Real Estate Senior Corporate Counsel - EMEA

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Corporate Counsel to join our Legal, Compliance and Risk Management team.

This role will provide expertise in Retail Real Estate and Commercial Law as well as other exciting subjects within the EMEA region!

Bring your legal experience and potential to help craft the future of the LEGO Group!

Core Responsibilities

As part of the Legal, Compliance and Risk Management department (LCR), you will provide legal services to the LEGO Group across the broader areas of Corporate and Commercial law, especially related to the LEGO Retail strategic projects, their real estate portfolio development, LEGO® branded venues and attractions in EMEA.

• You will be providing legal advice as well as performing contract work and promoting the LEGO Group compliance agenda.
• You will work directly with LEGO Retail and other business partners as well as internal colleagues. In some cases, you will serve as the main point of contact for a task towards business partners, and in others you will support colleagues within LCR or work as part of a team. You will be building strong and effective working relationships and networks with internal key internal collaborators within LCR and the business.

The core areas of focus will include:

• Legal Support to LEGO Retail Real Estate and Lease Portfolio Development and Contracting: Wide array of smaller and extensive strategic projects related to the physical footprint of the company in EMEA, and other LEGO Retail related transactional work. Advise and spar with the business in creation and implementation of location strategies.
• General Legal Advice: Provide comprehensive legal guidance on a range of issues as they arise to ensure the company’s activities are conducted within the bounds of applicable law.

Other areas covered in the team that might be relevant for this role from time to time: Commercial and Procurement Contracts within the Digital space and Consumer Digital, advice on compliance with consumer protection, advice on technology regulations such as AI and other topical digital matters.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The Senior Corporate Counsel position is part of the Legal, Compliance, and Risk Management department for “Digital, Ecommerce and Marketplaces” team that supports our LEGO Retail business, mainly in global online direct-to-consumer (D2C) operations, digital organisation, and online IP enforcement. This role focuses primarily but not exclusively on legal matters related to our LEGO® branded venues and attractions and the related real estate portfolio development. The role involves frequent collaboration with other legal colleagues and regional teams.

Success in this role requires a strong interest, curiosity and experience in the real estate laws, lease and other venue related transactions, preferably in multiple geographies within EMEA, and providing legal support to the business in these areas. Interest and experience in legal support to D2C sector, along with a keen curiosity about privacy, marketing, and consumer laws at EU level as well as an ability to think globally in terms of legal solutions applicable across markets are considered an advantage. The nature of operating attractions to consumers demands quick decision-making and rapid assessments, so agility is important. Strong partnering skills are also essential, as you will work directly with various business teams.

Do you have what it takes?

Legal law school degree (at Master level e.g. Cand. Jur, Cand. Merc. Jur, J.D., LL.M. or equivalent) combined with;

• Significant and broad experience with real estate laws and venue related contracting
• Corporate and commercial law, with experience within the area of retail, consumer, digital marketing and privacy laws, preferably from working in legal department in a global company or in private practice (5-8 years)
• Very experienced in drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts
• Highly collaborative, with a curious attitude and a “can do” approach
• Ability to understand and learn the core business ambitions and strategies to be able to provide relevant legal advice and services
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English. Other languages are a plus

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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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