Legal Counsel

2 months ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Heineken International B.V. Full time

Location: Auckland
Function: Other Functions
Sub-Function: Legal - All
Type of Contract: Permanent

Legal Counsel
- Southern Cross Regular Care, Life Insurance and other benefits including Monthly Product Allowances
- Work-Life Balance in the role - with the opportunity work from home up to two days per week
- 50% off at one of NZ’s largest hospitality groups with footprint from Auckland through to Wellington.

About us
When you join DB, you join the global HEINEKEN whanau. From New Zealand to the Netherlands, we have the resources and culture to help you create something special. Our culture is welcoming and inclusive, we value ideas and innovation, and we offer opportunities for our people to learn and grow, both personally and professionally either locally or globally. We help make the world a little betterone day, one beer, one cheers at a time

About this job...
We are looking for a Legal Counsel who will work closely with the General Counsel to execute the DB Legal strategy, supporting DB to achieve its business goals. This role has a broad range of responsibilities across all departments in our business, from assisting with contract reviews, property transactions, competition law, IP protection and supporting our marketing team to create compliant, innovative campaigns through to partnering with internal stakeholders (both local and global) to deliver major projects and running training sessions.. Because of this, you will be an expert in building connections and becoming a trusted business partner, whilst aproactive approach will be the key to your success. The DB Legal team also supports Heineken’s Australian OpCo - Drinkworks - and Star Hospitality Group, the largest hospitality company in New Zealand.

You will deliver the goods by:

- Drafting and advising on contractual agreements and supporting the procurement, sales, marketing and sponsorship teams to negotiate contracts;
- Assist with managing commercial lease arrangements;
- Bringing an understanding of company secretarial, governance and risk processes;
- Working independently, with great commercial acumen to understand when to deal with a problem immediately and when to escalate to the General Counsel;
- Championing Heineken’s Code of Business Conduct (including conflicts of interest, anti-bribery sanctions, data privacy and Heineken’s Responsible Marketing Code)
- Building strong relationships with stakeholders - demonstrating advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Being ready to embrace technology to use withing the legal function and the wider business
- Assisting the General Counsel with the management of commercial disputes, litigation and ad-hoc legal matters from time to time.
- Bringing great energy to work with some exciting brands and have fun whilst doing it

About you
- Current NZ Practicing Certificate with 2-6 years of legal experience in either private practice or as an in-house counsel (or a combination of both)
- General commercial expertise, with a specialty in either intellectual property, commercial property/leasing, competition law or food law
- Understanding of the Fair Trading Act and Commerce Act
- Having strong interpersonal skills and an ability to build and manage working relationships with our people, at all sites and levels throughout the business.
- Having a pragmatic, solutions focused mindset with a high level of attention to detail.


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