Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel

What You'll do

A vacancy is available for the duration of the main employee's maternity leave.

Your key responsibilities:

General Legal Support: Provide legal advice and support to the Hilti entity in Kazakhstan, in line with Hilti Group requirements, including: Commercial and corporate legal matters such as customer contracts, agreement with business partners and dealers / resellers, including project contracts – which is a key growth segment in Kazakhstan.
 Advise sales office Kazakhstan on sourcing and other contractual aspects, including handling of legal relations with suppliers and service providers.
 Act as the legal business partner, advising and assisting sales in commercial negotiations and projects
 Offer legal advice and support on product liability topics – including assisting in handling customer complaints and product recalls.
 Legal / compliance risk assessment and advisory on Hilti’s business operations
 Support as required to employment law, data protection and data compliance and other general legal matters - supporting the advisory and contentious work in collaboration with external law firm.
Compliance Supporting:  Offer advice and support in line with the Hilti Group requirements and compliance management with focus on compliance risk such as anti-corruption, anti-trust, fraud prevention, anti-discrimination, conflict of interests, AML, export/sanctions compliance, data protection, human rights and product regulatory compliance in the META region.
 Monitor implementation of and adherence to internal policies and procedures, coordinate compliance reporting and provide information to Regional Compliance Officer,
 Coordinate implementation of compliance-related policies and other compliance management initiatives.
Litigation Support: Supervise court, tribunal and mediation proceedings.Co-ordination / Liaison:  Interface with the Regional Legal & Compliance Team and with Legal & Compliance Team Corporate Team.
 Support rollout of global contract concepts (sales, service, software and sourcing) and localization of contracts according to local law requirements, and also global / regional legal initiatives.
Engagement of External Counsel: Select and steer outside counsel as required.Corporate Housekeeping / Legal Training: Support corporate housekeeping of Hilti’s legal entities in Kazakhstan together with external law firms and conducting trainings for General Managers, sales force, marketing, IT and procurement teams.

What You’ll Bring

Your profile:

Fully qualified lawyer in Kazakhstan between 7-10 years of work experience in legal department from MNCs and/or reputable international / local law firm.Relevant experience in a related industry sector (construction / oil & gas industry) is advantageous.Entrepreneurial and target-oriented way of thinking; team player with self-dependent working-style, takes a principal stand and does the right thing even if one encounters resistance.Excellent in spoken and written Kazakh, Russian and English and strong communication skills and capable in communicating across different functions/departments.Ability to manage different stakeholders and multiple tasks and deadline under pressure. Well-versed in IT software & technology like MS Office, etc.Curious in understanding business, high learning agility and a vision to help institutionalize the legal & compliance function.

What’s In It for You

We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this, creating your future to be just how you would want it. Some of our benefits include:

A caring and performance-oriented culture.
A recognised Great Place to Work 2025, which celebrates our commitment to a culture that values care, performance, and innovation for our greatest strength, our people.
Comprehensive career development opportunities that ensure your success is our priority.

Why Hilti

Hilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries. Guided by our purpose, Making Construction Better, we’re driven to keep learning, growing, and finding new ways to make a lasting impact. Here, you’ll be empowered to use your strengths, work with a global and inclusive team, and take on meaningful challenges. At Hilti, you’ll have the chance to make your ideas, achievements, and growth real through purpose, passion, and teamwork.

Commitment to Inclusion

At Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.

At Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.