General Counsel, L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty (LDB)
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Join our Legal Team as General Counsel, L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty (LDB) and be part of our work to unlock value and drive transformation.
Here’s how you will have a role to play in this team:
About L'Oréal & the LDB Division
L'Oréal is the world's leading beauty company, present in over 150 countries. For more than a century, L'Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence to one single business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, and responsibility — to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.
One of its divisions, the L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty Division (“LDB”) operates at the intersection of beauty and science, encompassing cosmetics but also other categories of products such as medical aesthetics, medical devices and nutritional supplements. As the Division continues to grow and evolve, its legal function plays a pivotal role in enabling business ambitions while ensuring the highest standards of compliance, governance, and ethical conduct.
General Counsel LDB
As the General Counsel of the LDB Division, you are the Division's single point of entry for all legal matters. You will be combining broad cross-functional legal expertise with deep knowledge of the Division's specific business environment. You are not an additional approval layer. You are a bridge-builder, a trusted advisor, and a business enabler.
This is a senior, high-impact role reporting directly to the Group's General Counsel. You will work in close partnership with the LDB Division's Executive Committee and relay major strategic issues between the Division and the Group Legal Department — across Zones, expertise clusters, and countries.
Mission
The Division General Counsel contributes to the creation and protection of L'Oréal's assets by advising and supporting the LDB Division and its Executive Committee across all areas of law. The role is structured around three core pillars:
- Coordinating all legal aspects encountered by the Division
- Serve as the Division's single point of entry for “all things legal”;
- Act as a bridge between the existing Legal Department experts and the Division, facilitating efficient and effective legal support;
- Coordinate legal compliance across all Zones and Countries, particularly on cross-functional or cross-territorial topics; and
- Identify, share, and scale best practices from HQ, Zones, and Countries to benefit the entire Legal Community.
- Business proximity: first level of legal support
- Be the accessible, visible, and reliable "go-to" legal partner for all matters across the Division having legal eyes and ears at every level;
- Apply Legal by Design principles: ensure that every project, initiative, and strategic decision within the Division includes a legal checkpoint from the outset;
- Support the Business to unlock value while managing legal risk effectively;
- Manage contract management for Licensed Brands applicable to the Division;
- Ensure full Legal Compliance as to all applicable laws and regulation, ensure the implement and oversee compliance programs aligned with both internal policies and external regulatory requirements;
- Lead Global Risk Assessment and Management for the Division.
- Support the Division in the development of product and sustainability claims, leveraging sector expertise in cosmetics, medical aesthetics, and nutritional supplements.
- Raising awareness & proactive legal education
- Design and deliver proactive educational programs to ensure the Division complies with evolving laws and regulations and remains legally secure.
- Implement and oversee compliance programs through training and awareness initiatives tailored to the Division's specific regulatory context.
- Relay major strategic legal issues between the Division and the Group Legal Department, and vice versa.
Required Profile & Qualifications
Education
- Master 2 or equivalent LLM or JD
Experience
- Minimum 12 years of in-house legal experience, with a demonstrated track record of handling complex, multi-jurisdictional legal matters in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working within an affiliate (country/zone legal team), not solely at headquarters level is sought after to ensure an understanding of the operational realities faced by local legal teams and business units.
- Significant exposure to one or more of the following sectors:
- Cosmetics (regulatory, claims, IP, advertising)
- Medical aesthetics (devices, clinical claims, regulatory frameworks such as MDR/EU, FDA)
- Nutritional supplements (food law, health claims regulation, EFSA/FDA frameworks)
- Pharmaceutical industry (as an equivalent or adjacent background)
Skills & Competencies
- Bilingual (fluency in both written and spoken English and French is required; additional languages are a strong asset given the global scope of the role).
- Excellent legal judgment and the ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, actionable business guidance.
- Strong cross-functional leadership and the ability to influence without authority across geographies and business functions.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities and operate effectively in a matrix organization.
- High level of integrity, discretion, and genuine commitment to an ethical and trust-based legal culture.
- Entrepreneurial mindset — comfortable building and shaping a role within an evolving organizational structure.
- Strong communication, training, and stakeholder management skills.
Here's what sets us apart — and what you can expect from the journey with us.
- #CommunityImpact - We are business enablers empowering the organization using cutting-edge tools that unlock value and efficiency. We embrace all the challenges and opportunities presented by data, AI, global contracts and new regulations.
- #Growth – We have a thriving culture of learning. Connected daily with top management and business teams, we gain insights into the group. Personalized training ensures everyone builds the skills for the future.
- #Diversity – at L’Oréal, our teams are diverse as the billions of consumers we create for, we embrace difference of origins, cultures, life experiences and beliefs. We commit to fostering an inclusive environment where we celebrate differences.
- #Entrepreneurship – “Run it as your own business” is our mantra. We push boundaries as co-pilots, trusted business partners and drivers of transformation, thanks to our 360° view of L’Oréal’s global operations.
- #Purpose – As champions of sustainable finance and compliant business practices, we equip the Group to make informed choices that deliver measurably positive financial, environmental and social impacts.