Looking for a role where you can make a positive global impact through innovation and technology? Join Fujifilm and see what it’s like to give our world more smiles.
Fujifilm started from humble beginnings in Japan, and we continue to make strides in technology worldwide, all grounded in our rich history of shaping the world of innovation.
For over 90 years, Fujifilm has engineered leading film, print and camera products. Now, we have evolved into a leader across multiple industries and practices — moving into healthcare, business innovation and electronic materials. We create a sense of continuous improvement, keeping value and collaboration at the core of our culture across Europe and the rest of the world.
Our commitment to giving our customers, employees and society more value from innovation keeps us moving forward.
We are searching for an in-house Junior Legal Counsel to join us on a 12-month fixed-term contract. As Junior Legal Counsel you will provide legal and compliance advice and support in relation to a range of matters, and additionally provide support to the Data Protection Officer on data privacy matters.
Working across FUJIFILM UK Limited and FUJIFILM Healthcare UK Limited, you’ll join a Corporate team dedicated to enabling business success – bringing one team, 2 companies together.
Candidate Location: Within travelling distance to our Bedford Head Office
What you'll do:
- Draft, review and negotiate of all types of business-as-usual commercial agreements; assisting the Regional Counsel UK on complex and/or strategic agreements.
- Provide clear, practical and commercially focused legal advice to leaders and business teams.
- Assist in the maintenance/growth of a bank of precedent legal documents for use in the business and provide training to the business on the use of those documents.
- Assist the Regional Counsel UK with the implementation of business policies and guidance, legal projects and roll out of associated legal training/mentoring to the business.
- Assist the Regional Counsel UK with compliance issues and roll out compliance policy and training.
- Support the Regional Counsel UK in carrying out Company Secretary duties across all relevant Fujifilm companies in the UK.
- Assist the Data Protection Officer with data privacy issues.
What you'll bring (minimum requirements):
- Qualified solicitor in England & Wales
- 1 + years PQE
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.
- Familiarity with key compliance topics e.g. GDPR/data privacy, competition, anti-bribery.
- Ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, practical and commercially relevant advice.
- Good interpersonal, relationship building and influencing skills.
- Ability to act independently with escalation of issues when required.
- Ability to travel to support face to face meetings and negotiations.
It’s a plus if you have:
- Experience operating in a multinational business or legal environment.
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