of diverse colleagues who share a passion for renewable energy and have a culture of trust and empowerment to make our own ideas a reality.

•We focus on personal and professional development to grow internally within our organization.

•Siemens Energy offers a wide variety of benefits such as flexible working hours as well as home-office possibility for many colleagues,  and attractive remuneration package (fixed/variable).