Senior Legal Counsel

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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
Senior level
Beauty • Digital Media
The Role
The Senior Legal Counsel will support the growth of the business by negotiating and drafting various commercial agreements, advising on intellectual property arrangements, website-related activities, and data privacy matters. They will work with a team consisting of legal professionals across different practice areas.
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About THG 

We’re a fast-moving, global technology group that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers. We’re home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all of which are powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity.  

We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realise our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry.

Location: Icon 1, WA15 0AF

About Central Functions

Central Functions is formed of the teams and people that serve the entire business. These people are integral to the smooth running of the business; ensuring everyone is paid on time, that materials are sourced and arrive promptly, that we meet our legal obligations and that our health, safety, and security is safeguarded.

About the Legal Team and the Role

This role will be to support the continued growth of the business, reporting into the Deputy General Counsel.  The THG Legal Team currently comprises 18 individuals across the different practice areas (including corporate, co-sec, property, tech and general commercial).  This role would sit within the general commercial team.

Responsibilites:

  • Negotiating, drafting and advising upon a variety of commercial agreements, including supplier and customer contracts, distribution agreements, standard T&Cs of purchase etc;
  • Negotiating, drafting and advising upon intellectual property arrangements, including licence in and out of IPR;
  • Advising upon website related activity (including website T&Cs, privacy policy etc);
  • Advising upon data privacy related matters (prior privacy experience not essential);

Requirements:

  • Law degree
  • 4-8 years’ PQE in a reputed law firm or the legal industry
  • Holding a valid practising certificate
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Benefits

Career Development

  • Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
  • Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.

Enhanced Leave

  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
  • Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us!
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
  • Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
  • Buy back up to 3 days each year.
  • Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.

Wellbeing Support

  • Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
  • Access our in-house CBT therapist.
  • Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
  • State-of-the-art on-site gym.
  • Access to our on-site physio.

Other Perks

  • Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
  • Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
  • Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
  • On-site staff shop.
  • Access to on-site barber.
  • Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
  • Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.

The Company
Lexington, KY
4,453 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2004

What We Do

THG (www.thg.com) is a vertically integrated, digital-first consumer brands group, retailing its own brands predominantly in beauty and nutrition, plus third-party brands, via its proprietary, end-to-end, e-commerce technology, infrastructure and brand-building platform (THG Ingenuity) to an online and global customer base.

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