Head of Legal LATAM

Swissport, with 300 airports in around 50 countries and a global workforce of 65,000 employees, is the world’s largest provider of ground handling, cargo, and other aviation-related services.

We are now looking for a Head of Legal who will be based in our offices in Mexico City to cover the LATAM region currently consisting of Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Guyana, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Honduras, Chile, Colombia, and the Caribbean.

If you want to be part of an international, ambitious, and challenging environment at the biggest ground handling organization in the world, please review the job profile below and apply when you are interested.

Position Summary

The Head of Legal, Latin America will be a key contributor to the group’s global legal team, primarily serving as a business partner to the Latin American region in regional legal, compliance, transactional, and corporate matters. Reporting to the Regional CEO and the General Counsel & Company Secretary, the Head of Legal LATAM will oversee a small team and be responsible for a wide variety of matters, including negotiating and drafting corporate transactions and commercial agreements, overseeing litigation and claims ranging in complexity and common in the ground and cargo handling industry, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and providing legal advice and counsel to the regional executive team.

You as our Head of Legal LATAM

The head of legal will be a key contributor to the Group’s global legal team, primarily serving as a business partner to our business colleagues in legal, compliance, transactional, and corporate matters for the LATAM region. Reporting to the Regional CEO you are responsible for a wide variety of matters, including negotiating and drafting commercial agreements, corporate governance, overseeing litigation and claims ranging in complexity and common in the ground and cargo handling industry, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and providing legal advice and counsel to the regional executive team.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Work closely and collaboratively with Swissport’s business executive and global legal team on strategic, governance, risk, legal, and compliance matters.
• Provide legal support to business and finance colleagues in contract negotiations, and with respect to corporate, commercial, and compliance issues.
• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of contracts, leases, licenses, trademarks, confidentiality agreements, and other legal documents.
• Manage the corporate governance of all regional subsidiaries within legal counsel’s regional responsibility.
• Monitor the Company’s business activities and assess legal and compliance risks that may impact the Company’s business and reputation.
• Manage and oversee litigation and / or administrative proceedings and manage outside counsel, with the aim to minimize the cost of such proceedings vis-à-vis settlement value and potential recovery.
• Assist the business in overseeing clients' legal compliance with antitrust laws, antibribery and corruption laws, equal opportunity regulations, and similar regulatory requirements.
• Deliver training to the business.
• Support the HR team on matters related to employment law.
• Advise on complex legal matters and projects as may be assigned from time to time.
• Support in M&A projects.

Qualifications and Competencies

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Swissport is an equal opportunity employer and bases its hiring decisions on the business need and the best qualified candidates available. It does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of any protected category. Candidates who are offered employment may be subject to a criminal record and other background checks as permitted or required by company policy or applicable law.

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