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Form of workDepartment: Legal
Reports to: Head of Legal
Location: London
Type: Full-TimePurpose of Position
Advising and safeguarding the Manolo Blahnik group on legal, risk and compliance issues with a key focus on Real Estate matters across our store and office locations globally. Acting as a commercial and strategic advisor to all divisions in the global business. Proactively managing capacity, workload and matters to meet deadlines. Working independently and supporting all members of the Legal department on a variety of projects and tasks to deliver department and company objectives.Key Responsibilities:
Supporting global expansion strategy across all new store and office openings.Managing end to end complex transactions and supporting internal stakeholders across all levels of the business.Review and negotiation of acquisition and lease agreements and associated professional appointments and ancillaries.Engaging, managing and coordinating external counsel dealing with invoices and approvals and tracking department spend and budget.Manging existing Real Estate portfolio including all renewals, assignments, variations and terminations.Dealing with Real Estate queries, training, advice, planning and compliance for the global business as required from time to time.Wider BusinessCommercial – maintaining template distribution terms and agreements, advising on consumer rights and retail queries and competition issues.Corporate – assisting with company incorporations, group restructuring and general commercial work.Digital, Systems and IT – reviewing and negotiating service provider and SaaS terms, assisting with data protection and information security advice.Communications and Marketing – drafting and negotiating event and location agreements, supplier agreements, licenses and photographer agreements.Internal Control – reviewing and revising policies and procedures and supporting on compliance issuesFinance – reviewing and advising on banking and tax documents and filings.Dispute Resolution - general contentious and dispute resolution support.Skills and Experience Required:
5-8 years PQE in-house or private practice.Real Estate experience essential with a strong desire to cover commercial and corporate work.UK Qualified or right to practice in England and Wales.Strong analytical skills along with accuracy and attention to detail.Commercial and pragmatic problem solving and solution focused.Ability to prioritise and ensure delivery of results to meet specific deadlines.Communication of legal advice to non-lawyers within the business.Proactively managing matters and deadlines, contributing to precedents and management of departmental workflow, preparation of contract summaries, correspondence and filings and general administration support.Our Commitment to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion:
Manolo Blahnik is an equal opportunity employer and are committed to preserving a caring, diverse and inclusive culture with people who feel a real sense of belonging. We recruit and reward based on capability and performance. Our diverse and multicultural teams ignite our creativity, and we celebrate the differences that we collectively bring. We are committed to equal employment and progression opportunities and the elimination of any form of discrimination. We all hold a responsibility to recognise and respect our diversity and to support this in our words and actions.If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.4 pairs of Ambassador Shoes per year.50% Friends and Family Discount.25 days holiday with an additional day off for your birthday, plus bank holidays.Option to buy an additional 5 days holiday.Hybrid working model (core hours 10-4:00pm).Pension Contribution.Private Medical Insurance.2 Executive Coaching Sessions per year.Enhanced Family Friendly Policy.Workplace Nursery – salary sacrifice based childcare scheme.
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