Competition Legal Counsel

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At L’Oréal Finance & Legal, we are one global community of catalysts for value creation. We work across all divisions, regions and métiers to drive positive change and steer the Group to success. We are trusted co‑pilots, embedded into every part of the organization, recognized for the quality of our business insights and reliable data. 

Champions of sustainable finance and compliant business practices, we help deliver meaningful performance through our collective impact, ensuring L'Oréal stays ahead and makes decisions that create lasting financial, social and environmental value. 

If you want to push boundaries, shape the future and be part of a Group deeply committed to excellence and inclusiveness, L’Oréal Finance & Legal is where you belong. 

Join our Compliance and Regulation department as Competition Legal Counsel, under the supervision of the Competition Associate General Counsel, 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:  

• Provide expert guidance on all facets of merger control, Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proceedings, and coordinating the preparation of filings
• Drive the implementation and continuous enhancement of the Group's competition law compliance program, proactively developing and updating guidelines and indispensable tools
• Deliver day-to-day legal advice to our diverse internal legal and business teams (Divisions, Zones, countries) on a wide array of competition law issues, including distribution, Research & Innovation (R&I), and operational matters. Collaboration with different teams to ensure a unified and high-level compliance within the Group
• Coordinate responses to questionnaires from competition authorities
• Actively participate in L'Oréal’s global competition law community, sharing information and innovative tools to the local legal teams worldwide 
• Contribute to advocacy activities, engaging in public consultations and legislative discussions that shape the future of competition law
• Offer support to internal audit teams throughout all phases of their missions – before, during, and after – ensuring robust legal oversight
• Handle competition law investigations and follow-on damages claims, in collaboration with the relevant internal legal teams and with external counsels and economic consultants

The skills that you will need to make an impact:  

• Master’s degree with a strong focus on competition law, and/or business school diploma and/or LLM 
• Full Time experience (e.g. 2 to 4 years) in competition law in a law firm, in a competition authority, or as in-house counsel 
• Experience abroad and/or in economics will be highly valued
• Team spirit, communication and adaptability to work collaboratively and independently within a multinational organization
• Fluent in English and French

The job is based in L’Oréal Headquarters (Clichy, France).

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.