Corporate Counsel

Job Description

Are you passionate about providing legal advice to indoor LEGO® play attractions?

Join the Legal, Compliance and Risk team and play an important role in protecting the LEGO® brand and products for builders of the future!

As part of the Legal, Compliance and Risk Management department (LCR), you will provide legal services to the LEGO Group across areas of Corporate and Commercial law, in particular related to the LEGO branded venues and attractions operated by the LEGO Group in the US and Canada.

• You will be providing legal advice as well as performing contract work and promoting the LEGO Group’s compliance agenda.
• You will work directly with business partners as well as internal colleagues within LCR. In some cases, you will serve as the main point of contact on matters for business partners, and in others you will support colleagues within LCR. Hence, you will be building strong and effective working relationships and networks with key internal partners within LCR and the business.

• Consumer Protection: Advise on compliance with regulations and procedures to ensure the highest standards of consumer safety and protection are maintained.
• Day-to-day legal support to the attractions: Support legal matters related to the operation of the LEGO branded venues and attractions operated by the LEGO Group in the US and Canada, ensuring all activities meet applicable legal requirements.
• Marketing Laws: Counsel on compliance with marketing regulations, including advertising, promotions, and communication strategies, with an emphasis on lawful engagement practices.
• Privacy Laws: Advise on data privacy matters to safeguard customer information and company operations.
• Commercial and Procurement Contracts: Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial and procurement agreements.
• General Legal Advice: Provide comprehensive legal guidance on a range of issues as they arise to ensure the company’s activities are conducted according to applicable laws.

The Corporate Counsel position is part of the Americas Legal, Compliance, and Risk management team, which is the regional legal team covering all of North and South America, with lawyers in various locations, including Boston, Mexico City, Monterrey and Richmond, in a variety of legal positions.

This role focuses specifically on legal matters related to our global portfolio of LEGO® branded venues and attractions operated by the LEGO Group and involves frequent collaboration with other legal colleagues and business teams. The nature of providing legal support to the operation of attractions such as the LEGO branded venues and attractions demands quick decision-making and rapid assessments, so agility is important. Strong partnering skills are also essential, as you will work directly with various business teams.

The position reports the Senior Legal Director, Legal Americas, who oversees all legal support for commercial matters in the America’s market group.

• Law School Degree (J.D., LL.M.)
• Admission to bar of an appropriate jurisdiction
• Proven legal experience from an in-house role at a global company or mid-level private practice position
• Significant and broad experience with commercial and corporate law matters, including but not limited to contracts, marketing, regulatory, intellectual property, antitrust/competition law, data privacy and compliance matters
• Experience negotiating a broad range of contracts including commercial and supply agreements.
• Great written and verbal communicator with strong legal drafting skills
• Highly collaborative, with a curious mentality and a “can do” approach
• Ability to understand and learn the core business ambitions and strategies to be able to provide relevant legal advice and services
• Strategically-and commercially-minded with a true partnering approach
• Successful at embedding new processes into existing ways of working

Compensation

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here are some of what to expect:

Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme

Your workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.
 
The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”
                                                                                                                                             
The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

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