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Legal Contract Manager

Legal Contract Manager

ABC - Anglo Belgian Corporation Lawyer Gent

The opportunity in a nutshell

  • ABC – Anglo Belgian Corporation is a Belgian industrial group with a strong international footprint, active in complex engineering projects across maritime, energy and nuclear sectors

  • Hands-on Legal Contract Manager role at the heart of large-scale, tailor-made projects with high safety and compliance requirements

  • Experienced contract professional with a strong commercial mindset and proven contract management expertise

  • Warm, people-oriented company culture with long-term vision, stability and sustainable growth

Your function

At ABC – Anglo Belgian Corporation, the Legal Contract Manager plays a key operational role in supporting complex international projects from contract drafting to execution and follow-up. Working in close collaboration with engineering, project management and finance, you will act as a trusted legal business partner throughout the full project lifecycle.

  • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts for tailor-made industrial projects

  • Providing legal support during the offer phase, project execution and service phase, with a strong focus on guarantees, liability and penalty clauses

  • Actively participating in contract negotiations together with project managers and engineers, both on-site and at client premises

  • Supporting and monitoring nuclear and other high-complexity projects with heightened safety, compliance and documentation requirements

  • Performing legal risk assessments and advising on compliance with evolving regulatory frameworks

  • Following up on contractual issues, disputes and guarantee cases in close coordination with finance and external counsel

  • Contributing to the standardisation and optimisation of contract templates and internal processes

  • Acting as a hands-on, visible presence within the organisation and mentoring junior or supporting profiles over time

# Contract management

# Industrial projects

# Risk & compliance

# Business partnering

Your profile

  • Minimum 7 years of experience in contract management or a similar legal role within an industrial, engineering or project-driven environment

  • Strong expertise in drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex B2B contracts

  • Experience with international projects and cross-border contractual frameworks; knowledge of UK law is a plus

  • Trilingual profile required: fluent Dutch, English and French

  • Hands-on, pragmatic and solutions-oriented mindset, with the ability to operate in a production environment

  • Strong communication skills and commercial flair, able to balance legal rigour with business reality

  • Comfortable working closely with engineers, project managers and finance stakeholders

  • Full-time availability and willingness to be present and involved on-site. 

# Senior contract experience

# Trilingual

# Hands-on

# Industrial context

What’s in it for you

ABC – Anglo Belgian Corporation offers the opportunity to take on a key legal position within a stable and growing Belgian industrial group with a long-term vision. You will work very close to the business, on tangible projects with visible impact, in an environment where decisions are taken efficiently and collaboration is central.

The organisation values people, initiative and authenticity, offering room to grow, to shape the role further and to pass on expertise over time.

# Close to the business

# Long-term perspective

# Autonomy

# Collaborative culture

About our client

ABC – Anglo Belgian Corporation is a Belgian industrial company with a main production site in the centre of Ghent and a strong international customer base. The company designs and manufactures large-scale, tailor-made engines and systems for maritime, energy and industrial applications, and has been actively expanding into the nuclear sector in recent years.

With approximately 440 employees and sustained growth, ABC is known for its warm, no-nonsense culture, technical excellence and pride in building high-quality end products in Europe.

# Belgian industry

# International projects

# Engineering excellence

# People-oriented

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