Legal Affairs Manager

Legal Affairs Manager

(Part-time)

A.I.S.E - International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products

Brussels, Belgium

A.I.S.E., located in Brussels, is the official representative body of the Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products industry in Europe. The membership consists of 29 national associations across Europe, 17 corporate members and 15 value chain partners, covering in total 900 companies supplying household and professional cleaning products across Europe.

A.I.S.E.’s mission is to act through its network as the expert and valued voice of the detergent products industry in Europe. It ensures and maintains open dialogue with EU institutions, international organisations, NGOs, industry partners and other stakeholders. This is to enable the cleaning and maintenance products industry to achieve its goal of a sustainable future for all while improving the environment in which the industry operates.

A.I.S.E. with a permanent staff of 18 multicultural and dynamic professionals, recruits: a Legal Affairs Manager (part-time) who will report directly to A.I.S.E.’s General Director.

Your responsibilities

The main responsibility of the Legal Affairs Manager is to co-ordinate, assist and support A.I.S.E. in all legal and compliances matters. The Legal Affairs Manager will serve as main legal contact for different departments within the Association to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, in particular but not limited to competition law.

Your main activities

Internal legal matters

• Ensure compliance with competition law for the secretariat and the membership (during meetings, in the setting up of voluntary initiatives, etc.);
• Draft legal documents (commitment letters, NDAs, MoUs) & follow up on contracts);
• Manage A.I.S.E. Legal Panel and coordinate with outside legal counsels as necessary;
• Support on other relevant legal matters on a need basis such as trademarks/copyright, data protection, etc.;
• Manage the governance related matters of the association (statutes, GA, membership questions, etc.).

EU Policy and Law

• Legal support/coordination on interpretation of new or horizontal legal issues such as trade and commercial practices, consumers and corporate laws, internal market, etc.;
• Provide ad hoc support to A.I.S.E. policy departments on interpretation of legal provisions and drafting amendments in the field of chemicals, sustainability, EU legislative procedures, (e.g. Detergents Regulation, Biocidal Products Regulation, etc.);
• Coordinate input from companies on legal matters for specific dossiers.

Your profile

• Completed Master in Law ideally with a focus on competition, antitrust, business, corporate law;
• At least 2-4 years working experience, preferably in a Law Firm, in-house company, trade association or EU Institution;
• Some knowledge of chemicals, sustainability or consumer policy and law is an asset;
• Fluent in English, another EU language is an asset;
• Excellent research and drafting skills;
• Good organisational skills, ability to handle several dossiers in parallel and experience in coordinating projects, while being detailed-oriented;
• Good team-player with an open and international mind-set;
• Independent worker, pro-active, flexible and open to feedback;
• EU national or owner of a permanent work permit in Belgium, preferentially based in or able to relocate to Brussels.

Please provide your CV with a motivation letter by 9 June 2023 to: Caroline Dubois, (caroline.dubois@aise.eu). Interviews will be scheduled for the second half of June.

We confirm that candidates’ information will be treated confidentially.

Disclaimer

The selection procedure will be based on CVs and motivation letters followed by job interviews.

By sending your application for this position, you understand and agree that the personal information contained or that will be provided during the selection process (interviews, emails, etc.), shall be processed by the association with a view to assess your candidacy for the open position as well as building up a recruitment reserve for future positions. Such processing is justified by the legitimate interest of the association. The data shall not be held longer than necessary and in any case not more than 1 year. (Unless you are hired in which case your CV shall be held in the data base relating to your employment.) You have the right to obtain without any costs and at any time access to your personal data, to correct it, erase it, limit their use, oppose to the processing, or request the portability of the data. You have the right to file a complaint to the data privacy commission. By sending your application, you certify that the data are accurate and consent to the extent allowed by law to a pre-employment background check by the association and seeking references to confirm the data provided.

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