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Advocate Jobs in Haifa, Haifa District, Israel at ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
Title: Advocate
Company: ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
Location: Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is a global container shipping company connecting more than 300 ports across over 90 countries. At ZIM, our culture is driven by a Can-Do mindset, agility, collaboration, and results-driven thinking, empowering people to make a real impact. 🌍🚢⚓
We are looking for an Advocate that will handle the following:
Main Purpose of the Role – Legal review of the company’s maritime contractual engagements’ documentation, including improving and drafting of same, mainly on responsibility, liability and indemnification aspects.
Main tasks:
- Legal Review of Company’s Contracts- Identify and provide analysis of legal risks in contracts, insurance policies/certificates and LOI that expose the company to greater liability and responsibility, as well as indemnification and insurance obligations and provide legal solutions.
- Negotiate contract terms and insurance cover terms with vendors and suggest legal solutions.
- Monitor the implementation of the suggested solutions towards signing the contract.
- Legal Support to Company’s Units in Liability and Insurance Related Issues.
- Advising the relevant company units in regard of liability and insurance related issues (DG, claims, procurement, Key accounts, Administration, HR, etc.).
- Assisting in improvement of the company’s procedures.
- Improving Company’s Standard Wordings – Striving to improve the company’s standard contract wording in accordance with the developments in the industry and to implement the standard wording in contracts.
Job Requirements:
- Certified lawyer in Israel, admitted to the Israeli Bar Association – A must.
- 2 years’ experience working on commercial contracts including client-facing work and. negotiations. – A must.
- Experience in a global company – An advantage.
- Knowledge of insurance – An advantage.
- Strong negotiating skills.
- Excellent English level written and spoken, including high ability to negotiate and present in English and knowledge of legal terms in English.
