Advocate

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is a global container shipping company connecting more than 300 ports across over 90 countries. At ZIM, our culture is driven by a Can-Do mindset, agility, collaboration, and results-driven thinking, empowering people to make a real impact. 🌍🚢⚓

We are looking for an Advocate that will handle the following:

Main Purpose of the Role - Legal review of the company’s maritime contractual engagements’ documentation, including improving and drafting of same, mainly on responsibility, liability and indemnification aspects.

Main tasks:

• Legal Review of Company’s Contracts- Identify and provide analysis of legal risks in contracts, insurance policies/certificates and LOI that expose the company to greater liability and responsibility, as well as indemnification and insurance obligations and provide legal solutions.

• Negotiate contract terms and insurance cover terms with vendors and suggest legal solutions.

• Monitor the implementation of the suggested solutions towards signing the contract.

• Legal Support to Company’s Units in Liability and Insurance Related Issues.

• Advising the relevant company units in regard of liability and insurance related issues (DG, claims, procurement, Key accounts, Administration, HR, etc.).

• Assisting in improvement of the company’s procedures.

• Improving Company’s Standard Wordings - Striving to improve the company’s standard contract wording in accordance with the developments in the industry and to implement the standard wording in contracts.

Job Requirements:

• Certified lawyer in Israel, admitted to the Israeli Bar Association - A must.
• 2 years’ experience working on commercial contracts including client-facing work and. negotiations. - A must.
• Experience in a global company – An advantage.
• Knowledge of insurance - An advantage.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Excellent English level written and spoken, including high ability to negotiate and present in English and knowledge of legal terms in English.