Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel

Location: Barcelona, ES; Gent, BE; Paris, FR; Bergen op Zoom, NL; 4613 Bristol, GB; Berlin, DE; 12057 Prague, CZ; Lugo, IT

Department: Legal

Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time

Job Type: Employee

Shift: Remote

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world‑class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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About The Role

The Legal Counsel is primarily responsible for leading and managing procurement-related legal matters within the Amcor Flexibles EMEA business group. In this capacity, the role serves as the key legal partner to the procurement function, supporting strategic projects, contract negotiations, regulatory advice and dispute resolution.

In addition, the Legal Counsel provides broader legal support, advice, and services to the business group. The role covers a broad range of legal matters, including the drafting and negotiation of contracts, litigation and claims handling, as well as commercial contracts, intellectual property, employment, regulatory, competition law, compliance, and other dispute-related matters.

As a key adviser to the business, the Legal Counsel helps protect the company’s interests and rights by providing strategic legal guidance and ensuring that business activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards within the relevant regions.

The Legal Counsel works closely with business stakeholders to support operations and manage legal risk, contributing to both day-to-day legal matters and more complex strategic initiatives.

The position reports to the Business Group General Counsel and works in close coordination with the wider Legal team.

Key Job Accountabilities

• Serve as the primary legal partner to the Procurement function across Amcor Flexibles EMEA.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and administer complex procurement agreements, including long-term supply agreements, framework agreements, raw material sourcing contracts, logistics arrangements, and strategic supplier partnerships.
• Lead the management of supplier claims and disputes, developing and executing legal strategies for pre-litigation claims and acting as the internal liaison for external counsel in litigation or arbitration proceedings.
• Advise on regulatory issues such as direct raw material regulations, indirect services and products, competition law, ethical supply chain issues, sustainability targets with tier 1, 2 and 3 suppliers, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon trading, and other green and industry-related regulations.
• Act as the go-to legal advisor for supply chain and procurement projects involving footprint or machine capacity assessment and raw material sourcing.
• Analyze recurring dispute patterns and supplier risk exposure, proactively updating contract templates and procurement processes to strengthen risk mitigation.
• Provide broader legal support, including commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, data privacy, and other dispute-related matters.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a range of commercial agreements such as sales contracts, confidentiality agreements, terms of engagement, and selected M&A-related agreements.
• Provide guidance and support in the creation, implementation, management of compliance initiatives and deliver targeted training.
• Maintain effective working relationships across all levels of the organization and coordinate with other Business Group legal counsels to ensure consistency and effective risk management.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Fully qualified lawyer in an EU Member State with strong knowledge of EU law as it applies to private commercial transactions, contracts, corporate procurement, competition law, and regulatory compliance.
• Minimum of 8 years of post‑qualification experience in legal practice, specifically focused on commercial and procurement law.
• Deep expertise in drafting and negotiating high-value procurement agreements.
• Proven capability in claim handling and litigation management, resolving supplier disputes through negotiation and formal legal proceedings.
• Track record including rigorous training in a reputable private practice and in‑house experience acting as a direct partner to business stakeholders.
• Prior experience within a manufacturing or complex B2B environment is highly advantageous.
• Experience operating within an international or multi‑jurisdictional framework, comfortable navigating cross‑border contracts and diverse legal systems.
• Strong working knowledge of emerging regulations affecting procurement (ESG compliance, CBAM, EUDR, data privacy, modern trade sanctions) is viewed favorably.
• Responsive, proactive, ownership‑driven, commercially minded, pragmatic, accurate, efficient, and business partner mindset.

About Amcor

Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty, and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enable us to solve packaging challenges worldwide. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives, and protecting the future.

Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.

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