Managing Counsel, Benelux Litigation

3 Months ago • All levels • Legal

Job Summary

Job Description

Tesla seeks a Managing Counsel, Benelux Litigation to lead litigation efforts in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Responsibilities include direct litigation management (brief drafting, e-discovery, depositions, trials), risk assessment, strategic counsel to the business, and collaboration with external counsel. The ideal candidate will possess extensive litigation experience, ideally at a top-tier firm or in government, with expertise in various litigation categories, including complex litigation, class actions, and regulatory matters. This role demands strong analytical and writing skills, a creative problem-solving approach, and the ability to manage diverse legal issues. The position is based in Amsterdam with some travel required.

Must have:

Litigation experience (top-tier firm or government)
Trial experience (hearings, depositions, arbitrations)
Complex litigation, class actions, regulatory experience
Excellent analytical and writing skills
Direct litigation management
Strategic counsel to the business

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Job Details

What to Expect

Tesla is seeking a Managing Counsel, Benelux Litigation to join our litigation team. As a member of Tesla’s litigation team, you will be both directly litigating cases, developing and driving litigation strategy with a trial-focused approach, partnering with the business to identify potential litigation risks and solutions, as well as working with outside counsel on certain representations. You will be supporting Tesla in a wide range of significant litigation matters, with a focus on directly handling litigation matters in house. You will be joining a fun, fast-paced and growing legal team working collaboratively together on novel legal issues.

The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg are key countries of Tesla's incredible success story in Europe, and its most important pillar for this is our employees. Their passion, motivation and engagement ensure that we achieve our goals. We are looking for you to continue and expand this success story together.

The role can be based in Amsterdam (NL). Some business travel will be required.

What You’ll Do

Have direct responsibility over all aspects of litigation matters, including drafting briefs, managing e-discovery, personally taking and defending depositions, and preparing and conducting trials
Analyze and assess potential litigation risks and identify creative solutions to legal problems
Represent Tesla in court as part of Tesla’s in-house litigation team.
Drive litigation strategy
Counsel the business to minimize litigation and regulatory exposure.
Oversee and partner with outside counsel in select litigation matters.
Run a wide range of different legal matters, with a focus on handling litigation matters directly

What You’ll Bring

Litigation experience, preferably including experience at a top tier law firm or in the government as a regulator or federal prosecutor, and preferably with significant experience handling trials, hearings, depositions, arbitrations, and mediations
Experience in multiple categories of litigation including complex litigation, class actions, contractual disputes, and regulatory litigation
Law degree with excellent academic credentials
Excellent analytical and writing skills
Business-savvy, creative approach to problem solving
Evidence of exceptional ability