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Commercial Legal Counsel

2 months ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom McDonalds UK (Corporate) Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a bright, enthusiastic, and well-organized lawyer to join our high-performing and friendly Legal team, specifically in the Commercial and Corporate Governance & Franchising Legal practice teams.

Key Responsibilities
  • Handling the full range of governance, company, and commercial matters in the UK & Ireland, including corporate governance matters, commercial contracts, IT / digital projects, data protection and privacy compliance, marketing & advertising approvals, franchising, Joint venture matters, and matters relating to employment, supply chain, and public health and competition.
  • Managing external counsel on corporate asset sale transactions involving franchisees.
  • Delivering directors' duties training and conflicts of interest training and monitoring changing corporate legislation and taking appropriate action.
  • Managing all McDonald's corporate governance reporting and global litigation reporting requirements, including supporting the preparation of McDonald's corporate governance framework internally and by external counsel.
  • Providing company law and other legal advice and support in relation to the marketing co-operative and managing all legal documentation for the annual general meeting.
  • Responsible for compliance initiatives, global reporting, and general compliance queries.
  • Working directly with the Global Compliance Director, including leading on provision of market support with third-party due diligence and with routing Business Integrity hotline queries.
  • Independently negotiating and preparing commercial agreements, including confidentiality agreements, data processing agreements, and services agreements, including in relation to marketing, digital, supply chain, and IT projects.
  • Independently advising internal clients on a wide variety of commercial issues, including data protection, intellectual property, and brand protection matters, franchise relations, employment matters, compliance, finance, tax, and competition law matters, and customer inquiries.
  • Working collaboratively with the Marketing team on advertising campaigns to ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Handling data protection matters, such as reviewing and responding to Data Subject Access Requests and advising on data protection compliance within new projects.
  • Proactively identifying legal trends and regulatory changes to enhance company policies and procedures across the range of business areas, develop communication and training programs, and ensure awareness and compliance across the business and dealing with policy queries.
  • Supporting the People team, particularly with updating existing people policies and implementing new policies; advising on escalated employee complaints; participating and contributing to cross-functional working teams on projects involving strategic business initiatives and risk management strategies.
Requirements
  • Knowledge and experience of a variety of company & governance matters, commercial contracts, and structures of corporate/commercial transactions (such as share and asset sales) would be preferred.
  • The team is looking for someone who is positive, self-motivated, enthusiastic, authentic, pragmatic, open-minded, and curious about learning and gaining experience in new legal and business areas.
  • The applicant will need to be an effective communicator, including having strong drafting skills and the ability to clearly and concisely explain concepts to non-legal stakeholders.
About Us

We are McDonald's UK (Corporate), a leading fast-food restaurant company with a strong presence in the UK and Ireland. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees, and suppliers gives us strength. We also recognize our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonald's or elsewhere.