Internship - Contracts Legal Counsel

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer its customers a complete and increasingly efficient range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Committed to the energy transition in shipping, and a pioneer in the use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a target to become Net Zero Carbon by 2050.
Through the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group acts in humanitarian crises that require an emergency response by mobilizing the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to bring humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 155,000 people worldwide, including 4,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located.

THE ROLE:

As a member of CMA CGM's Contracts and Projects Legal Department, you will support the Legal Manager of the Contracts division and his colleagues in their day-to-day work in the area of contract and business law.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Reporting to the General Counsel of the Contracts and Projects Division of the Group Legal Department and providing support to the team's lawyers, you will be responsible for drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, both in France and internationally, in a wide variety of fields (energy, NICT, digital, communication & sponsorship, infrastructure, R&D, etc.) for the Group's various activities and companies in a wide variety of sectors.
• You will also provide support to the team through your legal research and drafting of memos, and will be responsible for monitoring legal developments in contract law or any other area relating to the department's activities.

PROFILE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master 2 or DJCE student, specialising in business law/contracts or international business law, or student lawyer, ideally with a degree from a business school or LLM.
• Your rigour, organisational skills, team spirit, writing skills, ability to analyse and summarise and curiosity are all assets that will enable you to successfully carry out the tasks assigned to you throughout this internship.
• Your written and spoken English is fluent. You have a perfect command of IT tools, particularly Word and Power Point.

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