Corporate Counsel

Job Description
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We are taking our sustainability agenda further in terms of safeguarding international human and labour rights as well as environmental topics from a legal point of view!

Join The IPR Entertainment Licensing & Merlin (IPRELM) team which is part of the global LEGO Group Legal Compliance & Risk Management team!

No relocation assistance is offered for this position.

Core Responsibilities
Provide general legal support for the ongoing efforts of the LEGO Group to align with and enforce sustainability legislation e.g. the Minimum Safeguards required under the EU Taxonomy Regulation and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

More specifically, provide legal support:

• to embed the LEGO Group’s dedication to respect human rights in policies, contracts and other documents and initiatives.
• for continuous human rights due diligence efforts, including work with human rights impact assessments, follow-ups and associated documentation.
• for reporting on human rights and sustainability.

• act as the go-to legal resource concerning human rights for the Responsible Sourcing and relevant business teams e.g. Procurement, Licensing and Extended Line.
• assist on other sustainability related legal tasks on an ad hoc basis.

Play your part in our team succeeding
The IPRELM team is advising on certain legal aspects of LEGO Group sustainability journey, and working closely with other key collaborators across the organization in this respect.

Do you have what it takes?
Law degree at Master level; Qualifying bar exam in any jurisdiction is not a requirement.

• 3-5 years of experience working with minimum safeguards alignment and related reporting, implementation into business context e.g. contracts in an international law firm and/or an international business enterprise;
• Deep knowledge of international human and labour rights as well as environmental topics;
• Strong collaborative and partner management skills.
• Good understanding of supply chain operations in a large international brand company.

What’s in it for you?
Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Your workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.
Then make it real.
Join the LEGO® team today.

• Location
  Billund, Denmark
• Job ID:
  0000015530
• Category
  Legal, Compliance & Audit