Legal Counsel

Location: London, GB, SE10LH

Company: BIC

Tangle Teezer is a global brand on a simple mission: to give everyone healthier-looking hair with less breakage since 2007. Our gentle brushes are tools for every hair type-from straight to coily-and every routine, helping you go from detangling and blow-drying to styling. Our products are your daily dose of confidence, ready to take on whatever tangles life throws your way.

Tangle Teezer is a proud brand within BIC World, a community of iconic and inventive brands that have created simple, joyful products for over 75 years. As part of BIC World, we're dedicated to reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways. Our culture thrives on a roll up your sleeves mindset, empowering self-starters and innovators to take ownership of their careers and make a meaningful, global impact.

Who are we?

Helping you have healthy hair has been our mane goal since 2007. No matter your hair type - straight, curly, fine, fragile, or coily - our range of gentle brushes will leave you with healthier-looking hair and less breakage. With tools for every stroke of your routine, from massaging to detangling and blow-drying to styling, they're your daily dose of confidence. So, you can take on whatever tangles life throws your way.

The role

We're looking for a bright and commercially minded Legal Counsel (NQ-2 years PQE) to join our legal team. This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified or early-career lawyer who wants to work in a dynamic, fast-paced business environment and gain broad exposure across commercial, regulatory, and operational legal work. This role will be not only focused to support the UK team, but will be Global, working with our international teams.

In this role you'll get to:

1) Commercial Contracts:

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including supplier contracts, customer agreements, and talent arrangements.
• Ensure contracts align with business objectives while managing legal risks.

2) Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management:

• Support the business in understanding and complying with relevant laws and regulations.
• Provide legal support on marketing, advertising, and consumer protection matters to ensure compliance with regulations and guidelines.
• Provide legal support and advice on marketing claims and copy.
• Monitor legal developments and advise the business on potential risks and changes in legislation.
• Assist with data protection and privacy compliance, including GDPR-related matters.
• Assist in handling disputes, complaints, and litigation matters.
• Liaise with external counsel when necessary and coordinate legal strategies.

4) Autonomous Decision-Making & Business Partnering:

• Work closely with internal stakeholders across sales, marketing, creative, and operations to provide pragmatic and solution driven legal advice.
• Develop a strong understanding of commercial operations to provide practical legal guidance.

5) Building the Legal Function's Brand:

• Support the Head of Legal in positioning the legal team as a trusted business partner rather than just a risk management function.
• Create user-friendly legal templates and guidance documents to empower business teams.
• Deliver internal training sessions to improve legal awareness across departments.
• Look for opportunities to improve legal processes and enhance efficiency through technology or streamlined workflows.

What we are looking for in you:

• Legal Knowledge, Application & Commercial Awareness:
• Qualified lawyer (NQ-2 years PQE) with Strong foundation in contract law, commercial law, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to interpret and apply legal principles in a business context.
• Ability to balance legal risks with commercial objectives.
• Autonomy & Initiative:
• Capable of working independently and making sound decisions within level of expertise.
• Proactive in identifying risks and opportunities.
• Communication & Stakeholder Management:
• Clear and concise communicator, able to simplify legal concepts for non-legal stakeholders.
• Ability to build strong relationships across different teams and functions.
• Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking:
• Analytical mindset with a solution-oriented approach to legal issues, helping to ensure legal is seen as an enabler of commercial success rather than a blocker.
• Ability to assess risks and propose pragmatic solutions.
• Organisation & Time Management:
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong prioritisation skills and ability to handle urgent matters efficiently.

We know that imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don't hesitate to apply even if you don't tick everything on the list - we'd love to hear from you!

What it means to be part of Tangle Teezer:

At Tangle Teezer, being part of our PAC means being Proud, Authentic, and Championing each other everyday.

• Proud:We are passionately proud to do things differently, so we perform brilliantly-just like our hair tools.
• Authentic:We welcome everyone as they are, we bring our true selves to work and show up as who we want to be.
• Champion:We are champions of one another, our brand, and our environment.

Join us and embrace these values to help create, innovate, and deliver products that people love-together. To see more about our culture and what makes us unique, click here .

The good Stuff:

For all your hard work and dedication, we have fantastic rewards for you -

• Flexible working hours with core hours from 10am to 4pm
• Working 2 days in the office and 3 days from home
• Pet friendly office. Bring your furry friend to work with you!
• Performance-related bonus of 10% based on annual salary
• 27 days holiday, with the option to buy or sell holiday days
• ️ 2 volunteering days per year
• 10 days working from any location of your choice
• Flexible bank holidays-choose the standard bank holidays or swap them for dates that are more meaningful to you
• Enhanced family policies
• Medical cash plan for everyday healthcare needs
• Meeting-free Fridays with an early 4:00 pm finish to kickstart your weekend!

Just a heads-up - all applications need to be submitted through our online form, as we're unable to accept applications via direct reach-outs or email. Once we've reviewed your application, our team will be in touch.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our hiring process, please let us know at any stage

BIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

BIC World is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means.