Overview

Legal Counsel – Global Travel Retail (6 months' FTC). Location: Chiswick, London. Hybrid working arrangement, attendance required of 10 days per month.

Your new team

This position sits in our Global Travel Retail (GTR) business, reporting to the GTR Legal Director. The GTR Legal Director reports to the Global Markets Legal Director and to the GTR managing director.

Your unique contribution

You will have the following areas of responsibility:

• Legal support for the 2 business units: Europe and America, and collaboration with the marketing, commercial, supply chain, procurement, IT, HR and finance teams in those units. Typical work includes contract negotiation, advice on alcohol rules for certain markets, training, compliance, dispute resolution, corporate matters, jurisdiction research and general commercial legal advice.
• Legal approval of marketing materials such as images (VAPs, billboards), videos, media content, and competitions.
• Advising on competition issues.
• Advising on digital campaigns involving processing of consumer personal data to ensure compliance with data protection legislation.
• Maintaining databases of laws governing the sale and advertising of alcohol and other applicable laws affecting the business.
• Implementing the data protection programme, identifying gaps and applying remedies.
• Managing day-to-day corporate matters such as board minutes, powers of attorney, document signatures and corporate governance.
• Providing legal training for GTR employees (e.g., Code of Business Conduct, competition law, data protection).
• Supporting compliance programme implementation.
• Assisting the GTR Legal Director with coordination and implementation of global projects, including creating PowerPoint presentations for senior management, drafting legal advice notes tailored to business stakeholders, drafting corporate authorisations, and handling other day-to-day legal matters.
• Supporting the launch of IT tools developed by the legal department and using the Group’s technology software to manage legal risk across the global business.
• Liaising with external lawyers on all legal assignments and collaborating with internal lawyers across the Group globally.
• Performing routine administrative legal tasks.

Who you’ll be working with

Internally, you’ll work with the GTR Legal Director and broader legal teams across the Group, including teams in London and the wider global markets. Externally, you will interact with customers, marketing agencies, content producers, external law firms and other suppliers.

Your blend of talent

This position could be right for you if you have:

• 0-3 years’ post qualifying experience in private practice or in-house with experience of commercial contracts, corporate, IP/IT, data protection, TMT, projects, or litigation.
• Experience in dealing with and understanding foreign laws, in particular the US rules on alcohol.
• Experience in dealing with complexity.
• Confidence, general knowledge and curiosity to advise in multiple practice areas across varied areas of the business.
• Experience in operating in a fast-paced environment, turning round drafting and reviewing of commercial contracts and requests for marketing and advertising advice in good time.
• Experience and understanding of consumer-focused business, especially in FMCG or alcohol markets or for a luxury brand company.
• Ability to make decisions and work independently, with support from the GTR Legal Director and the wider UK legal team as needed.
• Excellent commercial awareness and understanding of the needs of the business.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate with different teams worldwide and instruct external counsel.
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail and follow-up.
• Flexible, pro-active and collaborative approach; ability to adapt quickly to different challenges and prioritise multiple demands.

Our mix of benefits

For your health, we offer private medical insurance and critical illness cover. Our lifestyle benefits include a generous employee pension, share incentive plan and more. You can access gifts & discounts, including an annual credit to spend on our brands in our staff shop. We also foster conviviality with weekly events in the office bar, regular sports classes and wellbeing resources.

Diversity and inclusion

We are committed to diversity and inclusion. We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain, fostering a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. Please feel free to leave gender, age, ethnicity or educational background information off your CV if you wish. If you need accommodations or support to complete the application process, please let us know.

Job Posting End Date: 2025-10-13

Target Hire Date: 2025-12-01

Target End Date: 2026-07-31