FUNCTION: Legal & External Affairs

LOCATION: London, UK

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Permanent

As a Global Legal Counsel & together with the Senior Global Counsel, you will partner with Marketing and align cross-functionally to provide proactive legal and regulatory counselling specific to the global development of the relevant Category and to be a global point of contact to support local deployment. As well, you will work in close collaboration with our External Affairs colleagues & Scientific R&D Counsels to achieve and maintain a strong solid understanding of regulatory developments and issues arising in the context of the sale and marketing of BAT’s products.

Reports to: Senior Global Counsel, Vapour

Number of Direct Reports: 0-1 (dependant on contractor/trainee utilisation)

Geographical scope: Global

Travel: limited travel, as required

WHAT YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR

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  Support the Senior Global Counsel to provide legal and regulatory advice relevant to the Marketing function’s strategic direction, development of the portfolio and brand and marketing communications, including:

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  Identify legal risk and potential mitigations in proposed and operational Marketing activities including liaising with our specialist counsel for intellectual property, data protection, consumer protection, competition and compliance risks
• Identify legal priorities and compliance procedures for the business to ensure an internal environment in which the business understands and meets its legal obligations.
• Connect with different internal teams to ensure specialist input is provided as required.
• Draft contracts to support marketing related activities in accordance with applicable company policies and procedures.

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  Develop, organise and support training for the Marketing & LEX teams on key legal and regulatory issues of relevance.
• Carry out reviews of Advertising and Consumer Protection Laws in key markets to understand obligations pertaining to the marketing and sale of BAT’s products.
• Support and counsel Marketing and other legal and external affairs colleagues in identifying and mitigating future regulatory risks
• Review regulatory approaches in other sectors, identifying synergies and potential trends that may apply to BAT.
• Analyse regulatory proposals and legislation, identifying operational impacts on the sale and marketing of BAT’s products.
• Supervise, train and educate any direct reports while also managing their performance & development reviews
• Support on departmental projects and initiatives.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

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  Qualified lawyer (with 8+ PQE years or equivalent) with experience in commercial and regulatory law.
• In-house experience (via secondment or previous placement), and knowledge of product and consumer regulations.
• Understanding of legal and regulatory issues relating to industry opportunities, threats as well as compliance requirements.
• Awareness of legal issues relating to data privacy, competition and IP to enable potential issues to be identified at an early stage of an initiative, and an understanding of legal duty of care issues in the context of product liability.
• Experience of advising on marketing activities for consumer goods to business partners
• Work across a variety of issues demonstrating prioritisation, pragmatic solution-orientated advice and sound commercial judgement.
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and work collaboratively across functions, encouraging trust and confidence.
• Ability to explain and interpret legal issues being mindful of the audience.
• High degree of self-motivation and self reliance

BENEFICIAL

• Experience in FMCG, heavily regulated industries, technology, digital marketing environment and/or retail is a plus