Job Requisition ID: JR-046065
Legal Counsel - Corporate, Commercial, and Compliance
Your Manager: Alexander Smiley
Team: Legal, Chivas Brothers
Location: Glasgow, Blythswood Square. We operate a hybrid working approach, which allows you to manage your time between home and office.
Your New Team
This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business. At Chivas Brothers, our 1,600-strong team across 27 sites is committed to upholding the heritage of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.
Your Unique Contribution
You will have the following areas of responsibility:
* Preparation and overseeing of corporate documentation in relation to intragroup transactions including restructures, dividend transactions, intragroup asset transfers and share sales, intragroup loan reorganisations in accordance with project plans;
* Organising and running, from a legal perspective, internal corporate transactions;
* Organising and documenting board meetings;
* Attending to all corporate secretarial matters with support of the group’s company secretarial service;
* Working on and ensuring principles of corporate governance are supported;
* Supporting, delivering and working on materials, training, advice and implementation in relation to compliance programmes including Anti-Bribery, Modern Slavery, Data Protection laws, Competition laws, supplier due diligence, conflicts of interest, gifts & hospitality, whistleblowing and the Pernod Ricard Code of Conduct;
* Maintaining Chivas Brothers’ data protection programme with ongoing review and identification of possible compliance gaps and implementing remedial action;
* General commercial work on an ad hoc basis, including some intellectual property work and matters relating to customs and trade;
* Providing commercially focused legal advice and support to internal clients and stakeholders across a range of functions, including tax, finance, production, customer service and HR.
Who You’ll Be Working With
Internally, you’ll work with the Head of Legal, the wider legal team and with tax, finance, customer service and other departments in serving the needs of the Chivas Brothers business across corporate, commercial and compliance matters. You will also work with the global legal teams on global initiatives as they relate to Chivas Brothers.
Externally, you will be in contact with suppliers, customers and professional advisory firms.
Your Blend of Talent
This position could be right for you if you have:
* 0-2 years’ post qualifying experience in private practice or in-house with experience of corporate, corporate finance, commercial contracts, IP/IT, projects, or litigation.
* The confidence, general knowledge and curiosity to advise in multiple practice areas across varied areas of the business.
* Experience of operating in a fast-paced environment, turning round the drafting and reviewing of commercial documents in good time.
* An understanding of consumer focused businesses, especially in the FMCG, wine and spirits markets or for a luxury brand company, or experience of manufacturing businesses generally.
* The ability to make decisions and to work independently, with support from Head of Legal and from the wider UK legal team as needed.
* Excellent commercial awareness and understanding of the needs of the business.
* Excellent written and oral communication skills and interpersonal skills; required to communicate with different teams based all over the world and instruct external counsel.
* Strong organisational skills with particular attention to detail and following up, and the ability to take ownership of matters.
* Flexible, pro-active and collaborative approach as is essential.
Our Mix of Benefits
For your health, we offer private medical insurance, income protection and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme. Our lifestyle benefits include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, season ticket loans, payroll giving and more! You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers. We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.
We’re Committed to Diversity and Inclusion
People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’. We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves. We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish. Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.
Responsible Drinking
As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing. In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.
Job Posting End Date: 2024-11-30
Target Hire Date: 2025-02-01
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