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    Juridisch, rechtskundig adviseur - London, United Kingdom - McDonald's Corporation

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    McDonald's is the largest family restaurant in the world, serving approximately 69 million customers across 36,000 restaurants a day: in more than 100 countries.

    It has operated in UK since 1974 and the business is growing continuously with more than 1,400 restaurants and over 154,000 employees.

    McDonald's UK & Ireland has a proven track record of investing in the development of its employees and offering flexibility as part of its dedication to being a modern and progressive company.

    Every year, it invests over £40 million in developing people, giving every one of its employees the opportunity to take part in structured training.

    McDonald's buys ingredients from over 17,500 British and Irish farmers and spends over £1.1billion annually on its food and packaging requirements.

    McDonald's is a market leader in its field, striving for the highest standard of quality, speed and restaurant experience. Re-generation of our restaurant infrastructure, covering digital ordering, re-imaging and dual-point service make working at McDonald's more exciting than ever
    We're a people business just as much as we are a restaurant business.

    We strive to be the most inclusive brand in the world by building diverse teams who create delicious, feel-good moments that are easy for everyone to enjoy.

    Joining McDonald's means thinking big every day and preparing for a career that can have impact around the world.
    Company Vision and Culture

    Our Global vision is to build a better McDonald's and, in the UK, and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.

    McDonald's is defined by its culture.

    They influence the decisions we make, how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.


    Serve:
    We put our customers and our people first

    Inclusion:
    We open our doors to everyone

    Community:
    We are good neighbours

    We are seeking a bright, enthusiastic and well-organised lawyer to join a high performing and friendly Legal team, specifically in the Commercial and Corporate Governance & Franchising Legal practice teams, handling the full range of governance, company and commercial matters in the UK & Ireland including corporate governance matters, commercial contracts, IT / digital projects, data protection and privacy compliance, marketing & advertising approvals, franchising, Joint venture matters and matters relating to employment, supply chain and public health and competition.

    Managing external counsel on corporate asset sale transactions involving franchisees


    Corporate/Compliance:
    drafting a variety of resolutions including in relation to annual accounts, distributions, board appointments; Delivering directors' duties training and conflicts of interest training and monitoring changing corporate legislation and taking appropriate action
    Managing all McDonald's corporate governance reporting and global litigation reporting requirements including: supporting the preparation of McDonald's corporate governance framework internally and by external counsel; Providing company law and other legal advice and support in relation to the marketing co-operative and managing all legal documentation for the annual general meeting
    Responsible for compliance initiatives, global reporting and general compliance queries
    Working directly with the Global Compliance Director including leading on provision of market support with third party due diligence and with routing Business Integrity hotline queries


    Commercial:
    Independently negotiating and preparing commercial agreements including confidentiality agreements, data processing agreements and services agreements including in relation to marketing, digital, supply chain and IT projects

    Independently advising internal clients on a wide variety of commercial issues including data protection, intellectual property and brand protection matters, franchise relations, employment matters, compliance, finance, tax and competition law matters, and customer inquiries.

    This will involve working strategically and collaboratively with legal and business colleagues to manage commercial transactions, identifying risks and providing solutions-driven, commercial advice
    Working collaboratively with the Marketing team on advertising campaigns to ensure regulatory compliance
    Handling data protection matters such as reviewing and responding to Data Subject Access Requests and advising on data protection compliance within new projects
    Proactively identifying legal trends and regulatory changes to enhance company policies and procedures across the range of business areas, develop communication and training programmes and ensure awareness and compliance across the business and dealing with policy queries
    Supporting the People team in particular with updating existing people policies and implementing new policies; advising on escalated employee complaints; Participate and contribute to cross-functional working teams on projects involving strategic business initiatives and risk management strategies

    The Legal Counsel position will serve as a member of the Legal Team supporting all departments across the McDonald's UK & Ireland business, including Franchising, Marketing, IT/Digital, Customer Services, Finance and Supply Chain.

    They should also have excellent academic credentials,having trained in a top tier law firm or a reputable in-house legal team in relevant areas of law.

    Knowledge and experience of a variety of company & governance matters, commercial contracts and structures of corporate/commercial transactions (such as share and asset sales) would be preferred.

    The team is looking for someone who is positive, self-motivated, enthusiastic, authentic, pragmatic, open-minded and curious about learning and gaining experience in new legal and business areas; someone who will enjoy working in a high performance team and with business stakeholders to help find solutions

    The applicant will need to be: an effective communicator including having strong drafting skills and the ability to clearly and concisely explain concepts to non-legal stakeholders; We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers.

    Wehave a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees and suppliers gives us strength.

    These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.

    We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities , helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonald's or elsewhere.

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