Head of Legal

The Fragrance Shop; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Very competitive salaries

Flexible working options

Early finishes on Fridays

Duvet days

Generous staff discount

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

The Fragrance Shop in Manchester is seeking a Head of Legal to join our head office at Trafford Park. You will oversee commercial contracts, litigation, risk management, and data protection across the group, including Per-Scent, with a focus on commercial and IP matters.

Working with CEO and Directors, you’ll guide policy, draft agreements, and lead on property-related lease work, ensuring legal compliance and commercially sound outcomes.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with a current practising certificate and over three years PQE or equivalent.
• Solid experience in commercial and dispute resolution; able to work across areas.
• Positive and enthusiastic; able to communicate legal issues clearly.
• Commercial and flexible approach; experienced in fast-paced environments.
• Experience in both private practice and in-house environments; property work a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the company remains legally compliant while protecting commercial interests.
• Oversee drafting/negotiation of commercial contracts including supplier, licensing, distribution and consumer terms.
• Ensure contracts comply with legal requirements and internal policies.
• Manage dispute resolution, litigation, and represent the company in court when needed.
• Draft and maintain internal/customer policies and IP-related documents.
• Protect and enforce group IP rights; monitor data protection and advertising compliance.
• Advise across the group on risk, privacy, and marketing law.

Skills

Three+ years PQE

Commercial & dispute resolution

Communicating legal issues clearly

Working in fast-paced environment

In-house & private practice experience

Education

Solicitor with practising certificate

Job description

The Fragrance Shop, the UK’s leading Independent Fragrance retailer is now recruiting for a Head of Legal to join the team located at our Head office in Trafford Park, Manchester to support both The Fragrance Shop and Per-Scent.

Working with all teams across the Group you will assist on a variety of legal matters including overseeing the review, drafting and negotiation of a variety of commercial contracts, managing litigation and commercial dispute resolution, managing legal risk, maintenance of customer policies and terms and conditions plus advising across a range of areas including but not inclusive of commercial, advertising, marketing, privacy and data protection and intellectual property. You will also be involved in supporting our Property Director where appropriate with legal matters relating to our property portfolio.

If you’re looking for a fast-paced, challenging yet rewarding role where no two days are the same and a role where you will be responsible for all legal matters, then this role will be of interest to you.

Person specification:

With the amount of applications expected for this advertised position, we will only be able to proceed forward with candidates who match our essential requirements stated below:

• Qualified solicitor with a current practising certificate with over three years PQE or equivalent
• Solid experience within commercial and dispute resolution (this could be a solid grounding in one area with the ability to demonstrate you can perform in others).
• Positive and enthusiastic and be able to communicate legal issues in a straightforward way
• Commercial and flexible in your approach and used to working in a fast-paced environment
• Capable of effectively managing and prioritising a large and variable workload
• You will be responsible for keeping up to date on new areas of law, advising the CEO and Directors accordingly and acquire new skills as needed
• Experience In private practice and in-house environment
• Experience in property work / drafting lease agreements a distinct advantage, or experience pending.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure that the company remains legally compliant while maintaining the commercial interests of the Company
• Oversight of the reviewing, drafting and negotiation of a variety of commercial contracts including supplier agreements, licensing agreements, distribution agreements and consumer facing terms and conditions
• Ensuring commercial contracts comply with applicable legal requirements and company policies
• Manage dispute resolution and litigation and represent the Company in court as and when necessary to ensure commercially sound and cost-effective outcomes
• Drafting and maintaining internal and customer facing policies, terms and conditions and precedent documents as and when required
• Protecting and enforcing the Group’s intellectual property rights
• Researching and maintaining awareness of legal requirements for the Group in a range of areas such as data protection, IP, advertising, employment, regulatory and corporate governance
• Advise internally across the Group on commercial, advertising and marketing, IP, privacy and data protection, B2C and ad-hoc legal queries in relation to risk
• Creating guidance and training materials for the other teams in the business.

What you can expect:

Working at the UK’s largest independent Fragrance retailer you will get to work for a company who prides itself on outstanding customer service and delivering fragrance and beauty products in a manner which best meets our customer needs.

You can expect to join a team who work hard to achieve results and are focused to ensure a great customer experience.

• very competitive salaries
• flexible working options
• early finishes on Fridays
• duvet days
• generous staff discount
• employee assistance programme