Legal Counsel Corporate, Commercial and Compliance

Legal Counsel - Corporate Commercial and Compliance

Head of Legal PRUK and UK Corporate and Compliance

Legal Chivas Brothers

Glasgow Blythswood Square

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard a leading company in the global spirits industry. We own 16 of the world's top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries including The Glenlivet Ballantines Chivas Regal Royal Salute Aberlour Scapa Absolut Kahlua Malibu Perrier Jouet Mumm Martell Olmeca Altos and many others.

Chivas Brothers is focused on the manufacturing development and growth of Scotch whisky brands globally.

In the UK Pernod Ricard is made up of 4 businesses :

• Chivas Brothers the largest brand company in the Group responsible for the production and management of our award‑winning Scotch whisky portfolio.
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail the global HQ and EMEA home of the groups duty free air travel and cruises business.
• Pernod Ricard UK focused on the UK market it sells and distributes all Pernod Ricard products from whisk(e) y rum cognac tequila to gin vodka and champagne.
• The Absolut Group the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London.

We are an organisation of 2000 employees in the UK with offices in London and Glasgow and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to Speyside.

This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business reporting to the Head of Legal and UK Corporate and Compliance.

• Preparation and overseeing of corporate documentation in relation to intragroup transactions including restructures dividend transactions intragroup asset transfers and share sales intragroup loan reorganisations in accordance with project plans;
• Organising and running from a legal perspective internal corporate transactions;
• Organising and documenting board meetings;
• Attending to all corporate secretarial matters with support of the groups company secretarial service;
• Working on and ensuring principles of corporate governance are supported;
• Supporting delivering and working on materials training advice and implementation in relation to compliance programmes including Anti‑Bribery Modern Slavery Data Protection laws Competition laws supplier due diligence conflicts of interest gifts & hospitality whistleblowing and the Pernod Ricard Code of Conduct;
• Maintaining Chivas Brothers data protection programme with ongoing review and identification of possible compliance gaps and implementing remedial action;
• General contract and commercial work on an ad hoc basis including some intellectual property work and matters relating to customs and trade;
• Providing commercially focussed legal advice and support to internal clients and stakeholders across a range of functions including tax finance production customer service and HR;
• Managing and producing relevant legal documentation for the exportation of our products including apostilling and notarising;
• Working on litigation and disputes as and when the need arises.

Internally you will work with the Head of Legal the wider legal team and with tax finance customer service and other departments in serving the needs of the Chivas Brothers business across corporate commercial and compliance matters. You will also work with the global legal teams on global initiatives as they relate to Chivas Brothers.

Externally you will be in contact with suppliers customers and professional advisory firms and other relevant and suppliers.

• 2 years post qualifying experience in private practice or in‑house with experience of corporate corporate finance commercial contracts IP / IT projects or litigation.
• The confidence general knowledge and curiosity to advise in multiple practice areas across varied areas of the business.
• Experience of operating in a fast‑paced environment turning round the drafting and reviewing of commercial documents in good time and the ability to take ownership and prioritise…