# Senior Legal Counsel

**Company**: Vattenfall
**Location**: Stockholm, Stockholm County
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Energy

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join our team, responsible for procurement-related law at the group level. You will be a key legal advisor to the procurement organization in one of Europe's largest energy companies.

Your role: As Senior Legal Counsel, you will be the Legal function's main contact for group-wide procurement issues. You will act as a strategic and legal sounding board for the business, procurement organization, and other lawyers.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing qualified legal advice on procurement and contract issues, with a focus on indirect purchases.

- Negotiating and reviewing commercial agreements, primarily related to IT, consulting services, and material procurement.

- Offering legal support for major group-wide purchases and investments, as well as complex cross-border issues.

- Advising on public procurement law and regulations.

- Contributing to discussions on supplier requirements, sanctions, security protection, NIS2, and other relevant regulatory areas.

Requirements:

- Master's degree in Law.

- At least 10 years of relevant legal experience with a broad business law background.

- Proven experience in commercial contracts, procurement-related law, and complex negotiations.

- Strong commercial understanding and ability to translate legal assessments into clear recommendations.

- Experience working independently on complex legal issues and advising senior decision-makers.

- Excellent Swedish and English language skills, both written and spoken.

Additional information: We offer a challenging and varied role with many opportunities for growth and development. We prioritize work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements, including the possibility to work from home. Our benefits package includes reduced working hours, favorable pension plans, and parental leave supplements, among others.

## Skills

### Required
- Swedish
- English
- procurement law
- commercial contracts
- complex negotiations

### Nice to have
- IT contracts
- public procurement law
- sanctions
- NIS2
- security protection

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