About this role
Summary
We are looking for a Legal Counsel to join our Corporate Governance team at M&S. This pivotal role will provide legal support across a broad remit of regulatory compliance matters, including Product Compliance, Marketing, Consumer Rights, ESG, Food Safety, and Health & Safety.
You will act as a trusted advisor to senior executives and colleagues across the business, offering regulatory interpretation and guidance on product development, operations, compliance, competition, and public policy. You’ll also play a key role in managing regulatory inquiries, supporting product teams, and contributing to wider legal projects that underpin business growth and transformation.
To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.
Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.
What you’ll do
Your key accountabilities will include:
- Provide expert legal counsel on regulatory matters, ensuring compliance across Product Compliance, Marketing, Consumer Rights, ESG, Food Safety, and Health & Safety.
- Advise senior executives and business teams on regulatory interpretation, compliance risks, and public policy issues.
- Support product development and operational teams with pragmatic legal solutions that enable innovation and growth.
- Manage and resolve regulatory issues, respond to inquiries, and oversee compliance in current and future operations.
- Contribute to wider legal projects, collaborating across departments to support business continuity and transformation initiatives.
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include:
- UK-qualified solicitor with experience of supporting on regulatory compliance matters.
- Experience working in-house.
- Customer-focused, with a passion for innovation, simplification, and enabling commercial outcomes.
- Highly organised, resilient, and able to prioritise effectively in a fast-moving, dynamic environment.
- Desirable: Experience in Product Compliance, Marketing, Consumer Rights, ESG, Food Safety, Health & Safety or supporting an FMCG business.
What’s in it for you?
Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We’re inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.
Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:
- 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you’ve completed your probation
- Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more
- Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours
- Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future
- Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one
- Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal
- Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave
- 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services
- One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you
Everyone’s welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.
We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.
If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.
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Other facts
About Marks & Spencer
At M&S, we're dedicated to being the most trusted retailer, prioritising quality and delivering value. Every day, we bring the magic of M&S to our customers, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.
For over a century, we've set the standard, doing the right thing and embracing innovation. Today, with over 65,000 colleagues serving 32 million customers globally, we're putting quality products at the heart of everything we do.
Tomorrow holds boundless opportunities with us. We're pioneering digital innovation and shaping the future of retail where our values drive every action.
We stay close to customers and colleagues, always curious and connected. Our decisions are bold, our actions ambitious. Transparency is paramount, with straightforward, honest communication. We're constantly innovating, always striving for the best. Our focus is on aiming higher and winning together, combined with wise financial decisions to secure our future.
Join us at M&S to shape the future of retail.
What you'll do
- The Legal Counsel will provide expert legal counsel on various regulatory matters, including Product Compliance, Marketing, Consumer Rights, ESG, Food Safety, and Health & Safety. Key duties involve advising senior executives, managing regulatory inquiries, and contributing to wider legal projects supporting business growth.
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