Senior Legal Counsel, West Europe (Amsterdam)

Tesla is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy. Revolutionary strategies and products were developed within a few years and successfully launched on a large scale. This is only possible through extraordinary speed, innovation and efficiency.

The legal counsel, Senior Legal Counsel or Managing Counsel, will be part of Tesla’s EMEA legal team working on legal matters in our Western Europe region, ranging from sales, service and marketing to commercial matters, consumer protection and regulatory matters in connection with Tesla’s product lines. The focus for this role is to be the trusted advisor for the business and solve problems in a hands-on manner as well as manage the outside counsel portfolio.

You are a team player, highly organized, self-motivated, pro-active and entrepreneurial. You have the ability to think strategically and know how to successfully and independently manage complex legal matters while prioritizing your resources efficiently. This is a great opportunity to work at a fast growing, highly diversified and dynamic company while having significant impact in your market.

Please note that this role can be based in Amsterdam or Brussels and we are advertising in these countries for one role. 

• Be a legal trusted advisor for all Tesla business units in the western European region
• Support all sales and services initiatives (B2C and B2B), including drafting and reviewing terms and conditions, financial services, as well as all related legal matters
• Provide legal advice for marketing of products, the Tesla website and other customer communications
• Draft and review contracts related to Tesla real estate for showrooms and service centers
• Draft and review contracts related to Tesla’s fast growing Supercharger business, as well as all related legal matters
• Manage regulatory matters relating to Tesla products in your regions, build strong relationships with key regulators
• Liaise regularly with your peers in EMEA, the EMEA Litigation team as well as all relevant global team members and stakeholders

• You are a qualified lawyer in one of our western European countries i.e. Netherlands, Belgium or Luxembourg (please note the role cannot be based in Luxembourg, you will need to be based in Amsterdam or Brussels), with experience at a law firm and/or in-house corporate international environment. Ideally with a background in being a country/regional lawyer, with an exceptional ability to handle a high workload of complex legal matters at the same time
• You are a team player with the ability to proactively identify problems, drive projects, and execute pragmatic/creative legal and business solutions on a timely basis
• You inspire trust, forge relationships quickly with key stakeholders at all levels, and earn the confidence and cooperation of your business partners
• You work well both autonomously, collaboratively and transparently, and are effective at juggling and prioritizing competing tasks in a fast-paced, challenging environment
• You possess an entrepreneurial mindset, quick and flexible learner, with high standards, impeccable integrity and ethics, unquestionable good judgment, well-honed analytical skills
• You have excellent communication skills, with a business level to near native level fluency in English (written and spoken), an additional language from one of our western European countries would also be desirable
• Some business travel will be required