Junior Global Corporate Counsel

Our client is a global manufacturing business. Acting as a trusted legal partner to the business across commercial, corporate, compliance and employment matters, in a fast-paced, high-volume international in-house environment. The role suits a lawyer who thrives on ownership, values follow-through, and enjoys operating with autonomy inside a structured, disciplined team.

This is a genuinely hands-on position, combining substantive legal advisory work with structured contract review, matter administration and follow-through documentation. Discipline, attention to detail and comfort with meaningful transactional volume matter as much as substantive legal knowledge - the ability to close matters properly and on time is what defines success here.

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts - distribution, service, NDAs, licensing and procurement - with business stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions.
• Advising on corporate governance and entity management for international subsidiaries, including board resolutions, powers of attorney and corporate records.
• Supporting employment and labour law matters across the international footprint, in coordination with HR and local counsel.
• Advising on data protection matters (GDPR and other applicable privacy regimes) and supporting enforcement of the group's data protection policies.
• Supporting the anti-corruption, sanctions and trade compliance programme (FCPA, UK Bribery Act, EU/OFAC sanctions) within a US-listed public company framework.
• Supporting internal investigations and compliance escalations, in coordination with the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer.
• Managing the intellectual property portfolio in coordination with external agents, ensuring timely filings and renewals.
• Instructing and coordinating external counsel across jurisdictions, keeping matters on track and within budget.
• Identifying, assessing and mitigating legal risk proactively.

• Law degree from an accredited institution.
• 4 to 6 years of post-qualification experience gained in a law firm and/or in-house at a multinational corporation.
• Proven experience in international commercial contracts and corporate matters.
• English to full working proficiency, written and spoken - all internal work product, headquarters communication and cross-border matters are handled in English.
• Fluent Spanish, for a Spain-based team.
• Ownership and accountability: takes matters from inception to resolution, manages workload proactively and honours commitments.
• Rigorous and detail-oriented, performing reliably under pressure with consistent execution and closure.
• Autonomous yet collaborative, with a strong sense of when to escape and a habit of arriving at alignment meetings with a clear assessment and a proposed path forward.

• Exposure to compliance, data privacy or employment law.
• Experience within a US-listed public company governance and compliance framework.
• Prior work supporting EMEA, LATAM and APAC jurisdictions.
• Experience managing an international IP portfolio through external agents.

• A genuinely international remit - EMEA, LATAM and APAC, from a Spanish base, with the choice of Madrid or Barcelona.
• Direct reporting line to the Deputy General Counsel - International, with visibility to the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer.
• The breadth of a lean in-house team: commercial, corporate, employment, data privacy, compliance and IP, rather than a single narrow specialism.
• A platform to consolidate an in-house career within a US-listed multinational, supported by established systems and processes.
• Real autonomy and ownership, within a structured and disciplined legal function.