Legal Counsel - Commercial/Tech (Hiring Immediately)

About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty

Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.

Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.

Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the bran­d is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.

Requirements

As Legal Counsel for Charlotte Tilbury Beauty you will report directly to a Senior Legal Counsel. You will provide legal support to the global (excluding China) direct and indirect procurement teams and digital and technology teams encompassing product, engineering, data science and transformational outsourcing, delivering to the business the very highest standards of legal advice and regulatory compliance whilst supporting the business with its international growth.

You will support the business negotiating and drafting a wide range of commercial contracts relating to direct and indirect procurement activities, including supply chain, professional services, logistics, facilities, store design, outsourcing, licensing, hosting, software development and other third-party engagements. You will also be responsible for advising on AI scoping, implementation and guardrails.

As required, you will assist other areas of the business and legal team on a broad range of legal matters, including distribution and marketing and advertising.

You will also support the legal team to develop and enhance effective working processes with the business to ensure that the business’ objectives are achieved within appropriate timescales and with the relevant stakeholder approval.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assisting with legal affairs relating to the global end to end operations of the business (excluding employment) and in particular direct and indirect procurement and digital and technology (including AI), with supervision from Senior Legal Counsel
• Supporting the business with day-to-day legal queries, identifying legal risks and providing commercially sound advice
• Assisting with the development and implementation of legal procedures and policies to ensure the business’ compliance with applicable laws
• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing contracts, legal documents and other regulatory or contractual requirements
• Supporting the business with legal proceedings, working with outside counsel when required
• Preparing and conducting legal training for staff

KEY ATTRIBUTES/SKILLS

Communication and Stakeholder Management

• Accurate, clear and concise communication (written and oral) of legal and non-legal information, explaining consequences of decisions in a simple and accessible way
• Knows the importance of good working relationships (internal and external); communicates effectively with stakeholders and builds trust and rapport.
• Effectively listens and understands others, adapts communication style and able to present to different audiences
• Understands the art of persuasion and influencing and takes steps to acquire and demonstrate appropriate skills
• Organises and co-ordinates workload and priorities to provide timely and effective support
• Shows flexibility and overcomes difficulties to achieve results within targets and timescales

Professional Excellence and Business Acumen

• Qualified legal professional, who exercises skill, capability and knowledge
• Effectively uses research and available resources to develop legal expertise and applies knowledge and skills relevant to role
• Demonstrates structured analysis and interpretation of legal and non-legal information
• Demonstrates knowledge of general commercial issues; takes these into account when negotiating contracts and giving legal advice
• Drafts with precision and negotiates]]>