Specsavers
10,000+ employees
Founded 1984
🏥 Healthcare
⚕️ Healthcare Insurance
🛒 Retail
Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance • Retail
Specsavers is a multinational optical retail chain that provides a range of services, including eye examinations, contact lens fitting, and the sale of glasses and sunglasses. They aim to enhance customers' vision and eye health through affordable, accessible products and services, and operate numerous stores across various countries.
Legal Counsel
🕒 July 21
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote
⏳ Contract/Temporary
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel
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Specsavers
10,000+ employees
Founded 1984
🏥 Healthcare
⚕️ Healthcare Insurance
🛒 Retail
Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance • Retail
Specsavers is a multinational optical retail chain that provides a range of services, including eye examinations, contact lens fitting, and the sale of glasses and sunglasses. They aim to enhance customers' vision and eye health through affordable, accessible products and services, and operate numerous stores across various countries.
📋 Description
• Advise stakeholders on corporate governance and compliance matters • Lead group compliance training, legal policies, and broader compliance programmes • Ensure the business meets regulatory obligations and upholds best practice standards • Support the Legal Resource Team with advice on joint venture agreements and associated documentation • Provide ad hoc corporate legal guidance • Assist with commercial contract matters as required • Manage senior stakeholder relationships and provide clear, pragmatic advice on complex issues • Shape and lead governance and compliance initiatives across the Specsavers Group • Report to the Head of Legal – Corporate & Company Secretarial
🎯 Requirements
• Qualified lawyer • At least three years' post-qualification experience • Ideally a background in corporate or commercial law • Experience advising on corporate governance, company secretarial matters, and compliance-related issues • Strong technical legal knowledge • Ability to work autonomously • Confidence managing senior stakeholders • Ability to provide clear, pragmatic advice on complex issues • Ability to build credibility quickly and influence effectively • Ability to work across multiple functions • This is a 9 months FTC covering maternity leave
🏖️ Benefits
• Flexible working arrangements wherever possible • Professional development valued and supported • Collaborative and supportive legal function • Support from the wider Legal team
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