Legal Counsel - Global Marketing (Whisky & Rum)

Pernod Ricard España SA; Chiswick; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global spirits company based in Chiswick seeks a Legal Counsel for Global Marketing. The role includes advising on brand marketing contracts and legal requirements for product claims. Qualified lawyers with strong commercial awareness and excellent communication skills are encouraged to apply. This position offers a hybrid working model, blending office and remote work.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

28 days annual leave

Employee pension plan

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified lawyer with a current practising certificate.
• Ability to establish strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support on brand marketing-related contracts.
• Advise on legal requirements for brand and product claims.
• Consult with key stakeholders on legal risk acceptance.

Skills

Legal expertise

Commercial awareness

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Qualified lawyer with a current practising certificate

Job description

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Legal Counsel - Global Marketing (Whisky & Rum)

Apply locations London time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: August 31, 2025 (24 days left to apply) job requisition id JR-049380

Legal Counsel - Global Marketing

Team: Legal - Global Marketing

Location: Chiswick, London. We operate a hybrid working approach, which allows you to manage your time between home and office.

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

Here in the UK

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 4 businesses:

• Pernod Ricard UK, which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK market
• Chivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business.
• The Absolut Group, the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio, whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London.

Your new team

This role is a member of the brand marketing legal support team. This legal support covers Pernod Ricard’s brand company marketing and innovation functions, which are a mix of centralised and globally co-ordinated activities relating to new product development, global campaigns, digital activations and marketing assets development (including digital and AI generated assets), talent engagement, product and design collaborations, sponsorships and events and external agencies engagement. Reporting to the Global Marketing Senior Legal Manager you will work in partnership with other lawyers, marketing and innovation professionals and other key stakeholders throughout the Pernod Ricard group.

Your unique contribution

You will have 2 main areas of responsibility:

Day-to-day, you, in close collaboration with all the Brand Owner Legal Directors and the local marketing teams, will be involved in:

• Marketing related contracts: providing legal support on all brand marketing related contracts including: sponsorships, events, talent acquisition, collaborations, brand licensing, agency engagement for the brand owner, HQ and innovation teams. This includes legal support for disputes and responding to queries from these teams;
• Brand and product claims: advising on the legal requirements with respect to brand and product claims on packaging and/or in marketing materials, including the use of GI’s (and any associated production requirements), sustainability claims, product classification and brand history claims. (note that advice with respect to mandatory packaging information and quality/compliance is the responsibility of the operations teams);
• Marketing projects: providing legal support in relation to brand marketing and innovation projects;
• Digital and AI contracts and projects: providing legal support in relation to digital marketing and other digital and AI related projects;
• External legal service provider management: managing external legal service providers to ensure a high quality and cost-effective services as needed.

In coordination with other members of our global legal team, you and the legal support hub will also be responsible for:

• Special projects: Helping manage and deliver our ‘special projects’ (such as development of content for our online facilities & digital self-service legal tools);
• Consulting: Consulting with key stakeholders, in particular the brand company legal directors, on matters of legal risk acceptance and strategy – and otherwise keeping them informed of all relevant activities;
• Communication & training: Communicating with the wider business (including Pernod Ricard HQ, brand owner companies, external advisers and other departments) and providing training, where required;
• Records & reports: Keeping accurate and up-to-date records of all contracts, cases and projects and preparing regular reports on legal matters for key stakeholders; and
• Continuous improvement: Maintaining legal templates and other tools and otherwise supporting a continuous improvement strategy.

Who you’ll be working with

Internally, you’ll work with other lawyers, marketing and innovation professionals and other key stakeholders throughout the Pernod Ricard group.

Externally, you will be in contact with customers, marketing agencies, content producers, external law firms and other relevant and suppliers.

Your blend of talent

This position could be right for you if you:

• Are a qualified lawyer with a current practising certificate in your jurisdiction;
• Have the ability to establish strong relationships and to collaborate with key internal stakeholders and suppliers;
• Have excellent commercial awareness;
• Have willingness to embrace new ways of working, continuous improvement and digital transformation;
• Have strong organisational skills and capability to prioritise in the face of competing demands from multiple teams at multiple affiliates;
• Have excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Have an aptitude for agile learning (extending beyond law to include technical, operational, commercial and fiscal matters).

Our mix of benefits

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, critical illness cover and an optional healthcare cash plan and dental insurance.

Our lifestyle benefits options include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, family care, season ticket loans, free mortgage advice, payroll giving and more!

You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.

We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It’s our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

We’re committed to conviviality, and with this, you’ll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You’ll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on Sustainability and Responsibility (S&R).

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves.

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or e accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking.

Job Posting End Date:

2025-08-31

Target Hire Date:

2025-11-01

Target End Date:

About Us

Pernod Ricard is a worldwide leader in the spirits industry, with consolidated sales of €11.6 Billion in 2024, blending traditional craftsmanship, state-of-the-art brand development, and global distribution technologies. Our comprehensive portfolio of premium brands includes Absolut vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

We are a business with a soul: a company with family values, deeply rooted in our terroirs and legacy. We drive the long-term growth of our brands with full respect for people and the environment, while empowering our 19,500+ employees around the world to be ambassadors of our purposeful, inclusive and responsible culture of authentic conviviality.

Our shared purpose, mission, ambition and culture define who we are and drive our collective success.