Associate General Counsel

A newly created, standalone international consumer business is seeking a Global Associate General Counsel – Employment and Labor to join its legal team at a pivotal stage in its evolution.

Formed through the spin-out of a major global FMCG group’s Family Care division, the business manages a portfolio of market-leading hygiene and tissue brands alongside professional product lines serving hospitality, commercial, and healthcare environments worldwide.

Backed by a major international joint venture and launching as an independent entity, the organisation is undergoing significant transformation, creating a rare opportunity to build and shape core legal capabilities from the ground up.

About the opportunity:

· Provide strategic employment and labor legal support and guidance to the organisation.

· oversee and advise on investigations and provide global leadership and support on employment and labor matters including global projects.

· Lead a global employment and labor employment to drive best practices across the entire global legal organisation.

· The candidate must bring a proactive, business and solution-oriented mindset to legal matters and a proven ability to work collaboratively across the organisation.

About you:

· The successful candidate will have a minimum of 8 PQE, having trained in a top UK law firm or in-house at a leading multi-national.

· Substantial experience in a broad range of employment and labor legal matters

· Comfortable working in a global environment on projects involving professionals from around the world

· Ability to direct and manage activities of, and relationships with, outside counsel

· Vision and experience in strategic initiatives beyond tactical implementation

· Ability to balance legal and business needs, assessing appropriate risk to make tough decisions.

· Ability to demonstrate sound and independent judgment, prudence, and maturity; ability to act independently and work collaboratively across to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.

· Ideally you would have experience of working in a fast-paced in-house environment. This role would suit someone who is commercially astute, pragmatic and who thrives in a collegiate and supportive environment.

To explore this exciting opportunity further, please apply.

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