Europe Legal Counsel

About the GAC

GAC MOTOR Europe was registered in March 2024 in Amsterdam and is part of the Guangzhou Automobile Group. Our business covers all aspects of passenger car sales, marketing and aftersales services. We are dedicated to delivering quality work and exceptional customer service in all aspects of our business.

Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as GAC group, 6601238.SH，02238.HK), headquartered in Guangzhou City, is a large joint-stock automobile enterprise listed in both Hongkong and Shanghai Stock exchanges. At present, it has about 100,000 employees. Fortunate Global 500 ranked No.181. The main business covers seven major sectors: research and development, vehicle, parts, energy and ecology, internationalization, commerce and transportation, investment and finance. Sticking to independent innovation and joint venture cooperation, GAC group is now transforming itself with all its strength to a technology-based enterprise. Adhering to the enterprise concept of 'Humanity', Credibility, Creativity', GAC is committed to building a world-class company which wins customers’ trust, ensures staff's well-being, and meets social expectations.

We are currently looking for Europe Legal Counsel, the details Job responsibilities as below:

About the Role

We are seeking a Europe Legal Counsel to join our Europe Legal Team at the European Regional Centre. This role will act as a practical and business-oriented legal partner for our European regional distributor business and the Netherlands-Belgium-Luxembourg NSC business, while also supporting project legal work, subsidiary legal needs, dispute resolution, contract template development, and regional regulatory monitoring.

Our legal structure consists of three layers: the HQ Legal Department, legal and compliance counsels at the European Regional Centre, and Subsidiary Counsel of each European subsidiary. The legal and compliance counsels at the European Regional Centre and the Subsidiary Counsel together form the Europe Legal Team.

The successful candidate will work closely with the HQ Legal Department, members of Europe Legal Team, business teams and external counsel. This is a hands-on in-house legal role for a lawyer who is strong in commercial contracts and negotiations, comfortable working with business stakeholders, and able to provide clear, practical and solution-oriented legal support in a fast-growing automotive business in Europe.

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Partnering of Regional Distributor Business and Benelux NSC Business
• Act as a legal business partner for the European regional distributor business, providing practical legal support on distribution, sales, aftersales, warranty, spare parts, commercial policies and day-to-day business operations.
• Support the legal needs of the Netherlands-Belgium-Luxembourg NSC business, including local sales operations, fleet/key account business, procurement, marketing, customer-facing arrangements and other commercial activities.
• Work closely with business teams to understand commercial objectives, identify legal risks and provide clear, practical and solution-oriented recommendations.
• Prepare legal risk assessments, negotiation positions, decision materials and escalation notes for business stakeholders and management where required.
• Commercial Contracts and Negotiations
• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts and legal documents, including distribution agreements, dealer-related documents, service agreements, procurement contracts, fleet and leasing-related documents, aftersales agreements, marketing agreements, NDAs, addenda, policies, notices and settlement documents.
• Lead or support contract negotiations with distributors, dealers, service providers, suppliers, business partners and other counterparties.
• Ensure that contract terms are legally sound, commercially workable, aligned with internal policies