Senior Legal Counsel

Join Our Team as a Senior Legal Counsel in Sweden!

Do you want to use your legal expertise to support complex projects and strategic decisions in a global organization?

We are searching for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our team in Sweden, based in our Solna office!

What drives us at Schneider Electric?

For us, impact isn't just a term paraded across posters or social media; it's encoded into our culture. After all, Schneider makes companies, infrastructure, buildings, homes, data centers, and entire industries more efficient and sustainable. With us, you'll contribute to tackling the climate crisis head-on, and accelerating the energy transition the planet urgently needs. There's a reason why we're consistently ranked among the most sustainable companies in the world .

Here, you can pursue your dream career while actively making a long-term, positive impact on the planet. With us, you'll contribute to tackling the climate crisis head-on, and accelerating the energy transition the planet urgently needs. What's more, we help tens of millions of people in underserved communities gain access to energy and education - so you're making the world a fairer place, too. You'll sit among colleagues with vastly different personal and professional backgrounds, all united by a vision of a better world.

What you'll do

You will work on a wide range of commercial and legal matters to support our local commercial, industrial, R&D, and other entities (including factories and warehouses), many of which involve international elements:

• Prepare and review tenders and contracts, and support customer negotiations.
• Review and negotiate channel partner agreements (e.g., Distribution, OEM, System Integrator, Services).
• Draft and maintain template agreements and terms & conditions.
• Provide pre-litigation and claims support.
• Oversee litigation and represent the organization in matters before courts, government agencies, or other authorities to protect the organization's legal and business interests.
• Advise management and business units on all legal matters, including the potential impact of current and future regulations.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Finnish and EU legal requirements and Group policies.
• Support local real estate matters and employment law issues.
• Provide training to management and business teams on legal and compliance topics.
• Manage external legal service providers and prepare materials to ensure that the organization's interests are well represented.

Essential for the Role

• Law degree and qualification to act as a lawyer in Sweden
• Previous professional experience from a law firm or as an in-house lawyer - preferably in sectors such as Construction, Energy, or Renewables
• Knowledge on how an in-house legal department operates and can identify and analyze critical business issues, applying legal expertise to deliver practical solutions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential
• Fluent in Swedish and English, both written and spoken.

You are structured, analytical, and purposeful in your approach.

Why Schneider Electric?
Flexibility: With our Global Flexibility at Work policy, and our hybrid work model, we empower our employees for their work-life integration.

Career Development : We provide a rich environment for our people to grow and learn every day through our career development model.

Good Benefits : Schneider Electric offers a robust benefits package to support our employees such as paid family leave, a culture of wellness and much more.

Inclusive Environment : We build a culture of respect where everyone feels safe to be their authentic selves. We are fully committed to inclusion, and our policies and culture reflect this commitment

So, what's Next?

If you're ready to take on a high-impact role in a dynamic environment, we'd love to hear from you. Apply latest by 10th of January. We will start interviews during beginning of January. I

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Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values - Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork - starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric - apply today!

36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World's most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and 'inclusion' is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.

Client-provided location(s): Stockholm, Sweden

Job ID: Schneider_Electric-https://careers.se.com/jobs/103342?lang=en-us

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-12-18T18:45:12