Corporate Counsel

Job Description

Are you an experienced legal professional with a passion for commercial law, business partnering, and providing practical legal advice in an international environment? Join the LEGO Group® and become a trusted legal advisor supporting our business across Türkiye and Central Asia!

Core Responsibilities

• Drive and proactively manage commercial legal matters across the designated area of responsibility, with a primary focus on Türkiye and Central Asia markets in close collaboration with the CEEMEA General Counsel
• Provide legal support to business functions, ensuring alignment with company policies, governance requirements, market priorities, and local legal regulations
• Coordinate, draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements and legal documentation
• Provide legal advice across various legal subject areas, including contract law, corporate law, employment law, marketing, and sales-related matters
• Deliver regular commercial legal and compliance training and serve as the first point of contact for legal guidance in the Turkish market
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal partners and external legal counsel to ensure efficient legal support and risk management
• Support knowledge sharing, best-practice exchange, and process optimization initiatives within the CEEMEA Legal, Compliance & Regulatory (LCR) team
• Act as a trusted legal advisor for Türkiye and Central Asia markets while working closely with the CEEMEA General Counsel on strategic and operational legal matters

This role is based in Türkiye - Istanbul. No relocation assistance is provided for this position. Please apply with your CV in English.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The Legal, Compliance & Regulatory (LCR) CEEMEA team is a regional legal function located across Billund, Prague, Kladno, Nyíregyháza, and Istanbul. The team consists of legal professionals supporting commercial legal counselling, legal operations, intellectual property enforcement, compliance, and business advisory activities across the region!

Do you have what it takes?

• Master's degree in Law from a Turkish law school or equivalent professional experience
• Proven experience gained in-house or in private practice within commercial legal counselling, corporate advisory, marketing, and sales-related legal areas
• Extensive experience managing commercial legal matters and supporting business partners
• Strong legal and business drafting skills
• Strong track record in contract drafting, negotiation, legal advisory work, and partner management
• Ability and willingness to continuously learn, develop new skills, and take ownership of legal matters
• Strong business partnering skills with the ability to act as the first line of legal support for commercial teams
• Excellent communication in English and relationship-building skills

What would be an advantage?

• Previous experience providing legal counsel within multinational organizations operating in Türkiye and/or Central Asia
• Experience supporting commercial, marketing, sales, and corporate legal matters across multiple jurisdictions
• Interest and experience in continuous improvement and process optimization initiatives

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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