Legal Business Partner London, England
Job description
Job Title: Legal Business Partner
Location: UK, 100VE
Travel: 10% of time , partially within EU
JOB PURPOSE
We are seeking a highly experienced and accomplished individual to join our team as Senior Counsel, Prestige - EU/UK. In this key leadership role, you will have full accountability for the end-to-end legal function within our Prestige businesses operating in the U.K. and EU. Reporting directly to the Global General Counsel, you will provide strategic guidance and pragmatic advice to business leaders located in the U.K. and EU.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure rigorous compliance with privacy regulations in the U.K. and EU across our portfolio of Prestige Brands.
- Offer expert legal counsel to internal stakeholders in areas such as regulatory compliance, distribution, competition, and employment.
- Oversee and execute complex transactional work, including drafting and reviewing a wide range of contracts such as SaaS agreements, distribution agreements, licenses, leases, and independent contractor agreements.
- Provide specialized expertise in evaluating and advising on product claims and packaging, aligning with the Cosmetics Regulation and relevant laws.
- Manage high-stakes litigation matters, including the selection and oversight of outside counsel when necessary.
- Conduct comprehensive risk assessments and provide strategic advice on risk profiles to drive informed decision-making.
ALL ABOUT YOU
Qualification Requirements:
- Licensed to practice law in the U.K.
- Suitable years of extensive and diverse legal experience across various subject matter areas in the U.K. and EU, with a deep understanding of marketing, regulatory compliance, general transactional matters, employment law, competition law, and privacy.
- Demonstrated expertise in legal issues common to the consumer packaged goods industry is highly desirable.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, exhibiting a positive, pleasant, and respectful demeanor, coupled with the ability to navigate complex business relationships.
- Demonstrated success in collaborating effectively across multiple areas and brands, with a track record of fostering strong partnerships.
- Superior analytical skills, particularly in situations involving imperfect or limited information.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an unwavering attention to detail and the ability to convey complex legal concepts clearly and concisely.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities and stakeholders, ensuring effective prioritization and timely execution.
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
- Inspires confidence throughout the organization through expertise, professionalism, and strong leadership capabilities.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, and Outlook) and other relevant legal software.
- Knowledge of the skincare or cosmetic industry is highly advantageous.
NOTES
About Unilever
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.
Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’
Location
In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London to house the employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars, Lever House in Kingston and Graze in Richmond. We are creating our own Unilever sustainable, agile work environment, purposefully bringing us together in our own Unilever ecosystem. The campus is due to be completed in early 2025 and will consist of two interconnected buildings, as well as landscaped surrounding areas.
What We Offer
Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.
Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.
Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We want to push boundaries, and have the flexibility needed to keep adapting in an ever-changing, more dynamic world. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
As part of your hiring journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments, to improve your recruitment experience.
To find out more, including more information about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here.
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