As a member of the zone Europe Legal team reporting to one of the Deputy General Counsels, you will have a role to play in: 

• Assisting and contributing proactively to the implementation of Zone Europe's Legal strategy and roadmap. 
• Advising and supporting the Zone operational and functional teams and countries' legal teams by providing legal guidance on a broad variety of topics (distribution and commercial strategy, RGM, data and analytics, advertising and consumer laws, corporate matters, and real estate) to ensure a uniform and consistent implementation of Group and Zone strategies.
• Conducting legal assessment and risk analysis, securing and advising on Zone projects (distribution strategy, E-commerce and digital projects, procurement, integration of new businesses, restructuring) to limit exposure to legal, financial and reputational risk and to ensure our license to operate in compliance with applicable standards, policies, procedures and regulations.
• Assisting in the set-up of new business and distribution models for the Zone.
• Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a diverse range of contracts, agreements and policies, including distribution agreements - selective distribution agreements, international cooperation agreements, commercial terms purchasing contracts, leases, and intragroup agreements, … 
• Setting up or updating contract templates, guidelines and processes about the above. 
• Managing or coordinating pre-litigation and litigation matters, and preparing, coordinating, or validating responses to regulatory inquiries and audits in collaboration with the relevant internal and external advisors. 
• Assessing advertising campaigns/claims risks and compliance within the Zone and managing strategic or European competitor's challenges. 
• Anticipating and coordinating the implementation of new European regulations impacting the Zone’s activities.
• Echoing and promoting best practices, new regulations and internal policies; preparing and animating training and awareness workshops for internal stakeholders.
• Contributing to developing and implementing working tools, technologies, processes, and new working methods for efficiency, simplicity and quality in legal support.
• Maintaining legal files to ensure a full clear audit trail is available and accessibility for management information.
• Engaging with other teams (métiers and zones) to ensure a fluid, harmonized and efficient approach within the Group.