Commercial Lawyer - UK

Jingdong Development France; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JD.com is expanding its international footprint and is seeking a legal professional in the UK to manage contracts and provide compliance guidance across the business. You will draft, review, and revise contract texts, identify risks, and help safeguard the company's interests in fast-paced projects.

You will support litigation, regulatory compliance, internal training, cross-department negotiations, and interface with regulators to ensure approvals.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and revise contract texts to ensure compliance.
• Handle or coordinate litigation and dispute resolution.
• Provide compliance risk assessments and policy guidance.
• Deliver internal legal training to staff.
• Coordinate cross-department negotiations and regulatory interactions.
• Support regulatory approvals and maintain external image.

Skills

Contract management

Litigation support

Regulatory compliance

Legal training

Cross-department negotiation

Policy research

Job description

Who We Are

At JD.com, also known as JINGDONG, we are building one of the world's most trusted technology and supply chain ecosystems. What started as a bold idea in China has evolved into a NASDAQ-listed, Fortune 44 global enterprise serving over 700 million active customers. Powered by advanced logistics, innovative technology, and a commitment to integrity, JD.com operates across retail, logistics, technology, property and more, creating solutions that make everyday life smarter, faster, and more connected.

Our Global Reach

JD.com is expanding its international footprint through a digitally intelligent, cross-border supply chain and world-class logistics network, supported by platforms such as Joybuy, which brings trusted products to customers worldwide. Today, our teams operate across China, the U.S., U.K., Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Hungary, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and beyond, reaching customers in every corner of the world.

Learn more about who we are and what we do: https://corporate.jd.com/

What We Offer

Joining JD.com means becoming part of a company where people, innovation, and impact go hand in hand. We offer a competitive salary, a great location, and a supportive, people-first culture where your growth truly matters. With access to global projects, learning opportunities, and an inclusive environment that values every voice, you'll have the space to shape the future with us.

About The Team

You’ll be joining the JD.com team, which values collaboration, ownership, and a commitment to delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Contract Review and Management: Draft, review, and revise various contract texts, identify legal risks and propose modification suggestions, ensure terms are legal and compliant, reduce contract performance risks, maximize company interests.
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Independently handle or collaborate with external lawyers to respond to litigation cases, formulate litigation strategies, collect evidence and appear in court, promote efficient resolution of dispute cases, reduce company losses and feed back business compliance optimization.
• Compliance Support and Risk Prevention: Participate in business model design and proposal review, provide legal risk assessment and compliance advice, track regulatory policy dynamics, formulate prevention measures to ensure business complies with laws and regulations and internal system requirements.
• Legal Consulting and Training: Answer daily legal consultations, provide customized solutions for business needs; conduct internal legal training to enhance all-staff compliance awareness and reduce human operation risks.
• Cross-Department Collaboration and Negotiation: Link business, technical and other departments to participate in commercial negotiations, coordinate resources to solve process bottlenecks, promote implementation of legal opinions; interface with regulatory agencies to handle administrative approvals and compliance communication, maintain company external image.
• Policy Research and System Optimization: Research industry laws and regulations and judicial cases, output interpretation reports and promote implementation of compliance measures; optimize legal processes and tools to improve work efficiency and build standardized risk prevention systems.

At JD.com, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.