Legal Counsel

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* This position will be posted internally for a minimum of 5 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants. "

Your Opportunity to Make an Impact 

At Ball, every role contributes to something bigger. Learn how this opportunity will allow you to grow your career while making a lasting impact on our business, our communities, and our planet: 

As Legal Counsel, you will provide high-quality commercial and legal support to the Ball Beverage Packaging business across multiple jurisdictions. Working closely with internal stakeholders, customers, suppliers, and external counsel, you will help enable strategic business objectives while identifying and mitigating legal and commercial risks. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to compliance initiatives and collaborate with legal colleagues across the EMEA region and globally. 

How You'll Make a Difference 

The responsibilities below represent more than daily tasks. They are opportunities to make a difference, collaborate with talented colleagues, and contribute to meaningful outcomes: 

Draft and negotiate customer agreements across multiple jurisdictions and cultures. 

• Qualified solicitor or barrister with approximately two years of post-qualification experience, preferably including in-house legal experience. 

• Experience reviewing, drafting, and managing commercial agreements with an international scope. 

• Strong knowledge of commercial law and the ability to provide practical legal advice aligned with business objectives. 

• Familiarity with working across multiple jurisdictions and cultures. 

• Excellent negotiation, influencing, and relationship-building skills. 

• Strategic mindset with strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities. 

• Business acumen and understanding of the financial implications of legal decisions. 

• Strong presentation, prioritization, and results-oriented execution skills. 

• High level of integrity, attention to detail, and commitment to ethical conduct. 
• Fluent English language skills; additional European languages are advantageous. 

What Helps You Thrive in This Role

 

We're looking for curious minds, collaborative spirits, and motivated professionals ready to make an impact. Here are the skills and experiences that will help you succeed in this role: 

• Qualified solicitor or barrister with approximately two years of post-qualification experience, preferably including in-house legal experience. 

• Experience reviewing, drafting, and managing commercial agreements with an international scope. 

• Strong knowledge of commercial law and the ability to provide practical legal advice aligned with business objectives. 

• Familiarity with working across multiple jurisdictions and cultures. 

• Excellent negotiation, influencing, and relationship-building skills. 

• Strategic mindset with strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities. 

• Business acumen and understanding of the financial implications of legal decisions. 

• Strong presentation, prioritization, and results-oriented execution skills. 

• High level of integrity, attention to detail, and commitment to ethical conduct. 
• Fluent English language skills; additional European languages are advantageous. 

If you have a disability and/or long-term health condition that impacts your ability to access any of the information outlined in the job application process, please do not hesitate in letting us know, so that we can endeavour to provide it you in the most accessible format.  Please email jobs.emea@ball.com with your access request, and somebody will respond to you within 3 business days.

​Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world. Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference. 

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.

Job Grade: Global Grade 12