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ABB

ABB

Legal
Milan, Italy
Posted on Dec 23, 2025

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This Position reports to:

Division General Counsel Machine Automation & Corporate Counsel Austria


Your Role and Responsibilities

You will ensure support to the assigned Automation local businesses in Italy and support specific assigned global projects

- Work model: #LI-Hybrid

In this role, you’ll help run what runs the world by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact, as you will be accountable for:

  • Developing close working relationships with the internal customers and stakeholders including the management

  • Gaining experience in multiple jurisdictions and providing cross-border legal support across the Automation Businesses in Italy

  • Participating in and giving assistance in contracts, agreements, consortium and JV

  • Reviewing bids, negotiations, contracts, policies and other legal documents from vendors, customers and other third parties ensuring compliance with policies

  • Supporting business in managing contractual claims

  • Participating in and promoting activities to ensure employees conduct business in compliance with the directives and the local laws

  • Implementing the compliance/integrity Group program

  • Providing training to employees on contractual and integrity matters

  • Raising and defending litigation matters brought against the company using relevant external experts

  • Ensuring that all external legal advice is provided in a cost-effective way

  • Supporting the Division Lead Counsel on specific assigned projects

Qualifications for the Role

  • Bachelor of Law degree from a reputable university in Italy

  • Admission to the Italian Bar

  • 5 years’ working experience in a major corporation and/or a leading law firm

  • Demonstrable experience dealing with civil law issues

  • Fluency in English

  • Self-motivated and able to progressively work with autonomy

  • Team-spirited, solution-oriented and with pragmatic approach

  • Good interpersonal and communication skills and being able to work effectively with business stakeholders and clients

Benefits

Locally, you can count on:

  • Competitive compensation: Attractive salary packages and performance bonuses.

  • Corporate welfare: Access to a wide range of services and personal well-being support.

  • Career development: Structured career paths, individual development plans, opportunities for internal mobility, including international roles, technical and managerial training programs, mentoring and access to global learning platforms

  • Flexibility and work-life balance: Flexible working hours, hybrid work options, and a strong focus on work-life integration.

  • Employee Support: free services like psychological help, wellness coaching, and emotional support for employees and their families.

  • Parental Leave: at least 12 weeks of fully paid leave for primary caregivers and 4 weeks for secondary caregivers, promoting DEI values.

  • Meal allowance: Access to canteen or ticket restaurant is provided to support daily lunch expenses.

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world.
Run What Runs the World.

#ABBCareers #RunwithABB

We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.

Publication ID: JOB_POSTING-3-46226