Legal Counsel Marketing Portugal

No Relocation Assistance Offered

Job Number #176457 - Madrid, Madrid, Community of, Spain

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values---Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous---we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

• Marketing Law Expertise:
  Act as the primary Marketing Lawyer for the Southern Europe Hub (Italy, Spain, Portugal), working closely with Hub Marketing and Digital teams to ensure all advertising and promotional activities are legally sound and brand-aligned.
• Spain & Portugal Legal:
  Ensure comprehensive legal compliance for Colgate Palmolive and Hill's Pet Nutrition operations in Spain and Portugal, supporting operational teams to maintain a highly competitive business environment.

• Advertising and Digital Compliance:
  Provide legal advice to Marketing teams on product innovation, campaigns, and advertising, including digital initiatives, and structuring and defending our marketing claims. Draft Ts&Cs for promotional activities and manage personal data processing compliance.
• Compliance:
  Work with Regulatory colleagues to ensure adherence to European and local regulations. Also ensure compliance with industry standards, local case law, product labeling rules, and recommendations from local authorities. (Knowledge of cosmetics regulations is an asset).
• Retail Marketing Support:
  Advise Retail Marketing teams in Italy and Iberia on the legal validation and implementation of promotions at the retailer level across all product categories
• Contract Support:
  Draft, negotiate, and finalize marketing-related agreements (e.g., MSAs, SOWs, Amendments, promotions, sponsor ships, creative services agreements, and releases), liaising with internal business partners on contractual issues.

• Commercial Law:
  Advise Customer Development teams in Iberia on implementing CP's commercial policy, negotiating commercial conditions and contracts with mass, e-commerce, and professional customers, drafting and negotiating distribution agreements (physical and online), and managing commercial disputes. Advise on competition law risks, review reseller and channel management frameworks, online platform restrictions and marketplace terms.
• Procurement:
  Provide legal support to the Indirect Procurement team for the review, drafting, and negotiation of supply, service, and cooperation contracts, and the execution of tender procedures.
• Digital, AI, & E-Commerce:
  Ensure legal compliance for Digital & E-Commerce initiatives, with a specific focus on European and local data privacy laws (GDPR). Provide guidance to ensure compliance with AI policies and facilitate use while managing risk.
• Compliance & Training:
  Proactively monitor relevant legal developments, and inform/train the organization on new compliance requirements. Design and deliver local compliance training (Code of Conduct, anti-bribery/anti-corruption, competition, data privacy, marketing/claims). Draft, implement, and update local compliance policies and procedures

• Entity Secretarial Duties:
  Manage entity secretarial duties, including maintaining statutory books and public deed/minutes archives. Responsibilities also include annual accounts process, audit coordination, board approvals, and filings, powers of attorney, and KYC.
• Corporate Compliance:
  Ensure compliance with corporate laws, including the preparation of shareholder resolutions, and adherence to the SOX process.

• Third-Party Risk:
  Execute third-party risk diligence, focusing on anti-bribery, corruption, and sanctions compliance. Advise on ethics, Code of Conduct, and conflicts of interest
• Internal Audit Support:
  Coordinate with ILCA, Corporate, and Pharmacovigilance teams to support internal audits and track corrective action plans.
• Third Party Management:
  Manage regulator visits, including preparing briefing packs and remediation plans for onsite…