Legal Counsel - EMEA - #43713

Serving as the Legal Counsel for the EMEA Region (based 2/3 days per week in Schaffhausen), advising senior leaders and partnering directly with the Head of Region as a core member of the Regional Leadership Team.

You will drive legal strategy, advise multiple business units, ensure responsible growth, and oversee complex cross‑border matters across a portfolio spanning dozens of markets. From enabling commercial innovation to ensuring robust governance of our Dutch holding structures and international subsidiaries, your leadership will help shape ADAMA’s future.

This is a high‑impact, highly visible role that blends strategic influence, legal excellence, and operational leadership across one of ADAMA’s most dynamic regions.

What You Will Do

• Deliver timely, high‑quality legal advice across the full spectrum of matters in the EMEA Region.
• Act as a trusted business partner to senior stakeholders, supporting commercial strategy and strategic decision‑making.
• Manage regional legal risk and ensure alignment with global legal and compliance standards.
• Champion digital transformation, including the implementation and use of modern legal tools and AI-enabled solutions to enhance efficiency and innovation.
• Drive the regional legal and compliance agenda, with emphasis on competition law, anti‑trust, integrity, and ethical conduct.
• Draft, negotiate, and enforce key commercial agreements.
• Lead complex, cross‑border legal matters, including high‑value transactions and strategic initiatives.
• Manage relationships with external counsel, ensuring efficient, responsible use of resources.
• Serve as the key liaison for sensitive matters involving regulatory authorities, investigations, sanctions, data privacy, and anti-bribery compliance.
• Oversee litigation and contentious matters, including product liability cases.
• Provide oversight for corporate governance and secretarial work for Dutch holding companies and regional subsidiaries.
• Foster a culture of knowledge sharing, learning, and legal excellence across the global Legal Department.
  
  

What You Bring

• Qualified lawyer with significant experience, ideally within multinational, regulated industries
• Exposure working with a leading law firm would be advantageous
• Proven expertise negotiating complex commercial agreements and leading multi‑jurisdictional, high‑value transactions.
• Deep specialist experience in a key legal domain, paired with strong strategic acumen.
• Experience advising senior executives in complex, matrixed organisations.
• Demonstrated leadership experience—guiding legal professionals, managing external counsel, and handling cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.
  
  

Key Competencies

• An expert legal strategist with impeccable judgment.
• Forward‑thinking, with genuine interest in AI and legal operations transformation.
• Commercially astute with an ability to balance risk and business impact.
• A strong communicator who influences credibly at senior levels.
• Pragmatic, proactive, and solutions‑oriented in fast‑moving environments.
• A collaborative, resilient leader who models integrity and drives inclusion.
• Curious and future‑focused—seeking innovative opportunities to support ADAMA’s mission.
  
  

Why ADAMA?

At ADAMA, you’ll join a company that believes in empowering people, embracing diversity, and making a meaningful impact on global agriculture. You’ll work alongside passionate colleagues across regions and cultures, contributing directly to feeding the world sustainably.

Here, your expertise will shape business decisions, influence strategy, and support farmers across the EAME Region—and beyond.

Ready to Grow with Us?

If you’re an accomplished legal authority ready to help shape the future of agriculture, we would love to hear your story.

Apply now and join ADAMA—where your impact helps the world grow.