Corporate Counsel

Job Description

How would you like to join the LEGO Group Western Europe Legal team in a varied role supporting operations and our European markets team? 

Core Responsibilities 

• ​Supporting legal workstreams related to operations 

• Supporting legal workstreams related to our Western Europe Market/Retail business 

• Ensuring a high level of compliance in everything we do 

• Revise, draft and negotiate medium and complex contracts 

• Analyze and extract relevant legal questions from a scenario description and advise accordingly 

• Provide legal advice to management and various departments on corporate governance, compliance, and regulatory matters 

• Assist in the development and implementation of corporate policies and procedures 

• Provide training to employees on legal compliance and company policies 

• Independently drive small projects 

• More complex projects with support from colleagues 

Play your part in our team succeeding 

The Western Europe Legal Team is a team with regional (Western Europe markets and IPR enforcement) and global (Facilities and Procurement) responsibility dedicated to providing legal assistance across our areas for key tasks and projects that support the LEGO Group’s strategic priorities and commercial agenda! 

Do you have what it takes?

• Minimum 2-3 years of (postgraduate) global experience from in-house or private practice, with relevant legal experience 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a business-related field 

• Legal degree. 

• Collaborate and communicative demeanour. 

• Confirmed track-record in negotiations and team member management 

• Commercial understanding across levels of a value chain 

• Takes initiative, recognizes and acts on legal issues 

• Thrives in a changing environment 

• English to an advanced level 

#EL - LI1

• Work independently with advanced knowledge, tasks are assigned with limited or no explanation • Handle conflicts in negotiation with some guidance • Typically end-to-end perspective including understanding trade offs for different scenarios

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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