Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

About the role

Location: Austria - Vienna

Hours: Full-Time or part-time for 30h/week

Type of Contract: Temporary until June 30, 2026

Make legal support real!

We are currently looking for a Legal Counsel (m/f//d) located in our head office in Vienna to provide high quality legal support mainly in the area of commercial law, intellectual property law and technology cooperations with customers and suppliers.

In this role you are responsible for:

• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, including agreements with a focus on intellectual property, technology licenses and non-disclosure agreements.
• Managing disputes and litigation.
• Updating/developing contract templates. 
• Holding legal trainings. 
• Managing external lawyers. 
• Acting as legal sparring partner for Borealis business managers. 

About you

You are the right candidate for this role, if you have :

• a Master’s degree in Law and at least 5 years of experience in a law firm or legal department of a company 
• fluency and excellent contract drafting skills in English; German skills would be a plus
• excellent knowledge of international contract and commercial law
• excellent communication  and presentation skills
• good understanding of technical and commercial issues
• strong negotiation-, project management- and conflict resolution- skills
• a high problem solving competence and results-orientation, good business judgement
• an ability to establish and maintain effective cross-organizational and cross cultural relationships, ability to manage stakeholder involvement
• a "hands-on" personality bringing great sense of responsibility/reliability, high level of commitment, dedication and social intelligence
• a high degree of independence, ability to take decisions following the guidance of the line manager and taking into account of business needs
• an ability to take ownership for the dedicated area of support and for the development of best practices
• an ability to work in a matrix organization, and follow internal procedures and guidelines

Our offer

Borealis has competitive compensation and benefits which you can read more about on our Career Page.

We offer competitive compensation based on the collective labor agreement, starting at EUR 80.000 annual gross salary (based on 38 hrs/week) and a yearly bonus.

For this role in Vienna we also offer: 

• Hybrid working
• Free ticket for public transport & subsidized parking
• Subsidized canteen
• Fitness allowance
• Health & Wellbeing offers

Application Process

If you're excited about the prospect of joining our team and being a part of Making It Real, please submit your application via the “apply now” button in the job posting to apply directly.

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If you have any questions, please contact Claudia Preslmaier, (claudia.preslmaier@borealisgroup.com)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy for further applications when we have received sufficient applications that meet the advertised requirements and will contact you as soon as screening is closed.

At Borealis, we are committed to an equal recruitment process. We value diversity, and all applicants & employees are treated fairly and equally. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination based on factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Borealis only accepts candidate resumes from recruiters or recruiting agencies if they have been explicitly commissioned by Borealis for a specific recruitment and if the data is provided to us in line with the General Data Protection Regulation. Borealis will not accept or pay fees for candidate resumes of any form or kind that were sent unsolicited to either HR or directly to our hiring managers.