Key Tasks
1.Work on legal consulting:
1) Analysis of contracts with right of visaing of contracts, documents possessing legal effects (including annexes, additional agreements, applications and etc.) as well:
? Project preparation of model contracts;
? Carrying out of analysis and legal examination of contracts;
? Assessment of risks, arising from the corresponding contract;
? Negotiations with clients on regulation of controversial provisions of contracts;
? Registration, systematization and maintenance of register of contracts, composition of variation orders as well.
2) Legal consulting of employees on issues of violation of implementation of contract’s liabilities;
3) Development and participation in preparation of documents of legal nature (requests, powers of attorney, claims, letters, etc);
4) Rendering of assistance in operation on regulation of claims of clients of Panalpina legal entities in Central Asia ;
5) Examination of insurance issues, prolongation of insurance policy and control of their use in accordance with all kinds of insurance, present in Panalpina Group for legal entities of Panalpina group in Central Asia;
6) Consulting of employees of Panalpina Group on organizational-legal and other juridical issues in the sphere of activities of Panalpina Group;
7) accounting and registration of documents of juridical importance;
8) Control of implementation of procedures and processes, related to the responsibility of legal department.
9) Introduction of amendments and addendums in constituent documents of legal entities of the group of companies in Central Asia, including cooperation with external legal advisors.
2. Representation of corporation interests in the capacity of legal adviser:
1. Representation of interests of Panalpina Group while examination of civil, administrative and other cases at the courts of any instances, including with potential business trips;
2. Representation of interests of Panalpina Group in state authorities, including with potential business trips;
3. Representation of interests of Panalpina Group in negotiations with clients and subcontractors of Panalpina Group.
3. Reporting
4. Monthly reporting to the Area Head of Legal Department Black and Caspian Sea Area, not later than the 5th day of a month, next to accounting month;
Decision Making Authority
1. Task receipt for a work from the Area Head of Legal Department Black and Caspian Sea Area , Senior lawyer or the management of the corresponding legal entities;
2. Preparation of contracts, variation orders and official documents with the right of visaing;
3. Examination of claims, presented to Panalpina Group in Central Asia; cooperation with insurance company, in which risks of professional activities of Panalpina Group are insured;
4. Debt collection from debtors of Panalpina Group;
5. Implementation of established decision in compliance with instructions of Area Head of Legal Department Black and Caspian Sea Area, as well the management of the corresponding legal entities.
Function- / Market & Industry Knowledge / Business Acumen / Process working
• Expertise in the field of civil, transport laws and logistics, corporate law, private international law;
• Comprehension of strategy and production of Panalpina Group;
• General comprehension of business processes and interdependencies;
• Knowledge of process management mechanisms;
• Knowledge of business processes;
• Knowledge in the sphere of freight forwarding and logistics.
Professional skills and competence
• Ability to communicate overtly and confidently;
• Ability to conduct a talk with comprehension and with emphasizing of main issues;
• Ability to listen carefully;
• Wish to participate in constructive confrontations;
• Ability to present information explicitly and accurately both orally and in written;
• Work discipline adherence;
• Implementation of main production indicators;
• Adherence and performance of ОTОSB demands;
• Replacement of absent colleagues as required and by instructions of line manager;
• Departure beyond office to any place and time in compliance with instructions of Legislative Chief of Black and Caspian seas region or the management of the corresponding juridical persons;
• Permanent control of self work efficiency (self-esteem/education) and perfection of self work factors;
• Ability to work in team;
• Ability to find bottom-line decisions on the basis of decision-making methods;
Organization of introduction of modifications and innovations
• Ability to systematic rational analysis for revealing of main causes of problem;
• Wish to call in question current position of things and to introduce modifications and innovations;
• Ability to creative thinking and solution.
Education/ Work experience
• Law degree;
• Experience at least 3 years
Language knowledge
• Russian (fluently) ;
• English (fluently)
• Knowledge of Azerbaijani and Georgian languages will be an advantage.
PC knowledge
Experienced PC users, including with the work of juridical data-base;
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