Sylvania Lighting International Group – Commercial Legal Counsel

About us

Sylvania Lighting has more than 100 years of heritage in the lighting business and our work is guided by the aim of Creating Tomorrow Together.

It is our mission to bring technology and creative innovation together through our products, services, and people to improve sustainability, enhance the energy efficiency, increase connectivity and promote well-being.

It's our People who make Sylvania successful. We will only achieve our strategic objectives if we recruit and retain the best people, and operate in an environment underpinned by inclusivity, diversity, and opportunity.

We offer friendly and flexible working opportunities that reflect the changing expectations of employees and enable you to manage personal and professional commitments as part of a healthy work-life balance.

Being a forward-thinking business means we understand and value long-term relationships. So, if it is important for you to be part of an inclusive and progressive organization, and you're looking for your next professional challenge, we'd like to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts, Terms of Conditions frameworks, and tender documents for distribution agreements and procurement agreements;
• Focus on smart applications and cloud services, which is why software law and data privacy law are important;
• Advise on the GDPR and warranty questions of commercial transactions;
• Manage the litigation cases related with commercial matters;
• Manage close relationships with external law firms and advisors based in various jurisdictions; however, self-implement legal tasks in the majority of transactional matters.

Person specification and background

• In-house legal experience within any technology-related industry, or experience gained within a law firm with a focus on giving advice related to commercial and/or software services agreements;
• Bar exam in Hungary or another EU country or in the UK is a strong advantage;
• LL.M. in a related field (foreign trade, data privacy, infocommunications, etc.) is an advantage;
• Fluent in English;
• Good IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
• At least basic knowledge of GDPR, proficiency is an advantage;
• Autonomous personality, still able to work in team.

What we offer

• Working in a trusted international environment in Budapest (international headquarter and shared center of EMEA operations and certain global functions);
• Home office according to prevailing policy;
• Competitive salary.