Legal Counsel (m/f), Toulouse

Continental is a leading tire manufacturer and industry specialist that develops and produces sustainable, safe and convenient solutions for automotive manufacturers as well as industrial and end customers worldwide. Founded in 1871, the company generated sales of €19.7 billion in 2025 and currently employs around 78,000 people in 54 countries and markets.

Ihre Aufgaben

The Legal Counsel will be an employee of Continental Automotive France SAS (Toulouse, France) and will be in charge of the legal support to the following businesses:

• Continental Automotive Trading France SAS, a company headquartered at Rambouillet (France) carrying out business in the automotive after-market sector in France and in Maghreb,
• The aftermarket activities of Continental Automotive Spain, a company headquartered at Madrid (Spain)
• Non-Production Purchasing in France i.e the purchasing activities relating mainly to the 3 Continental legal entities located in France that are active in the Automotive business. It can also include some support to other Continental legal entities in France that are active in the Tire or ContiTech businesses,
• Production Purchasing for Automotive in France,
• Continental Engineering Services (“CES” that delivers engineering services and products in the automotive field) for its locations of Porto (Portugal) and Toulouse (France).

Ihr Profil

• Business law degree (“Master II/DJCE”) as well as a foreign additional education (e.g. LL.M.),
• 6+ years international working experience as a business lawyer in a multinational law firm and/or counsel in a multinational corporation and in team management
• Working experience in a global team,
• Persuasiveness, ability to negotiate and draft contracts and effectively communicate legal and non-legal advice in a timely manner,
• Fluent in French and English. German would be a plus,
• Enthusiastic, enjoy working hard and being challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations, self-dependent,
• High level of effective communication, self-reflection, result and customer orientation, team orientation
• Strategy understanding and support.