Legal Counsel

Company Description

Publicis Groupe is one of the largest advertising agency holding companies in the world, as well as a global leader in the fields of marketing, communications, and digital transformation. Driven by data, cutting‑edge technology, and creativity, our solutions enable brands to provide customers with tailored experiences on a large scale. We utilise the Power of One operating model to integrate and develop competencies that will create increasing business value for existing and future clients.

We are present in more than 100 countries and employ in excess of 90,000 professionals. In the UK, Publicis Groupe includes world‑renowned agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Publicis Sapient, Zenith, Starcom, Publicis Health, and Epsilon amongst others.

Publicis Re:

Sources is the backbone of Publicis Groupe. We are Publicis Groupe's Shared Services Platform. Formed in 1998, Publicis Re:

Sources was created to streamline centralised functions of Publicis Groupe agencies. We have now grown to 5,000+ professionals operating 40 shared service centres (SSCs) and servicing a network of prestigious agencies across the globe supporting 63 markets. We provide technology solutions and business services including finance, accounting, information technology, global security, legal, payroll and benefits, procurement, tax, real estate, treasury and risk management to help Publicis Groupe agencies do what they do best: create and innovate for their clients.

An opportunity has arisen for a Legal Counsel to join the Commercial Legal team at Publicis Re:

Sources on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract (maternity cover). The role involves providing support to the Publicis Groupe agencies to ensure legal and regulatory compliance and to manage key legal risks.

This role will be based in our London office.
Please only apply if you have the right to work in UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advise the Publicis Groupe’s UK creative, production, influence and media agencies on all commercial legal aspects of their business, including conducting legal clearance, advising on advertising compliance issues and negotiating marketing services contracts;
• Draft, revise and negotiate services agreements and other commercial contracts with clients and vendors (such as master service agreements, statements of work, event agreements, licences and rights assignments);
• Coordinate, manage and draft legal response to new clients’ pitch proposals and RFPs;
• Assist the agencies in negotiating key talent agreements, production agreements, music licences and advising on rights clearance matters;
• Advise on contract and regulatory compliance matters, including data privacy, advertising clearance and compliance, IP matters and software licensing;
• Support the agencies in relation to disputes and litigation resolution, providing internal reports and managing outside counsel where used;
• Support in the coordination and management of multi‑market agreements, including client master service agreements and call‑off agreements;
• Keep up to date and ensure awareness of current issues affecting the creative, production and media industries and their implications on client contract negotiations and agency service offerings, including around AI;
• Support in developing legal precedents, best practices and processes, to include partnering with the agencies to maintain business/legal engagement models;
• Flexibility and willingness to take on work from other business areas of Publicis Groupe to ensure that members of the Legal team can manage the overall workload efficiently and that they have an understanding of the business as a whole;
• Assist in training agencies as well as members of the legal team on commercial legal considerations in the creative and production agency space and related approaches;
• Actively develop and maintain strong working relationships with the business teams and foster a culture of excellent client service within Publicis Re:
  
  Sources, the agencies and across Publicis Groupe as a whole;
• Partner with colleagues to ensure a consistent approach and standards across the lawyers supporting the UK agencies;
• Work…