Legal Manager

Value Retail; Bicester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Value Retail’s central Legal team seeks a qualified lawyer for a maternity-cover role at Bicester Village. You will support central marketing and commercial initiatives across Europe, handling marketing, PR, and commercial agreements with a practical, business-focused approach.

Footing includes digital marketing, data use, IP rights clearances, and technology contracts. Hybrid office presence in the UK is required with collaborative cross-border duties.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer in the relevant local jurisdiction or equivalent recognised qualification.
• At least three years post-qualification experience, with in-house or private-practice experience in marketing and commercial contracting.
• Cross-border capability with multi-jurisdictional matters and working with local legal teams/external advisers.
• Proven IP experience including trademark licensing, image rights, content licensing and rights clearances.
• Strong commercial contracting skills across agency, sponsorship, partnerships, supplier and technology contracts.
• Practical, commercially minded approach translating legal issues into business choices.

Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic legal support to central marketing and commercial stakeholders across Europe.
• Assist with campaigns, partnerships, sponsorships, influencer and event agreements, and advertising regulation.
• Support digital marketing, social media activations, data use and third-party content risk assessments.
• Draft and negotiate SaaS, cloud and managed services agreements, advise on AI risks, manage disputes and exits.
• Negotiate MSAs, SOWs, NDAs and DPAs; develop templates, playbooks and approval processes to speed up legal support.

Skills

Commercial contracting

IP & licensing

SaaS & cloud contracts

Data privacy basics

Education

Qualified lawyer (local jurisdiction)

Tools

Legal templates

Job description

We are extraordinary people creating extraordinary experiences. #ExtraordinaryTogether

The Bicester Collection was founded on a simple idea and a rebellious spirit: 12 luxury shopping destinations, 1,500 boutiques, and 1,500 colleagues representing 63 nationalities. Our people are the reason we win — and the reason we continue to grow.

Supporting our 9 European Villages, our central Legal team is hiring a Legal Manager (Maternity Cover).

The role

You'll provide pragmatic, solution-driven legal support to our central marketing team and other commercial stakeholders across our European portfolio, helping ambitious, digitally enabled marketing, tourism, partnership and customer initiatives move at pace while protecting commercial value.

This is a predominantly non-contentious role, covering marketing, PR and commercial agreements, digital and social media advice, rights clearance and early-stage contractual issues. It is primarily marketing-focused, and while you'll support technology contracting too, you don't need deep technology law expertise, just a willingness to learn.

Location: Bicester Village ( a minimum of two days per week in the office )

What you'll be doing

A few of the key responsibilities in this role:

• Marketing, communications and tourism advice: Advising Central teams on campaigns, partnerships, sponsorship, influencer and event agreements, promotional terms and advertising regulation across multiple European jurisdictions
• Digital, social and data-enabled marketing: Supporting social media activations, apps and gamification, and assessing the legal risks of new marketing technologies, data use and third-party content
• Technology and AI support: Drafting and negotiating SaaS, cloud and managed services agreements, advising on emerging AI risks, and managing technology-related disputes and supplier exits
• Commercial contracting and legal governance: Negotiating MSAs, SOWs, NDAs and DPAs, and developing the templates, playbooks and approval routes that make legal support faster and more consistent

What we're looking for

We foster a culture of winning together, and we work hard to ensure everyone is supported to succeed. To thrive in this role, you'll bring:

• Qualified lawyer in the relevant local jurisdiction, or equivalent recognised professional qualification.
• At least three years post-qualification experience, or equivalent, with strong in-house or private-practice experience in marketing and commercial contracting
• Cross boarder capability with confidence managing multi-jurisdictional matters and working effectively with local legal teams and external advisers
• Proven intellectual property experience, including trademark licensing, image rights, content licensing and rights clearances
• Strong commercial contracting skills, from agency, sponsorship and partnership agreements to supplier and technology contracts
• A practical, commercially minded approach, translating complex legal issues into clear business choices

What we offer

A warm welcome, the chance to build an ever-evolving career story, and benefits designed around your lifestyle, physical, mental and social wellbeing

Our commitment

We're proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer — and we mean it. The best ideas come from people who don't all think the same, and we welcome applications from every background. Come as you are.

The Bicester Collection exists to be experienced in the real world. To be actual, not virtual. To be lived. We'll never stop evolving. Are you ready for the challenge? #ExtraordinaryTogether