Assistant General Counsel @ Honeywell

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy.

Reporting directly to the Vice President and General Counsel, BA & Honeywell Technologies Europe, the Assistant General Counsel, Europe (Corp) will be a key legal leader supporting Honeywell Technologies’ business across its Europe Region.

As Assistant General Counsel, Europe (Corp), you will have direct responsibility to support Honeywell Technologies’ business groups and Corporate functions in Europe covering a broad variety of legal matters. In this role you will support legal, business, and functional initiatives, work closely with the SBG legal teams, Compliance, and you will also be the primary contact to support other Corp functions such as Tax, Finance, and HR on strategic and tactical matters.

You will act as the link between global and Corp Legal and the regional business, supporting varying aspects of corporate governance, cross-border compliance and commercial work across Europe.

The role will be based in Prague, Czech Republic and have 1-2 direct reports.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

General

• Support all xSBG business and legal initiatives across Europe, including supporting Strategic Business Units’ (SBG) legal teams on cross-selling opportunities,
• Drive Legal Management Operating System (MOS) for European Legal team, including litigation reviews, Risk & Opportunity reviews, training programs, town halls,
• Drive initiatives to localize global legal terms and standards to improve contracting experience and remove barriers to execution. Adapt global templates to local law and keep European contract standards and playbooks up to date,
• Drive process improvement, legal technology and efficient service delivery in furtherance of Regional empowerment and decision making,
• Deliver preventive-law and compliance training across the Region.
• Support governance for European subsidiaries and execution of board and shareholder meetings, resolutions, statutory filings and registers,
• Oversee and ensure appropriate managing director appointments, powers of attorney and the signing authority framework,
• Support entity rationalization, intercompany agreements, transfer pricing documentation (with Tax), and branch or entity set-ups and closures,
• Support M&A, divestitures, joint ventures and integrations: due diligence, transaction documents, and post-closing integration.
• Monitor EU and national regulatory developments and brief leadership on business impact.
• Support investigations, whistleblower reports and remediation,
• Support Compliance and Regulatory team regarding anti-bribery, sanctions and export controls, and ESG and supply chain due diligence obligations.
• Support pre-litigation and litigation, arbitration and regulatory inquiries in the region,
• Select and manage outside counsel, including managing budgets, and establishing/refreshing panels,
• Assess and report legal risk to regional and global leadership,
• Coordinate with global Legal and functional centers of excellence (IP, Trade, Privacy, Employment) and Commercial Law team and drive alignment of regional practices with global policy.

Corporate governance and Transactional

• Support governance for European subsidiaries and execution of board and shareholder meetings, resolutions, statutory filings and registers,
• Oversee and ensure appropriate managing director appointments, powers of attorney and the signing authority framework,
• Support entity rationalization, intercompany agreements, transfer pricing documentation (with Tax), and branch or entity set-ups and closures,
• Support M&A, divestitures, joint ventures and integrations: due diligence, transaction documents, and post-closing integration.

Regulatory and compliance

• Monitor EU and national regulatory developments and brief leadership on business impact.
• Support investigations, whistleblower reports and remediation,
• Support Compliance and Regulatory team regarding anti-bribery, sanctions and export controls, and ESG and supply chain due diligence obligations.
• Support pre-litigation and litigation, arbitration and regulatory inquiries in the region,
• Select and manage outside counsel, including managing budgets, and establishing/refreshing panels,
• Assess and report legal risk to regional and global leadership,
• Coordinate with global Legal and functional centers of excellence (IP, Trade, Privacy, Employment) and Commercial Law team and drive alignment of regional practices with global policy.

Disputes and risk

• Support pre-litigation and litigation, arbitration and regulatory inquiries in the region,
• Select and manage outside counsel, including managing budgets, and establishing/refreshing panels,
• Assess and report legal risk to regional and global leadership,
• Coordinate with global Legal and functional centers of excellence (IP, Trade, Privacy, Employment) and Commercial Law team and drive alignment of regional practices with global policy.

YOU MUST HAVE

• A Law degree in Europe or equivalent,
• At least 10 years of experience at a major law firm and/or multinational company,
• Excellent communication, strong leadership, and negotiation skills, with the executive presence and credibility to advise and influence senior leaders,
• Proven business acumen,
• Extensive experience in European commercial and/or regulatory law,
• Exceptional intellectual capability and consistently high standards of integrity, judgment, and professional excellence,
• Strong attention to detail and a proven and sustained commitment to process improvement.
• The ability to work independently, operate effectively across geographies, and drive key initiatives with limited day-to-day supervision,
• A proactive, self-motivated, and collaborative approach to prioritizing work and continuously improving the internal legal function.
• Fluent written and spoken English

WE VALUE

• Transactional experience in a multinational business, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and complex commercial agreements,
• A strong customer focus and the ability to influence and lead at all levels of the organization,
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop practical and innovative solutions,
• The ability to establish clear priorities for the legal team and execute them effectively,
• Experience resolving disputes at both the pre-litigation and litigation stages,
• A demonstrated ability to teach and motivate non-legal colleagues on legal issues affecting business transactions, and to provide advice that combines sound legal judgment with an understanding of client objectives and the needs of a global organization,
• Proficiency in one or more languages in addition to English.

ABOUT HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGIES

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial, and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions, and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy. Learn more