Senior Legal Counsel supporting UK and Ireland business in Asahi's Legal Team. Based in Woking office; focused on commercial teams across Marketing, Sales, and Procurement.
Responsibilities
Provide clear, business-focused legal advice to key commercial teams, particularly Marketing, Sales and Procurement, acting as a trusted partner to help them achieve their goals while managing legal and regulatory risks
Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of contracts, including customer trading agreements, service agreements, and high-profile partnership agreements with football clubs, athletes, entertainment venues, and music festivals
Advise on strategic company initiatives such as major projects, transactions, integrations, sustainability schemes, sponsorships, product launches and national brand led marketing campaigns
Identify and advise on significant legal risks relating to trading, reputation, financial and regulatory exposure
Implement and maintain compliance programmes (e.g. competition, anti-bribery, data protection, whistleblowing, modern slavery), ensuring alignment with legal requirements and internal policies
Monitor and interpret legal and regulatory developments, keeping the business informed of key changes and obligations
Advise on intellectual property and advertising standards compliance in the UK and Ireland
Manage corporate governance for UK entities, including statutory records, filings, board meetings and stakeholder coordination
Contribute to group legal projects, create templates and best practices, and promote legal awareness through training and enablement tools to support self-service
Lead on the UK’s data protection programme, including high-risk processing, breach management, third-party risk, consent, DPIAs, data subject requests and cookie policy compliance
Requirements
Qualified lawyer in a UK jurisdiction with at least 4 years' post-qualification experience
In-house or FMCG sector experience is an advantage
Fluent in English
Strong interpersonal skills and a genuine interest in learning and growing within the business and industry
Highly organised, able to prioritise and work independently
Able to work from the Woking office at least three days per week
Benefits
Annual bonus
Beer Allowance
Subsidised on-site Cafe
Industry-leading pension contribution
Private Healthcare
Life Assurance
Private Dental insurance
25 days holiday with option to purchase 5 extra days
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