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About the Role
Decathlon UK is seeking a dedicated Legal Counsel to join their Legal & Compliance team. This role involves supporting operational teams with legal matters, managing contracts and legal projects using legal tools, and ensuring operational security. You will collaborate closely with various business units to provide precise and proactive legal support.
Responsibilities
- Assess and manage legal risks and opportunities impacting Decathlon.
- Monitor and analyze legal developments, proposing necessary adjustments to company policies and practices.
- Propose solutions and recommendations to mitigate legal risks and leverage legal opportunities.
- Negotiate optimal conditions for Decathlon from a legal perspective for each project.
- Represent Decathlon's interests before courts and manage pre-litigation relations.
- Ensure and implement Decathlon's compliance in areas such as anti-corruption, data protection, and sustainability due diligence.
- Execute contract management (CLM), including negotiation, signing, and docketing, in accordance with group policy.
- Guide internal clients to align strategic decisions with United frameworks and Group policies.
- Educate operational staff to enhance their legal understanding and enable autonomy in basic legal tasks.
- Elevate best practices within the legal and compliance branch by sharing knowledge internally and internationally.
- Drive improvements within the legal and compliance branch, taking a leading role in collective projects.
- Mentor teammates, sharing mastered and transferable skills.
Requirements
- From 2 to 5 years of hands-on experience navigating UK and/or IE legislation and litigation.
- A business/commercial law degree is required.
- Basic knowledge of the EU GDPR and UK GDPR is welcomed.
- Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills, a commitment to delivering outstanding internal customer service, a solution-oriented attitude, and a collaborative mindset.
- A proven track record of handling sensitive, confidential data with absolute integrity.
- Comfortable navigating change and evolving processes in a dynamic environment.
- Curious by nature with a mindset focused on continuous learning.
Skills
- Digital and data literacy
- Contract management (CLM)
- Legal risk assessment
- Legal research and analysis
- Negotiation
- Compliance
- Data protection
- Sustainability due diligence
- Interpersonal skills
- Customer service
- Solution-oriented
- Collaboration
- Integrity
- Adaptability
- Continuous learning
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2-5 years
Education Level
- Business/commercial law degree
About the Company
- Decathlon UK is part of the DECATHLON Group, a global sports retailer with over 1,700 locations in 56 countries.
- Specializes in creating and distributing sports products through online and physical stores.
- Has over 40 stores in the UK.
- Mission is to be the spirited champion of sports and healthier living in the nation.
- Driving force is to bring people together through sports to make wellbeing accessible for all.