Head of Legal

ECARX is an automotive intelligence technology company, focusing on car computing platform intelligence and mobility intelligence. Our core products include self-developed vehicle chipsets, connected intelligent cockpits, intelligent driving, HD map, big data and IoV Cloud products. We make sure every end-user enjoys a smart and safe mobility experience by our product offering.

Are you looking for an opportunity to be part of something new in a fast-growing young technology company? Look here!

The Role

We are looking for a Head of legal for our Europe HQ, here in Gothenburg! You will play an important role that'll focus on creative and proactive legal guidance to support ECARX Europe in its growing business and ECARX’s overall global footprint expansion. You will be the key interface for legal towards our ECARX HQ in China when it comes to report, alignment and collaborations.

As a person you are seeking great opportunities, want to join a fast-growing tech-company and have proven senior leadership skills from an agile and flexible culture. You are looking forward to work in a startup-mindset company with a multi-cultural environment and you agree that change is the only constant and always find a way is your attitude. Because it will “never be boring @ECARX”.

What you will be doing

- Mergers & Acquisitions Support. Provide legal support/advice on significant transactions (e.g., mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or joint ventures). Such advice could include advising on deal structure, drafting of relevant documents, and dealing with regulatory filings, typically in collaboration with external counsel
- Business/Legal Advisor. Be the “trusted legal advisor” by providing strong and independent advice to the management team, on both legal and business matters (e.g., strategy, risk, and business opportunities)
- Commercial and Contract Support. Drafting, negotiating, and implementing commercial contracts, e.g. supply agreements, sales agreements, and other commercial documentation
- Create and implement corporate policies and compliance, include processes, code of conduct, anti-corruption policy, GDPR etc
- Build up EU IP strategy jointly with China IP team
- Manage contact with external legal service supplier and law firm
- Manage contact with external IP service supplier


Who we think you are

- University Degree in Law
- You are a qualified lawyer with at least 10 years solid experience from a respected law firm or/and as a in-house legal counsel, handling various commercial legal matter
- You have an extensive experience in Corporate Commercial, Finance and Intellectual Property law. Experience within GDPR and Financial Regulation is a merit
- Have experience in M&A, litigation, antitrust, employment, technology, IP, data privacy, various commercial legal matters and compliance matters, not only able to working strategically, but also willing and able to do hands on jobs yourself, ability to work in a high-growth and fast change business climates,
- strong results orientation and deadline driven with a proven track record of flawless execution and strong attention to detail, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and can easily manage multiple project types under high working pressure
- International experience is a plus
- Additional helpful skills


For more information:

Zhenwei Yang, COO, zhenwei.yang@ecarxgroup.com for questions regarding the position

Dalina T. Steneros, Senior Recruiter, dalina.t.steneros@ecarxgroup.com for questions regarding the recruitment process

Last application date: Apply today, we will perform ongoing selection during the application period. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note that due to GDPR regulations we can only accept applications and CV's sent through the recruitment system, not via email or other channels.

Working at ECARX

You will find yourself in a global context where East meets West in an early start-up phase here in Gothenburg. We are mainly developers and innovators and are pioneering in expanding the global footprint of ECARX in Europe. We would like you to create an awesome engineering team spirit and culture with us based on collaboration, knowledge-sharing, end-user focus, quality and ownership making sure we have fun doing it!