In our legal team, we expect a variety of challenging, international projects, which you will accompany as a Legal Counsel, to meet the constant challenges of our rapidly growing business, we are looking for a strong team player who feels comfortable in a very dynamic, international and fast-growing environment and who is motivated to work independently on issues.
You will be involved in all business areas, and, after a short induction period, you will catch legal and regulatory risk before it becomes a problem, and to make sure new legal requirements actually get built into the business rather than sitting in a document no one reads. . You will take care of implementing all relevant compliance requirements / guidelines of the METRO Group.
Core Activities:
- Compliance and regulatory monitoring: Tracking new legislation (e.g., DSA, GPSR, consumer protection law) and translating it into internal legal updates, including gap analyses.
- Implementation of new legal requirements: Translating new legislation into internal processes and policies, working with IT/Product on technical implementation.
- Cross-functional communication: Breaking down complex legal matters for non-legal stakeholders and supporting internal audits/compliance checks.
- Documentation and organization: Maintaining a central compliance knowledge base and tracking implementation deadlines for new regulations.
- Trainings: Developing and facilitating trainings for non-legal colleagues
- Group Compliance and guidelines: Implementation of Group guidelines, fulfilling regular Group compliance tasks