VP Legal - North Europe

DP World; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

DP World’s North Europe VP – Legal will take overall responsibility for the legal function across the cluster, guiding a high-performing team and partnering with senior leaders to deliver risk-aware, commercially focused advice.

Covering ports, logistics and real estate transactions, you’ll work with C-suite stakeholders, manage external counsel, and ensure compliant, value-creating contracts and governance across the region. Hybrid role based in Victoria London.

Qualifications

• Law Degree from an accredited university and qualification to practice law.
• 10+ years post-qualification experience in an international law firm or multinational company.
• Expertise in corporate and/or commercial transactions, infrastructure and real estate contracts, regulatory matters.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal support across ports, logistics, real estate, procurement and regulatory matters.
• Lead the North Europe legal function and partner with C-suite on risk and mitigation strategies.
• Manage external counsel relationships and ensure value-driven governance and contracts.

Skills

Legal leadership

Corporate transactions

Real estate contracts

Regulatory compliance

C-suite collaboration

Contract management

Education

Law degree

Qualified to practice law

Job description

As VP – Legal for North Europe, you’ll take overall responsibility for the legal function across the cluster—guiding a high-performing team and partnering with senior leaders to deliver commercially focused, risk-aware advice. The Europe region is organised into four geographical clusters - North Europe encompasses the UK & Ireland, the Nordic and Baltic countries. It includes some of the most valuable and important assets in the Europe region and is also a rapidly growing part of the business.

From ports and terminals (London Gateway and Southampton) to contract logistics, warehousing, freight forwarding and technology, you’ll provide strategic legal support across all business verticals, ensuring compliance, consistency, and value creation. You’ll also manage external counsel relationships and align closely with C-suite stakeholders on key legal risks and mitigation strategies. This role reports into the Cluster EVP (CEO) with a dotted line into the regional General Counsel.

NOTE: this is a hybrid role based out of Regional Head Office in Victoria London.

How You Will Contribute

• Be the trusted legal advisor to cluster leadership and senior managers, delivering clear, practical guidance across complex legal matters.
• Lead the cluster’s legal function—shaping policies, ensuring compliance, and driving consistency across contracts, processes, and governance.
• Advise on high-value transactions, commercial agreements, real estate, procurement, employment, construction litigation and regulatory issues, managing matters from start to finish.
• Support new business ventures and integrations
• Champion legal tech solutions to streamline contract management and operational efficiency.
• Develop and mentor the cluster legal team, fostering expertise, efficiency, and succession planning.
• Work closely with CoSec and Compliance including on key programs (anti-bribery, anti-trust, sanctions, data privacy).
• Act as the legal lead for the North Cluster, deputizing for General Counsel – Europe when needed.
• Contribute to the wider success of the European regional legal team through membership of the European legal leadership group and working on pan-European initiatives.
• Build strong relationships with the wider regional (and global) legal team and with external counsel—selecting, instructing, and managing spend effectively.
• Represent DP World with integrity, promoting our values and ensuring the highest standards of ethics and safety.

What You Will Bring

• A Law Degree from an accredited university and qualification to practice law from a recognised legal regulatory body.
• 10+ years post-qualification experience in an internationally recognised law firm and/or multinational company.
• Proven expertise in corporate and/or commercial transactions, infrastructure and real estate contracts and operational/regulatory/litigious legal matters, with experience managing transactions through to completion.
• Ideally, knowledge of logistics, transport and supply chain projects and familiarity with construction and procurement law.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to understand diverse business needs, including sensitivity to international legal and cultural practices and flexibility to work across different cultural environments.
• Senior leadership experience with significant interaction at C-suite level and ideally experience of managing a team.
• Exceptional analytical and organisational skills.
• Ability to negotiate complex legal issues and transaction documentation effectively with counterparties.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships across the business.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 103,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

To Change What's Possible For Everyone

DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We believe that employees are happiest when they’re empowered to be their true, authentic selves. So, please come as you are. We can’t wait to meet you.

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