Senior Legal Advisor

TN France; Paris; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading company in the cosmetics sector is seeking a Senior Legal Advisor based in Paris. The role involves providing legal counsel for retail operations, ensuring compliance with French law, and supporting HR and commercial teams. Candidates should have extensive legal experience, a master's degree in French law, and fluency in French. Join a company that values ethics and collaboration while enjoying employee benefits like discounts and teleworking options.

Prestations

30% employee discount on Lush products

10% Employee Owned

2 days of teleworking per week

Mutual insurance 100% covered

RTT

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years of legal experience in-house or at a law firm.
• Fluent in French and professional proficiency in English.

Responsabilités

• Deliver legal advice on HR-related matters and compliance.
• Manage contract lifecycle and monitor legal changes.
• Support HR and operational teams on legal issues.

Connaissances

Legal Analysis

Project Management

Communication

Formation

Master 1 or Master 2 in French Law

Description du poste

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We are building a brand that represents the people of the world. It’s what you do that counts, and we are always looking to expand perspectives and voices to shape our future.

We see you, we celebrate you, we want you!

Who we are
You might know us as the inventors of the bath bomb, but there’s more to this great-smelling, partly employee-owned, family-run company than pioneering cosmetics. We believe our business should put more back into the world than it takes and demonstrate that capitalism can be a force for good.

We are seeking a dedicated Legal Advisor to provide expert counsel, ensuring our significant retail operations across our stores of which we have 39 in France, 6 in Belgium, and 2 in Luxembourg, not only comply with all legal requirements but also uphold the ethical standards that define the Lush brand.

The opportunity
Are you an experienced legal professional ready to take the lead? We are seeking a motivated Senior Legal Advisor to spearhead legal support for our extensive and established retail operations across France. Based in Paris, you will be the cornerstone of our legal expertise locally, navigating the intricate French legal landscape – encompassing both HR/Labour law and Commercial law – for our 39 French stores.

This is a vital role focused on ensuring compliance, managing legal risk, and providing strategic counsel to support our continued success in a fast-paced retail environment. As an integral member of our wider international legal function, you'll also have opportunities to collaborate on matters concerning our Belgium and Luxembourg operations where relevant.

Please note: We may close this vacancy if we receive an overwhelming response or our business requirements change.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver expert legal advice and guidance on all French HR-related matters (employment law, labour relations, contracts, disciplinary issues, litigation).
• Reduce Legal fees.
• Counsel operational teams and senior leadership on French business law issues (compliance, commercial contracts, consumer law, IP).
• Manage the full contract lifecycle: drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and adapting commercial agreements and Terms and Conditions for France.
• Proactively monitor French legal and regulatory changes, anticipating impacts and ensuring compliance.
• Provide expert legal advice and support to the HR Manager during interactions and consultations with French staff representative bodies (e.g., CSE).
• Contribute to the drafting, review, and validation of company legal documents and internal policies applicable to France.
• Lead or support complex contract negotiations alongside internal stakeholders to achieve compliant, commercially sound outcomes.
• Support Retail Managers when needed.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• A master's degree (Master 1 or Master 2) in French Law required; specialisation in Labour Law or Business/Commercial Law highly preferred.
• A minimum of 5-7 years of proven legal experience (in-house at an international company or within a reputable French law firm).
• A deep and practical knowledge of French Employment & Labour Law; strong experience in French Commercial & Contract Law; solid grasp of French business compliance requirements.
• Fluent French is essential (native/near-native) and a professional working proficiency in English.
• GDPR knowledge; retail/cosmetics sector experience; knowledge of BE/LUX labour law; French Bar admission (Avocat) is highly advantageous.
• Excellent legal analysis skills; adept at explaining complex law clearly to non-legal colleagues.
• Strong legal drafting, negotiation, and strategic advisory capabilities.
• Effective project management skills: organised, able to prioritise, manage competing demands, and meet deadlines.
• Rigorous, proactive, independent, and solutions-oriented work ethic.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills (comfortable advising senior leadership).
• Experience supporting HR with staff representative body relations.
• Collaborative team player comfortable within an international structure.
• High ethical standards and professional integrity.
• 30% employee discount on Lush products and Lush Spa treatments
• We’re 10% Employee Owned - all colleagues play a role in protecting our ethics, our independence, contributing ideas for the future and share in the rewards of success when the company is doing well
• 2 days of teleworking per week
• Mutual insurance 100% covered
• RTT

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Since establishing in 1995 in Poole, Dorset, Lush has been driven by innovation and its ethics.
Creators of pioneering beauty products such as the fizzing bath bomb, shower jellies and solid shampoo bars, we place emphasis on fresh ingredients like organic fruits and vegetables, fight against animal testing and combat over-packaging by developing products that can be sold ‘naked’ to the customer without any packaging.

We currently operate in 52 countries with 928 global shops. Through our separate business divisions we invent, manufacture and sell our handmade products direct to our customers through our own shops and online. The fact that we make all our products by hand is something we are really rather proud of!

Lush is 10% Employee Owned since 2017 and our people are the heart and soul of our business.