Legal Counsel

of the Job

Legal Counsel within the Legal Department of Thales AMEWA, Regional Hub covering the following regions: Africa, Middle East, Central and Western Asia (the Regions ). Operational Context Thales international organization s mission is to foster and manage growth of Thales presence in all the countries of these Regions for all Thales activities in the aerospace, space, defense and security domains. The Job Holder will become a key player in the development and management of this regional business organization, implying close and cross-fertilizing relationships with many competences at senior levels, including Region Vice[1]Presidents, Country Directors, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Key Account Managers, Contract and Program Managers, Finance Directors, etc. Regional business activities are driven by a dynamic demand characterized by a sharp competition and growing customers requirements in terms of quality, systems products and services sophistication, delivery time and prices, industrial cooperation and financing schemes. Customers, in the private and public sectors, are very diversified and include ministries, municipalities, bank and enterprise, oil and gas, airport, airlines, civil works domains, etc. The Job Holder will be a key element in the implementation of the stringent ethics and compliance standards within Thales, and as such, will contribute to the evolution of its organization as well as of its way of working, in order to take into consideration the evolutions of its environment, new laws and regulations and the best ethical and governance practices.

The Job Holder will be responsible for securing the legal aspects of commercial engineering services implemented for supporting export and domestic initiatives undertaken by the Thales Operational Units in the relevant Regions countries. With due reference to best practices and ethics rules, he/she will participate in the identification and selection of business advisers and industrial partners and be responsible for analyzing, implementing and updating due diligence files in close coordination with the Country Directors, relevant local functions and concerned Thales units. He/She will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, preparing and managing the contracts to be executed with said business advisers as well as for preparing partners due diligence analysis. The Job Holder will be as close as possible to operational functions and help in elaborating relevant contractual solutions and identifying contractual, legal and compliance stakes so that risks are detected, measured and mitigated. In compliance with Thales policy, the Job Holder will interface with external counsels for analysis and management of specific legal issues in the framework of complex contractual and/or legal arrangements or litigation procedures in the Regions. The Job Holder will contribute to the implementation of the Thales ethics and compliance standards, and as such will participate notably to the deployment throughout the Regions of an ethics and compliance communication and training plan. The Job Holder will assist the Legal & Contracts Director in addressing audit reviews (internal and external), corporate law, governance and compliance aspects for the Regional Hub.

Reporting Lines The Job Holder will report directly to the Legal & Contracts Director of the Regional Hub.