Legal Counsel - Product Liability (F/M)

Job Description:

Airbus Commercial Aircraft is looking for a Legal Counsel - Product Liability  (f/m) to join our Legal Corporate Affairs department based in Toulouse, France.

Your working environment:

Global capital of aeronautics and European capital for space research, Toulouse is a dynamic city in the southwest of France served by an international airport. Ideally located between the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean and close to the Pyrenees mountains, it offers plenty of options for outdoor activities!

How we care for you:

• Financial rewards: Attractive salary, agreements on success and profit sharing schemes, employee savings plan abounded by Airbus and employee stock purchase plan on a voluntary basis.

• Work / Life Balance:  Extra days-off for special occasions, holiday transfer option, a Staff council offering many social, cultural and sport activities and other services.

• Wellbeing / Health: Complementary health insurance coverage (disability, invalidity, death). Depending on the site: health services center, concierge services, gym, carpooling application.

• Individual development: Great upskilling opportunities and development prospects  with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability, certifications, expert career path, accelerated development programmes, national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly.    Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your challenges:

• Leading the day-to-day management of cases, coordination and logistics for external investigations and product liability related matters;

• Conducting legal research on a variety of topics in various jurisdictions;

• Drafting documents and providing legal advice under the supervision of the Head of Investigations & Product Integrity Legal in particular to internal customers on liability aspects;

• Providing legal advice and supporting engineering, safety and security related activities;

• Reviewing internal documents and technical documents communicated externally;

• Organising or contributing to training and awareness initiatives designed to prevent legal issues from arising;

• Coordinating and managing long-term relationships with internal and external stakeholders;

• Assessing and integrating AI in product liability topics and daily activities;

• Ensuring timely and adequate reporting on all ongoing matters.

• Supporting the pro bono practice of the department.

This role may require regular business travel.
 

Your boarding pass:

• Educated to master degree level (or equivalent) in Law in France, education in another European country or in the US would be a plus.

• 7 years of experience working in a law firm or in-house legal department, with a good understanding of complex product liability cases including investigations and litigation in France and other countries and insurance . 

• Very keen on learning about Airbus products and their technicity.

• Ability to interact and influence the business and to work in a complex environment.

• Ability to simultaneously support several complex legal and internal procedures involving multiple internal departments and third parties.

• Ability to build excellent internal relationships to access factual information and ability to manage the transformation of general and detailed information into a legally coherent and concise case

• Language Skills: negotiation level of English and French.

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

AIRBUS SAS

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Classe Emploi (France): Classe H15

Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Legal <JF-CG-LE>

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At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.