Legal Counsel  - Commercial – Fashion sector - London – Hybrid

Our client is one of the UK’s fastest growing luxury fashion brands with a global digital presence and stores across the UK and USA.  The brand is entrepreneurial, creative and passionate, and not afraid to take risks.  Operating in a fast pace environment, the team are hard working but pride themselves on being approachable, supportive, and welcoming.

The Role:

This is an exciting time to be joining the brand in this newly created role to work alongside the General Counsel supporting the continued growth of both the domestic and international business and establishing the legal function.  The role will suit an enthusiastic, self-starter with solid commercial in house experience, ideally within the fashion retail sector.

Responsibilities:

This is a broad role and will include:

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• Leading, advising, drafting and negotiating on a broad and diverse range of commercial contracts;
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• Supporting business teams with day-to-day legal queries pertinent to a luxury retail business and providing practical and business focused advice;
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• Advising on general compliance matters, including data protection and information security, health and safety and consumer matters, and acting as legal representative on associated internal committees;
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• Managing the online brand protection programme;
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• Managing ad hoc legal projects and participating in new store roll outs;
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• Advising, producing and implementing relevant policies and procedures to ensure compliance with legal risk and protecting business operations;
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• Creating legal templates and playbooks ensuring efficiency and consistency;
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• Leading the trial and procurement of legal tech and AI tools to streamline the delivery of legal services to the business
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• Assisting with corporate governance and company secretarial matters;
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• Supporting the business as it continues to expand internationally;
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• Horizon scanning and delivering legal updates and training to the business.
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If you think this is for you, please get in touch with Kate Bramwell of Marsden Group.

 HOW TO CONTACT US

Please APPLY and attach your CV and/or  contact  KATE BRAMWELL of the IN HOUSE team at Marsden Group for a confidential discussion about this role and any other in house roles.  For all contact details, see our profile page.

Marsden is an experienced global recruitment consultancy with a personal touch, extensive industry experience and an understanding of the significance of managing your career.

All applications will be reviewed and a consultant will be in touch if we can assist you. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.