Legal Counsel

H&M is a fashion brand that offers the latest styles and inspiration, from fashion pieces and unique designer collaborations to affordable wardrobe essentials. Our business idea is fashion & quality at the best price in a sustainable way.

Legal Strategy & Standards

• You set and enforce legal standards, templates and strategies.

• You stay up to date and understand global legal requirements and standards and support your market to achieve these.

• You constantly improve our contracts so that we are safeguarded in the best possible way.

• Meet legal objectives – ensuring regulatory compliance whilst securing business aims.

Contract Management & Risk Handling

• You negotiate, draft and review various agreements, including lease, marketing related agreements.

• You conduct judicial enquiries and due diligence and identify and analyze any risks and consequences associated hereto.

• You support tendering processes etc.

• You handle and settle disputes including commercial disputes and ER disputes.

• You set and implement routines and the way of working for execution, handling and administration of contracts and ensure it is done in the correct way.

Cross‑Functional Legal Support

• Assist Sales Market Controllers/Account Manager in corporate matters incl. drafting corporate documentation and governance policies/guidelines.

Education

• Legal degree

Skills

• The ability to lead and coach a team, to manage and inspire team members

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and oral. Comfortable to confidently present to senior stakeholders, both internally and externally

• Understanding of risk assessment and ability to articulate associated consequences to decision makers

• Comfortable with decision-making, even in ambiguous circumstances and tight timelines

Experience

• 3–5 years of legal experience, ideally with experience in leasing or real estate (meriting but not required)