Legal Counsel

7 days ago


Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom gategroup Full time

Job Summary

The Legal Counsel, Europe will provide substantive legal support across all legal matters and support all functions of the organization in the NWE Region, the Retail Center of Excellence, and the Food Services Business Line.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Business Support

  • Provide legal support to Regional Directors and Functional leaders, including HR, Commercial, Procurement, Finance, and Tax.
  • Identify risks and propose solutions to support the reduction of risks and avoidance of disruptions to the business.
  • Stay on top of key regulatory changes impacting the region/business and assist the business as required in implementing them.
  • Support HR in all employment claims and all labor matters.
  • Manage disputes, dispute resolutions, and litigations, and/or investigations.

Contracts

  • Draft, negotiate, and manage different types of contracts (with customers, suppliers, services providers, etc.).
  • Responsible for maintaining a contract database for NWE, Retail, and Food Services.

M&A

  • Manage M&A due diligence, support the preparation of transaction documents, and support integration.

Corporate Maintenance

  • Responsible for corporate records administration, including maintenance of NWE corporate calendar, drafting BoD minutes, and maintaining BoD/AGM minutes.
  • Support the development of policies and procedures that drive corporate governance.
  • Prepare and provide governance and compliance trainings.

General

  • Support, work collaboratively, and maintain close contact with Senior Counsel, NWE.
  • Generate matter briefings and reports for General Counsel, NWE.
  • Other duties as assigned by the General Counsel, NWE.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Law Degree.

Work Experience:

  • Substantial number of years' experience in a law firm (after being admitted to the Bar as an attorney at law) and/or as a legal counsel in a multi-national corporation.
  • Experience of working in a team within a fast-paced and high-performance cultured company of similar size.

Technical Skills:

  • License/Certification in at least one jurisdiction (Western Europe preferred).
  • Superior analytic and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong business and operational acumen and ability to effectively and pragmatically balance legal requirements against commercial and operational needs.
  • Outstanding attention to detail.
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize, and deliver under pressure.
  • Excellent time management skills required.
  • Spearheads legal projects and manages them through to conclusion.
  • Strong technical legal and business pragmatic writing skills.
  • Effective negotiation skills.
  • Must be able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers.

Language/Communication Skills:

  • Fluency in English required; knowledge of at least one other European language preferred.

About us

gategroup is the global leader in airline catering, retail-on-board, and hospitality products and services. gategroup provides passengers with superior culinary and retail experiences, leveraging innovation and advanced technology solutions. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, gategroup delivers operational excellence through the most extensive catering network in the aviation industry, serving passengers from over 200 operating units in over 60 countries/territories across all continents.

Other information:

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK, Ireland, or Switzerland and ideally currently reside in one of these countries. Undertake a CRC (Criminal Record Check) and provide 5 years of checkable referencing history. For anytime spent outside the UK exceeding 6 months, you must be able to provide a CRC (Criminal Record Check) for that country. If you share our values of excellence, passion, respect, and responsibility, don't miss out on this opportunity to join our team.


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