ROLE DESCRIPTION
NTG is looking for an ambitious and talented lawyer with strong legal skills, experience, and interest in international commercial law (particularly with focus on transportation and logistics services) to take on the role as Legal Counsel.
As Legal Counsel, you will be responsible for providing business focused advice to all parts of NTG’s organization covering a range of legal areas, including transportation & shipping law, corporate and commercial law, and you will be negotiating and drafting a broad range of contract types across the company’s value chain. Further, you will be supporting and sparring with other business functions in relation to various legal issues, and you will be involved in managing outside counsel in relation to matters requiring external legal support.
You will have a unique opportunity to expand your non-legal skills and knowledge through interaction with colleagues with different nationalities and professional backgrounds. In the position you will also have substantial exposure to group management, local management teams, and other key executive, administrative, and commercial functions in NTG.
If you excel in a dynamic environment within a lean and ambitious organisation, and you have the drive and skills to take on these legal responsibilities, this might be the position for you.
You will report directly to the Group General Counsel, Pernille Korsager.
The role requires approximately 10-15 travel days per year.
LEGAL TEAM
Your work will be carried out in close cooperation with the rest of the dynamic NTG Group Legal department consisting of 8 FTEs headquartered in Hvidovre together with NTG’s global management and other corporate functions. The team consists of highly engaged in-house legal professionals supporting all parts of the organization.
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
NTG is looking for a person who by nature takes ownership and has a strong drive and commercial mindset that enables independent and business focused support to the NTG organization. You must be open and eager to learn and have a strong ability to influence and build relationships at all levels of the NTG organization.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a diverse array of domestic and international logistics and transport-related commercial contracts. This includes key customer contracts, project logistics agreements, agency agreements, 3PL agreements (Third-Party Logistics agreements), commercial lease agreements, and warehouse services agreements.
- Provision of advice to the NTG organization in relation to Danish and international transportation and shipping law.
- Managing transport related claims and disputes including communication with and management of external legal advisors.
- Supporting the business in various day-to-day legal matters on a range of other legal subjects, including general corporate commercial law, intellectual property law, dispute resolution etc.
- Participating with the rest of the legal team in designing and organizing processes for strengthening NTG’s contract processes (including drafting, maintaining, and implementing standard contracts, with a focus on international transport agreements) and facilitating training and educational courses on legal topics across the organization.
REPORTING AND TITLE
Reporting to: Group General Counsel, Pernille Korsager.
Title: Legal Counsel.
IDEAL EXPERIENCE
Education: A Master of Laws (cand.jur.) or a Master of Science (MSc) in Business Administration and Commercial Law (cand.merc.jur.).
Work experience: A minimum of 2 and ideally 4 – 5 years of experience from a law firm and/or in-house legal role in a larger corporation. Experience in the transport industry is an advantage but not a requirement.
Legal areas of specialization: An interest in, passion for and some experience with transportation law or international commercial contracts. Knowledge of other areas of commercial law would be a great plus.
Commercial: Strong commercial mindset enabling you to balance legal requirements with the commercial drivers and goal of the business.
Language skills: The ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels in NTG’s organization in a clear and concise manner in both Danish and English.
PERSONAL CAPABILITIES
Professionalism & dedication: You possess good interpersonal skills, a high level of integrity, drive, and a positive, proactive, and determined approach to the work and the people around you.
Result oriented: You can focus on delivering the best possible legal and commercial result with the given constraints and deadlines in mind.
Team player and cooperation: You are a team player with a highly collaborative mindset, yet you can also work independently and take full ownership of your tasks.
Mindset: You have a hands-on, can-do attitude with resilience and a strong willingness to learn.
NTG’S VALUE PROPOSITION TO YOU
When joining NTG, you will become part of an international, fast growing, entrepreneurial transportation company with a flat structure and an informal tone. NTG provides you with exciting development opportunities in a successful and growing business with a hands-on and busy work environment. At NTG, the strong team culture ensures that colleagues are never too busy to support and care for each other, or to change and optimize the way that things are done.
NTG offers you a competitive compensation package with various benefits, including pension contribution and a bonus program.
ABOUT NTG
NTG Nordic Transport Group (“NTG”) is a global freight forwarding group offering services within road, air, and ocean transport and logistics across multiple locations in +20 countries around the world. NTG was established by Jørgen Hansen in 2011 with the goal of creating one of Europe’s leading transport companies via partnerships with the most talented people in the industry. This strategy has proved successful and NTG’s parent company, NTG Nordic Transport Group A/S, was listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen in 2019.
NTG’s is specialising in designing tailored transportation solutions for its customers. NTG moves goods throughout Europe and the rest of the world by truck, ship and aircraft, and because NTG’s employees are the most highly skilled in the industry, the service NTG provides is top-class.
NTG is special because it comprises over 100 operational companies – each with core competencies in particular fields of transport – and through acquisitions and partnerships with carefully selected companies, NTG is continuously expanding and enhancing its services and market position. This way, NTG can offer its customers the best transportation solutions regardless of the transport job at hand.
Another factor adding to the uniqueness of NTG is that NTG is co-owned by its employees. NTG’s customers notice this clearly reflected in the dedication and care that NTG invests in everything it does.
Since starting up in Denmark in 2011, NTG´s team has grown to include 2,900 employees based in 20 countries. NTG is on a continuous growth journey and recorded a group wide revenue of DKK 8.3 billion in 2023.
NTG has a strong culture to support its spirit as an entrepreneurial and dynamic company where employees are the main source of success.
To learn more about NTG visit https://ntg.com/.
APPLICATION AND CONTACT
If you believe this position is a good fit for you, we look forward to receiving your application. Please attach your CV and any relevant documentation. Should you have any questions regarding the position, please don’t hesitate to contact Camilla Krogh at (+45 51261264) or Mikkel Falkenberg at (+45 29993065) from the team at RESOLVA.
