Legal Counsel
Legal position in a modern technology company - let's build the future together!
Do you want to make a positive global environmental impact and contribute to achieving our growth ambitions?
Spinnova is on a mission to transform the raw material base of the global textile ecosystem with its technology. We innovate and engineer the most sustainable textile fibre in the world. We do this for the benefit of the planet, because that is what matters most.
Now we are looking for a Legal Counsel in permanent position to help us achieve our mission.
Based in Helsinki and reporting to CFO, Deputy CEO, you will be a key member of the corporate functions team and working closely with all functions of the company as the trusted legal advisor. We can promise that the job will be interesting!
About the role
In your role you will be responsible for the legal function at Spinnova and will be accountable for:
- Managing Spinnova’s commercial agreements and supporting sales and research and development
- Acting as secretary to the Board of Directors and its committees.
- Ensuring that the company complies with its regulatory and corporate governance requirements as a listed company
- Supporting Spinnova’s patenting process and protecting the company’s intellectual assets
- Supporting as needed on other legal matters for example related to employment, data privacy etc.
- Working with external counsel as required
- Implementing tools and processes as needed to develop the legal function
- Training employees as needed on key legal and compliance topics
- Any other tasks that support the success of the company
Expectations for you
We are looking for someone who can solve a range of different complex legal problems but who also has an entrepreneurial, commercial and solution-driven mindset to help create business value.
To succeed in this role you will have:
- Master of Laws degree and a qualification to practice law in Finland
- Between 3-6 years of post-qualification legal work experience in a law firm or in-house positions. Experience in industrial technology / process industry will be highly appreciated.
- Fluent Finnish and English, both written and spoken – working language will be primarily in English
- Experience in providing legal advice in the following fields: general contract law, technology and patents, general corporate law, corporate governance
- Willingness to travel (regular travel between our premises in Helsinki and Jyväskylä, with other travel to customers and partners in Finland and abroad as required, approx. 4 days travel per month)
We offer
We offer you meaningful work and independent position in an emerging industry of the future, with an innovation that will change the world. In your role in Spinnova you can have a significant impact on the success story of the company. At Spinnova, you will get to influence, develop, and take responsibility. We offer you supporting team, flexible remote work policy, competitive salary and an incentive program.
Additional information
For more information about the position, please contact Ben Selby, CFO and Deputy CEO, +358 503058077, or ben.selby@spinnova.fi.
If this sounds like something you are looking for, apply soon, latest by 12.5.2024.
- Department
- Corporate functions
- Locations
- Helsinki
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Helsinki
About Spinnova Oyj
About the company
Spinnova is a technology company, which has created a unique production process for a sustainable textile fibre. Spinnova offers the textile industry a solution for reducing emissions and other environmental impacts by providing an alternative to conventional water and chemical-intensive cotton and viscose and oil-based polyester with the sustainable SPINNOVA® fibre.
With Spinnova’s patented technology, textile fibre is produced using a mechanical process that mimics how spiders weave their webs. The same technology and process can be used to produce SPINNOVA® fibre from multiple raw materials, including wood, leather, textile, agricultural, food industry, and beverage waste. The unique mechanical production process results in SPINNOVA® fibre having a look and feel similar to natural fibres such as cotton and linen.
Having completed the main phase of research and development, Spinnova is ramping up its global commercialisation phase. Spinnova’s technology has been proven effective at the Company’s pilot production facility, in Spinnova’s and Suzano’s joint venture Woodspin’s industrial demonstration factory, and in Spinnova’s and Ecco’s joint venture Respin’s pilot factory. Spinnova has collaborated with several global apparel brands, such as adidas, Bestseller, Marimekko, and the H&M Group, which have launched commercial products containing SPINNOVA® fibre. Spinnova’s shares (SPINN) are listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland.
Legal Counsel
Legal position in a modern technology company - let's build the future together!
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