Group General Counsel, Compliance

pSchelstraete Delacourt is searching for a bGroup General Counsel, Compliance Risk /b on behalf of its client, a Belgian industrial technology company. /ppThe company is a bglobal pioneer /b in turnkey coating solutions, with sites in Belgium, China and the US. With b€100 million /b revenue today, the company is aiming to triply by 2031, through organic growth and acquisitions. That means complex international contracts, licensing, IP and capital-intensive projects, and a Group General Counsel who shapes how it all gets done. /ph3The role /h3pYou report to the Group CFO and lead Legal, Risk Compliance at group level. This is a standalone position with a mandate to build: /pullibManaging Legal end-to-end: /b Take autonomous responsibility for commercial and corporate law, supported by external counsel where needed. /lilibBuilding Legal Operations /b: Set up the processes, templates, tools and workflows, including smart use of AI, that make legal support faster, more scalable and increasingly self-service. /lilibSetting up Enterprise Risk Management /b: Establish a group-wide risk management framework. /lilibStrengthening legal awareness /b: Translate regulation, such as the Cyber Resilience Act, into practical guidelines for the business. /lilibEnabling growth /b: Support international expansion, IP protection and MA, and acting as a trusted advisor to the CFO, CEO and the leadership team. /li /ulh3The ideal profile: /h3ulli10–15+ years of legal experience, with deep expertise in commercial and corporate law; /liliExperience running legal autonomously; either as head of legal in a business unit or region ready for a group mandate, or in a mid-sized international organisation; a law firm background is a strong plus; /liliA track record in an industrial or technology environment; /liliAffinity with risk compliance, legal operations, technology and AI; /liliA builder's mindset: you create frameworks from scratch and turn ideas into delivery and have the managerial drive to get things done; /liliAssertive but diplomatic, pragmatic and solution-oriented, with the credibility to challenge and influence senior stakeholders; /liliComfortable in an international, multicultural environment; /li /ul