Senior Regulatory Compliance Counsel

Are you a highly experienced legal professional specializing in global freight seeking a pivotal role where your expertise directly shapes business strategy and operational success within a leading global trade company At anexciting time following our recent merger we are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join our dynamic legal team providing crucial guidance across our international freight value chain.
You will be an integral part of our global freight legal function offering key support to our European regional teams and fostering a truly collaborative environment.
Strategic & Commercial Counsel: Provide comprehensive legal counsel for all global freight activities proactively identifying risks ensuring compliance and advising on strategic opportunities.
Lead Dispute Resolution: Manage and oversee complex commercial disputes litigation and arbitrations within the freight sector coordinating both in-house and external legal efforts.
Draft review and negotiate a wide array of critical freight-specific commercial documents including charterparties bills of lading guarantees and agency agreements.
Embed deeply with the freight value chain and European regional teams acting as a trusted legal partner to understand business needs and integrate legal advice seamlessly into operations and strategy.
Optimize legal processes manage external counsel relationships and budgets provide internal legal training and leverage legal technology tools for efficiency.

If your qualification/admission is not from the UK comparable English and common law experience is essential.
A minimum of 2 years of dedicated experience in an international law firm and/or as in-house counsel focused on commodity trading in particular Freight / Shipping.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills exceptional communication (oral and written English) and a proven ability to work cooperatively build relationships and manage complex tasks through excellent research analytical and problem-solving skills even under pressure.
Improve Bunges outcomes by making data-driven decisions keeping the customer at the forefront of you they do and proactively gaining insight into the global strategy. Why Join Our Team
You will tackle real-world complex legal challenges directly contributing to our operational success and strategic objectives within a dynamic international commercial environment.

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