Senior Group Legal Counsel, Breda

About this opportunity Do you thrive in complex, fast‑paced environments? Are you a senior legal professional who can navigate ambiguity with creativity and a global perspective? If so, this role may be your next step!

Our Group Function Legal Affairs and Compliance team (GFLA) in EMEA delivers strategic support across a spectrum of commercial, regulatory, employment, and governance matters, empowering market achievements and ensuring regional compliance. The team works closely with regional leadership to navigate legal challenges and advance business objectives. This role is a senior legal partner to legal and business teams in Customer Unit West Europe (CU WEU) and the EMEA GFLA, focusing on Ericsson’s activities in France and the Netherlands. You will have end‑to‑end responsibility for legal matters across complex commercial, corporate, regulatory, public procurement, data protection, competition, intellectual property, sanctions/trade control, and dispute resolution, including leading high‑value contracts, strategic partnerships, corporate transactions/M&A, governance and advisory matters, and R&D activity.

Position will be based in Massy, Brussels or Breda and reports to the Head of Legal France and Benelux.

What You’ll Do

Champion Business Success: Be a trusted advisor to the business, providing strategic and tactical solutions that drive things forward and close deals. You’ll understand the complexities of our business but always strive for simplicity in your approach.

Lead with Integrity: Act with integrity and do the right thing, always. You’ll be a role model for your business partners, demonstrating sound judgment and a commitment to protecting company value and reputation.

Embrace Collaboration: Think vertically and horizontally, fostering cohesion and driving progress across the CU and generally within the EMEA region and GFLA globally. You’ll build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

Drive Innovation: Identify and mitigate legal and business risks, enabling transformation and high‑impact leadership across EMEA. Proactively leverage AI and technology to improve ways of working and performance of the legal and business teams.

What You’ll Bring

Top‑Tier Legal Acumen: Seasoned legal professional qualified to practice as a lawyer with 10‑15 years of experience in a corporate in‑house setting or at a leading law firm, with broad international experience and agility to work at a senior level. Experience in the tech/telecommunications/defence industry is a plus.

Strategic Mindset: Strong business acumen and strategic thinking. Ability to think critically, analyse complex situations, and provide sound legal advice that supports business objectives.

Exceptional Communication/Interpersonal and Negotiation Skills: Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills, building trust and rapport with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. Fluency in English and French is a prerequisite.

A Growth Mindset: Passionate and driven individual with a desire to learn and grow, embrace change, and eager to contribute to the evolution of Ericsson’s legal function.

A Commitment to Excellence: Results‑oriented, strong work ethic, dedication to delivering high‑quality legal services.

Why Join Ericsson At Ericsson, you’ll have an outstanding opportunity to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what’s possible, build solutions never seen before for some of the world’s toughest problems, and be part of a team of diverse innovators who are driven to go beyond the status quo.

Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson. We truly believe that collaborating with people with different experiences drives innovation, which is essential for our future growth. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Location: France (Massy)– Primary country and city.

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