Cdi - Legal Director Business Law (F/H)

At Sephora we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the ExtraOrdinary in each of us.

We are united by a common goal - to **reimagine the future of beauty**.

In this role, you will be responsible for providing leadership, expertise and strategic counseling in Business Law for Sephora’s operations for France and for European and Global projects. You will lead a team based in Neuilly sur Seine (8 lawyers) and will report to the Global General Counsel.

You will closely partner with (i) legal teams specialized in digital, IT, data privacy, intellectual property, regulatory, corporate, Ethics & Compliance and (ii) Sephora’s legal teams worldwide (iii) business stakeholders in all regions.

**You will succeed and thrive in this position if you are ready to...**

Be responsible for providing strategic counseling on business issues and projects.

With you team, you will:

- Draft and negotiate commercial agreements such as: distribution, logistics & transport, service/consulting contracts and shop in shop partnerships,
- Support purchasing teams in their annual negotiations with suppliers
- Provide legal advice and risk analysis to the marketing and communication teams for all communications to consumers with all relevant local legal and regulatory laws and guidelines_ _
- Manage investigations from public authorities
- Define the strategy for drafting and negotiating the leases agreements, their renewal, amendments, the transfers of a leasehold right. Support the operational staff in day-to-day property management
- Manage pre-litigations and litigations
- Handle the delegations of authority (_délégations de pouvoirs_) process
- Monitor new regulations and develop legal awareness and understanding for the business teams

Enhance the Sephora’s competition compliance program and strengthen the awareness of business teams on legal requirements to prevent unfair business commercial practices to consumers.

Coach and support lawyers in your team and developing a highly skilled and collaborative team.

Animate and develop synergies in business law topics with all the Sephora’s legal teams worldwide.
- A Master’s degree in Business Law
- A minimum of 15 years’ relevant experience, preferably with significant experience within a large omni retail company and/or of the luxury sector.
- Strong working knowledge of French & UE regulations concerning competition laws, unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices, environmental constraints, lease agreements.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in leading and managing a team and demonstrated experience in managing multicultural partners.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver practical guidance clearly and concisely, assess legal risks and propose creative practical legally and commercially viable solutions, as a key business partner.
- Consistent track of record for being proactive, while managing multiple and complex projects, and prioritizing matters for yourself & your team.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, good judgment, strong analytical skills, flexible and pragmatic, both French and English.
- Good team spirit and _collaboration_ skills with experience collaborating with internal clients and outside counsels to assess issues and risks and leading complex cross-functional initiatives up, down, and across teams,
- A strong ability to engage and inspire around you - generating continued commitment to Sephora’s goals on compliance with regulations and fairness in our practices, and successfully enrolling your partners globally on shared objectives
- Proven experience influencing enterprise-wide projects and initiatives, and translating broad challenges into tangible roadmaps with short and mid term milestones

SEPHORA GLOBAL COMPETENCIES
- _ Engages and inspires_
- _ Strategic vision_
- _ Drive results_
- _ Collaborates _
- _Customer/ client focus_

Position based in NEUILLY SUR SEINE.

**While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy**
- ** The people. **You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams - people you can be proud to work with.
- ** The learning**. We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
- ** The **culture**. As a leading beauty retailer within the LVMH family, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. It is in our DNA to innovate and, at Sephora, all 40,000 passionate team members across 35 markets and 3,000+ stores, are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

You can **unleash your creativity**, because we’ve got disruptive spirit. You can **learn and evolve**, because we empower you to be your best. You can **be yourself**, because y