
Legal Counsel, Technology and Innovation London, England
Job description
- Location: London, UK
- Reports to: Managing Counsel, Technology and Innovation - Global IT & Digital
- Contract: Full-time, permanent position
At Chanel, our heritage values are grounded in creating conditions for people to perform at their best, feel fulfilled and confident in their work and be a visionary.
- Excellence,
- Integrity,
- Generosity, and
- Collaboration.
- Being a reliable and trusted contributor and partner of CHANEL TECH and the broader business within Chanel globally,
- Being an agile negotiator, solution provider and advisor, able to communicate clearly with strategic partners and all our internal stakeholders,
- Drafting and managing highly complex IT agreements (cloud, project implementation, professional services, etc.),
- Ensuring compliance and working closely with data privacy, security experts and with other stakeholder teams within legal and other functions globally to balance legal risks and business objectives,
- Handling a wide range of legal issues, relating to traditional IT or new technology and also IP at a global, cross-regional and cross- divisional level,
- Creating and conducting trainings on a broad scope of areas, and
- Contributing to the improvement of our contract and legal process, knowledge base management and our exploration and use of legal technologies.
- Qualification in England & Wales, but qualification in other European or Commonwealth jurisdictions with international experience may be considered.
- Substantial IT/IP law experience required, with a strong knowledge of Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law.
- 2 to 6 PQE, with combined experience in law firm and/or in-house legal department including experience in negotiating and drafting complex technology and professional services agreements.
- Tech Savviness, familiar with and interested in technical concepts and curious about new technologies (web applications/cloud computing/digital transformation/artificial intelligence/web3).
- Risk assessment ability and ability to manage stakeholders effectively.
- Ability to work independently, think creatively and manage multiple tasks concurrently.
- Strong competence in spotting legal, business and operational issues and with a global mindset.
- Excellent judgement and ability to prioritize and manage deadlines and approval in a fast-paced and demanding work environment.
- Excellent written/verbal communication and negotiation skills in English, with French as a plus.
- Highly responsive and strong team player, with a strong ability to adapt in a quickly changing business and legal environment, and ready to go the extra mile when needed. and
- Calm under pressure and pragmatic with a can-do attitude and curious about new technology.
- Be part of a dynamic, collaborative and innovative global legal community, working regularly with people from offices worldwide,
- Immerse yourself in innovation at the luxury level, which is at the core of Technology and Innovation Legal at Chanel,
- Work in a multicultural team and environment focusing on its people, and in particular on learning and development, which is embedded in our CREATE for Legal programme
