Who we are:

We are BASF, the largest chemical company in the world, with more than 150 years of experience. In Montevideo, we operate as a HUB providing services to all BASF companies across the Americas and Europe. We offer professional solutions in finance, procurement, reporting, logistics, technology, human resources, projects, communications, legal affairs, environment, safety, health, and quality.

Area:

The Corporate Legal team provides various types of legal and contractual services for both the Hub and all business units in North America and South America, in the areas of Intellectual Property and Corporate Law.

Main Objective of the Position:

Support BASF divisions in legal and compliance matters and offer modern solutions tailored to business needs, ensuring a high level of customer orientation with cooperative, efficient, and future-oriented services.

Main Tasks:

• Support BASF businesses across the Americas, Europe, and Asia in legal and compliance matters, delivering efficient, customer‑oriented, and future‑ready services aligned with internal standards.
• Support and conduct highly complex contractual analysis and Compliance and Legal matters and operations, and offer modern solutions tailored to business needs, ensuring a high level of customer orientation with cooperative, efficient, and future-oriented services
• Supporting legal and compliance tools related activities (e.g. in Trust Base, One Trust, ICM).
• Provisioning services related to local or international standard compliance and legal inquiries based on playbooks.
• Prepare reports on contract status, key metrics, and performance indicators for management review. Maintain a centralized repository of contracts and related documents for easy access.
• Create and maintain training materials for legal & compliance tools (e.g. CLM-platform, Trust Base), conduct user training sessions, provide user support and develop support functionalities. 
• Provide guidance and support to the business in the drafting and negotiation of highly complex contracts and support the business in selecting the appropriate high‑complexity contractual vehicles for each specific situation. Implementation and maintenance of the existing and newly created model contracts and clauses for BASF standard contracts
• Maintain continuous and proactive communication with multiple clients and stakeholders, working closely with different areas of the organization. Understand end‑to‑end (E2E) processes and their impact on workflow and evaluate and propose process improvements.
• Lead projects involving the management of large volumes of legal contracts within tight deadlines.

Minimum Education and Qualification Requirements for the Position:

• Education: University degree in Law.
• Working Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience. Knowledge of common law systems and Brazilian law is a plus. Admission to practice law in the U.S. is a strong plus.
• Language Skills: Professional proficiency in English and Spanish; Portuguese is a plus.
• Technical Skills: Experience in the legal, compliance, or commercial contract management fields. Working knowledge of legal databases and standard IT applications.
• Soft Skills: Strong communication skills to maintain effective interaction with clients, stakeholders and cross-functional teams within the Hub and BASF.

What we offer:

Living BASF means being part of a culture where the focus is on people and on their professional and personal development. Our diversity, collaboration, and leadership style make the difference.

By joining our team, we offer you:

• A hybrid and flexible work model

• Access to a learning ecosystem with on‑demand resources and tools

• Private medical insurance for you and your family from day one, as well as life insurance

• Additional flexible leave days, in addition to your statutory vacation days

• A day off on your birthday

• A day off for moving

• Annual bonus (subject to meeting the requirements established by internal policies)

• Well‑being benefits, such as on‑site nutrition services and massages

BASF considers Law No. 19.691 and Decree No. 73/019 in all its hiring processes. Any qualified candidate who meets the requirements outlined in the job description will be considered in this hiring process without distinction of any kind.

In addition, BASF is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically embrace our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, age, marital or social status, national origin, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic or group not related to the candidate’s suitability and qualifications for the position. Our management is committed to upholding this policy in hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, dismissal, termination, recruitment, compensation and other forms of remuneration, training, and general treatment throughout employment.