Corporate Counsel - Motion

Overview

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: MONM Division General Counsel

The work model for the role is:
Hybrid

Your role and responsibilities:

As Legal Counsel supporting the Motion Business Area, you will provide strategic legal advice and uphold the highest standards of integrity within ABB. You will ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards, manage legal risks, and foster a culture of integrity across the Motion organization.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Provide comprehensive legal support for Motion Business Area projects, including EPC contract lifecycle management—tender, negotiation, execution, dispute resolution, and closure.
• Lead contract drafting, review, and negotiation, ensuring terms protect company interests and align with business objectives.
• Advise on diverse legal matters, including competition law, data privacy (GDPR), product liability, employment, investigations, claims, and integrity issues, while collaborating with internal stakeholders and global legal teams.
• Contribute to team development and knowledge sharing, mentoring colleagues and actively participating in regional and global Legal & Integrity initiatives and projects.

Qualifications for the role:

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited U.S. law school with active bar admission and minimum 8 years of post-qualification experience (PQE), with exposure to international legal, commercial, and regulatory matters.
• Proven expertise in contract negotiation, drafting, and management, particularly for complex commercial and project-related agreements, with strong skills suited for an international environment.
• Broad legal experience in corporate law, commercial contracts, distributor/partner agreements, government contracting, compliance, intellectual property, risk management, and familiarity with digital law (SaaS, cybersecurity, AI, data privacy).
• Strong collaboration and communication abilities, with a track record of building relationships across functions and mentoring junior legal professionals; proactive and adaptable in multicultural settings.
• Highly organized and independent, capable of managing multiple priorities under pressure with a practical, hands-on mindset and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

More about us:

ABB Motion provides pioneering technology, products, solutions and related services to industrial customers to increase energy efficiency, improve safety and reliability, and maintain precise control over processes. The portfolio includes motors, generators and drives for a wide range of applications in all industrial sectors.

What s In It For You

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other…