Legal Counsel

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Sony Europe Legal & Compliance team supporting our Sony Entertainment Technology & Services and Imaging Sensing & Solutions businesses. This is a fast-paced commercial environment with global reach which gives rise to a variety of interesting and challenging legal issues.

We're seeking a junior to mid-level corporate/commercial lawyer to join our Legal team to support several of the Senior Counsels advising the Sony Electronics business in its European operations across a broad range of legal issues, corporate transactions and contract negotiations. Working in a small but close-knit team, you will cover a wider range of tasks and have the opportunity to collaborate with the wider Legal & Compliance team, utilising your flexibility and ability to tackle new areas of responsibility and specialism as and when required.

Your skills should include interpersonal, analytical, organisation, influencing, good judgement, accountability, effective conflict resolution, and sensitivity to people issues. You will need flexibility and focus in meeting the changing needs of fast paced business, client focus, honesty, and integrity.

You will:

Work on a range of corporate transactions which may include mergers & acquisitions, strategic alliances, venture capital investments and corporate restructurings.

Draft, review, and negotiate a range of commercial contracts including product supply agreements, services agreements (with a focus on technology and software solutions), and advising on technology legislation, artificial intelligence and open source software/open data.

Provide commercially focused legal advice and recommendations to the business in different jurisdictions, ensuring that advice is conveyed clearly, understandable, and relevant to the business requirement.

Advise on commercial disputes, litigation and regulatory enquiries, working with external counsel where required.

Prepare and provide training on key legal topics impacting the business.
 

You will bring:

Qualification to practice law in England and Wales (consideration will be given to candidates with suitable experience who are qualified to practice in other European jurisdictions).

Proven post-qualification experience acquired in private practice (preferably) and/or in-house.

Experience working on corporate transactions, contract drafting, negotiating, and presentation skills.

Commercial approach to legal issues.

Proficient in English. Other language skills or experience of other legal jurisdictions would be useful.
 

Your new office

Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment with full accessibility. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack (useful if you’ve made the most of the Cycle-to-Work scheme), or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.
 

Take a look at our Weybridge office here:
 

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.
 

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing . We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe.

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.
 

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Disability Accommodation for applicants to Sony Europe.

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at om or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

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