• Job Description

  Req#: JR29763

  Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

  At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

  This is a great opportunity for a talented mid-level lawyer (or a star junior lawyer wanting to develop into an in-house generalist role) to join Allegion International’s legal team as an in-house counsel for its Electronics business unit. We are a small, diverse and fun team of problem-solvers passionate about the intersections of law, business and technology. We are dedicated to constantly enhancing our brand of delivering proactive and practical legal services to our stakeholders. Do you thrive on seeing your solutions implemented and supporting your internal customers in succeeding?

  Allegion is a global pioneer in seamless access, with leading brands like Interflex®, CISA®, LCN®, Schlage®, SimonsVoss® and Von Duprin®.

  At Allegion, we make the world safer and create peace of mind by securing people and assets with seamless access wherever they reside, work, and thrive. With more than 25 brands sold in almost 130 countries across the globe, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond: everything from residential and commercial locks, door closer and exit devices, steel doors and frames to access control and workforce productivity systems

  Your tasks

  The Legal Counsel Electronics will play a key role within Allegion International’s legal team, managing and advising on a wide range of general legal matters. The role will primarily support our Electronics business unit (namely our brands Interflex and SimonsVoss).

  • Provide pro-active & business-oriented advice in connection with commercial, corporate and M&A, regulatory, risk management, dispute resolution and contract management matters.

  • Commercial contract drafting, negotiation, review and interpretation as well as manage product and commercial disputes.

  • Support to ensure EU regulatory compliance, including information and cyber security compliance, by making sure that management and employees adhere to regulatory rules, company policies and Allegion’s Code of Conduct.

  • Advice on resolution of labor and employment matters.

  • The above fields may include managing outside counsel and making recommendations directly to the management regarding strategy and resolutions of these matters.

  • Deliver legal training sessions on a variety of topics to enhance the skills and knowledge of Allegion’s workforce.

  Your profile

  • Your base: Unquestionable integrity and values. German qualified lawyer. Relevant post-qualification experience in legal matters, ideally gained in a lawfirm or in-house counsel role; including relevant international legal experience.
  • Your language skills: Fluent in German & English and desirable Dutch; additional languages are a plus.
  • Your hard skills: Proven experience in business law; strong business curiosity.
    ICT, IP, and data protection experience are a plus.
    Business-oriented approach to problem solving, tempered by an appreciation for legal complexity and risk.
  • Your soft skills: Collaborative and proactive nature, team player. Excellent communications and negotiation skills. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to stand firm on issues with business clients when necessary. Detail-oriented and resourceful with excellent follow-through skills.

  Our benefits:

  • Work-life balance: Hybrid work model and flexitime without fixed working hours. Plus 30 days of vacation.

  • Health: You receive a health voucher worth €300 per year for your new glasses, dentures or whatever else you need.

  • Sustainable mobility: If you want to get to work by bike, we offer you low-cost bike leasing.

  • Feelgood workplace: Modern work equipment, including a height-adjustable desk, is available to you.

  • Family and pension: We offer a company pension allowance, capital-forming benefits and disability insurance. You will also receive a childcare allowance of up to €75.

  • Wide range of further training opportunities, e.g. internal Allegion Academy and free use of the LinkedIn Learning program.

  We Celebrate Who We Are!

  Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.

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• About the company

  Allegion plc is a provider based in Dublin of security products, for homes and businesses.

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