Legal Counsel - Product Liability (m/f/d), Toulouse

Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.

Tasks

• Leading the day-to-day management of cases, coordination and logistics for external investigations and product liability related matters
• Conducting legal research on a variety of topics in various jurisdictions
• Drafting documents and providing legal advice under the supervision of the Head of Investigations & Product Integrity Legal in particular to internal customers on liability aspects
• Providing legal advice and supporting engineering, safety and security related activities
• Reviewing internal documents and technical documents communicated externally
• Organising or contributing to training and awareness initiatives designed to prevent legal issues from arising
• Coordinating and managing long-term relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Assessing and integrating AI in product liability topics and daily activities
• Ensuring timely and adequate reporting on all ongoing matters.
• Supporting the pro bono practice of the department.
• This role may require regular business travel.

Profile

• 7 years of experience working in a law firm or in-house legal department, with a good understanding of complex product liability cases including investigations and litigation in France and other countries and insurance .
• Very keen on learning about Airbus products and their technicity.
• Ability to interact and influence the business and to work in a complex environment.
• Ability to simultaneously support several complex legal and internal procedures involving multiple internal departments and third parties.
• Ability to build excellent internal relationships to access factual information and ability to manage the transformation of general and detailed information into a legally coherent and concise case
• Language Skills: negotiation level of English and French.