6 days ago

Legal Counsel, Europe - Legal Transformation & Strategic Initiatives

Prologis

Amsterdam

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ProLogis seeks a Legal Counsel, Europe - Legal Transformation & Strategic Initiatives to accelerate the evolution of its European Legal Department by building scalable, technology-enabled legal workflows and tools. The role involves designing automations, AI tools, and templates; providing cross-border legal support; and partnering with business teams on strategic initiatives. Based in Barcelona, Madrid, or Amsterdam under a hybrid model, the position requires 3+ years post-qualification legal experience with a focus on legal technology and process improvement.

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Legal Counsel, Europe - Legal Transformation & Strategic Initiatives

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Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Hybrid: Based in Barcelona, Madrid or Amsterdam under a hybrid work model

Experience Required

3 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

3+ years of post-qualification legal experience

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Legal draftingNegotiationLegal technologyAutomationLegal operationsProcess improvementWorkflow designProject managementAI toolsLegal templatesPlaybooksContract lifecycle managementDocument automationKnowledge managementEnglish

Soft Skills

Analytical mindsetCollaborationCommunicationProblem solvingCreativityJudgmentAccountabilityAdaptability

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)

Real estate lawLogisticsSupply chainConstructionEnergyMobilityData centresSpanish lawGDPR

Key Responsibilities

•Design, build and implement scalable legal workflows, templates, playbooks, guidance, self-service tools and approval processes across multiple European jurisdictions.
•Lead and support the adoption of AI, automation, contract lifecycle management and legal operations tools to improve efficiency, quality, consistency, visibility and speed.
•Act as a flexible cross-border legal resource that can be deployed across European jurisdictions, business lines and projects according to business need.
•Partner with European legal colleagues, business teams and internal stakeholders to support strategic growth areas, including data centres, energy, new products and services, and core operational initiatives.
•Support higher-priority commercial contracting and business initiatives, with a focus on structuring, simplification, risk allocation, standardisation and scalable ways of working.
•Simplify and rationalise contract suites, templates, amendments, order forms and related documents, identifying dependencies and opportunities for automation or business self-service.
•Develop business-facing training, playbooks and guidance that enable teams to handle appropriate routine matters themselves while escalating higher-risk issues to Legal.
•Support implementation and continuous improvement of legal technology, knowledge management, metrics and reporting processes that help the department understand workload, bottlenecks and efficiency.
•Provide practical legal support on corporate, real estate, GDPR, privacy and compliance matters, depending on experience and business priority.
•Coordinate with U.S.-based legal or business counterparts on cross-border matters when relevant.

Legal CounselLegal TransformationLegal TechnologyHybridBarcelonaMadridAmsterdamReal EstateLogistics

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Soft Skills

Analytical mindsetCollaborationCommunicationProblem solvingCreativityJudgmentAccountabilityAdaptability

Key Responsibilities

•Design, build and implement scalable legal workflows, templates, playbooks, guidance, self-service tools and approval processes across multiple European jurisdictions.

•Lead and support the adoption of AI, automation, contract lifecycle management and legal operations tools to improve efficiency, quality, consistency, visibility and speed.

•Act as a flexible cross-border legal resource that can be deployed across European jurisdictions, business lines and projects according to business need.

•Partner with European legal colleagues, business teams and internal stakeholders to support strategic growth areas, including data centres, energy, new products and services, and core operational initiatives.

•Support higher-priority commercial contracting and business initiatives, with a focus on structuring, simplification, risk allocation, standardisation and scalable ways of working.

•Simplify and rationalise contract suites, templates, amendments, order forms and related documents, identifying dependencies and opportunities for automation or business self-service.

•Develop business-facing training, playbooks and guidance that enable teams to handle appropriate routine matters themselves while escalating higher-risk issues to Legal.

•Support implementation and continuous improvement of legal technology, knowledge management, metrics and reporting processes that help the department understand workload, bottlenecks and efficiency.

•Provide practical legal support on corporate, real estate, GDPR, privacy and compliance matters, depending on experience and business priority.

•Coordinate with U.S.-based legal or business counterparts on cross-border matters when relevant.