Junior Legal Counsel London, England
Job description
Job Location: London
Greenford, London
Company Description:
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.
About the Role:
The Junior Legal Counsel, at Ferrero plays a crucial role in supporting the UK & Ireland Legal Team in ensuring regulatory compliance for the UK & Ireland region. Their responsibilities encompass assisting with various aspects of regulatory compliance within the designated region.
Main Responsibilities:
As a Junior Legal Counsel at Ferrero, your responsibilities will include providing general legal support and assistance to the UK & Ireland Legal Team. This will involve handling and addressing enquiries related to various documents, such as NDAs, promotional terms and conditions, supplier terms and conditions, training materials, and template agreements. You will review press releases and trade PR, ensuring compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
Additionally, your role will entail reviewing consumer marketing materials, including social media posts, blogs, and advertorials, to ensure compliance. You will monitor and communicate any relevant legal and regulatory issues to the team and the wider business when necessary.
Supporting the Legal team, you will assist in producing adhoc legal documents, maintaining repositories, and conducting research on a wide range of matters.
You will support the Legal Counsel responsible for preparing labelling legal specifications (or F8s), this includes drafting the F8s, verifying translations into local languages and back-translation, checking proposed marketing copy, approving chocolate descriptors, and finalising the F8s.
You will also approve pre-artwork and artwork handover documents, ensuring the proper execution of the F8s on label artworks. Artwork approvals for packaging and POS materials will be part of your role, as well as verifying the inclusion of F8s on all artworks.
Maintaining department data will be crucial, including filing and organising F8 files and chocolate descriptors on Share Point. General filing and administration tasks will also be part of your responsibilities. Lastly, you will provide assistance to the Compliance Counsel on compliance matters.
Who we are looking for:
The ideal candidate should have completed the LPC (Legal Practice Course) or an equivalent qualification and have just qualified as a solicitor. You will have a knowledge of food legislation is required, and experience in food labelling, particularly in the confectionery or similar sectors, is advantageous. Familiarity with marketing and advertising law is necessary, and fluency in English is essential. Attention to detail is a highly valued trait for this role.
How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.
