Legal trainee (m/f/d) with a focus on employment law

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Leverkusen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Internship
Healthtech • Biotech • Manufacturing
The Role
As a legal trainee, you will support the legal department by advising on employment law issues, attending court hearings, conducting legal research, and drafting contracts. You will also analyze changes in the law and assist with other legal matters.
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We are Covestro. We are curious. We are courageous. We are colorful. We refine chemical material solutions with game-changing products. Let us empower you to push boundaries. Join us and our 18.000 colleagues now and together we will make the world a brighter place.

Your Future Field of Action

Our CFO (Chief Financial Officer) manages the economic processes of our company. He is also responsible for legal issues and offers IT solutions for the entire Group.

Are you looking for an interesting training position as part of your legal clerkship in the field of employment law? Then you've come to the right place!

Covestro is one of the world's leading suppliers of high-quality polymer materials and we would like to continue working with you on our mission “We make the world a brighter place”. That is why we offer highly motivated, internationally oriented legal trainees (m/f/d) a training position (legal traineeship or elective traineeship) in the legal department of the Covestro Group as part of their legal traineeship.

Your Opportunities at Covestro

  • Together with our in-house lawyers, you will advise the Human Resources department and Covestro executives on employment law issues both in day-to-day business and in projects

  • You will attend Covestro internal and court hearings

  • You will conduct legal research and evaluate current labor law case law

  • You analyze changes in the law and prepare proposals for implementing the changes at Covestro

  • You accompany individual measures such as warnings or terminations

  • You will review and draft contracts and sample contracts, works and spokesperson committee agreements as well as presentations with a focus on employment law

  • You will support the legal department with other legal issues (e.g. general civil law, commercial and corporate law)

Your Profile at a Glance

  • You have completed your first state examination in law with an above-average grade, preferably at least “fully satisfactory” and with a focus on employment law

  • You have a basic understanding of business administration and can recognize economic relationships

  • You have a sound knowledge of MS Office (Word and PowerPoint) as well as experience with internet research and legal databases

  • Good verbal and written communication skills are a matter of course for you

  • You are characterized by a high level of teamwork as well as independence and autonomy in the performance of your tasks

  • You have very good decision-making and problem-solving skills

  • You are willing to reflect on the issues presented to you and contribute suggestions for improvement

  • You have a perfect command of written and spoken German and English

If you have any initial questions, please contact our recruiting team ([email protected]).

Perfection? Not required!

The requirements are not met 100%, but you are still interested in the position? Are you curious, courageous and colorful as we are? No problem!

We'll tackle this together - as a team! With proper onboarding and tailored development opportunities.

Apply now!

We look forward to receive your application! Become #1ofUs!

Anyone who wants to contribute to a better world with Covestro can also expect a lot.

We want you to feel at home at Covestro. To feel you’re treated fairly and transparently. That means financial security, a healthy work-life balance and generous benefits.

Specifically, it means for us: flexible working hours, the compatibility of family and work, active health promotion and the ability to convert part of your salary into long-term or retirement savings. And that's not all.

Sounds exciting? Find out more about Covestro and our benefits here: 

https://www.career.covestro.de/de/about-covestro/covestro-as-an-employer/employee-benefits  

Contact Us

www.covestro.com

Covestro welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of racial or ethnic origin, skin color, nationality, religion, philosophy, gender, age, physical characteristics, marital status, disability, appearance, sexual orientation and sexual identity. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.

Top Skills

Employment Law
Legal Databases
MS Office
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The Company
Leverkusen,
10,247 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Covestro is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-quality polymer materials and their components. With its innovative products, processes and methods, the company helps enhance sustainability and the quality of life in many areas. Covestro supplies customers around the world in key industries such as mobility, building and living, as well as the electrical and electronics sector. In addition, polymers from Covestro are also used in sectors such as sports and leisure, cosmetics and health, as well as in the chemical industry itself.

The company is committed to becoming fully circular and is striving to become climate neutral by 2035 (scope 1, 2 and 3). Covestro generated sales of EUR 14.4 billion in fiscal 2023. At the end of 2023, the company had 48 production sites worldwide and employed approximately 17,500 people (calculated as full-time equivalents).

Data protection information: https://www.covestro.com/en/social-media-privacy-statements

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