SVP General Counsel Europe

About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our Legal & Compliance team as SVP Legal & Compliance Europe (excl. France & Germany) reporting to the Group General Counsel. In this role you are responsible for all legal and compliance matters in connection with our business operations in Europe across all service lines. The role acts as strategic legal and compliance partner to the Europe business leaders and facilitates Adecco’s legal efforts to drive functional excellence.

Location: Europe

What you’ll be doing

• Leads, oversees, manages legal affairs in a pragmatic and efficient way, including a variety of core and complex matters arising from the Europe business.
• Acts as subject matter expert, applies deep legal expertise and practices superior working knowledge. Is a strategic partner to the business, thereby creating and supporting implementation strategies to drive the business. Builds relationship with, and counsels senior business partners and senior management on complex and high value or impact-related matters and represents Legal on respective boards/meetings, providing critical legal perspectives.
• Establishes and maintains constructive relationship with Global Legal & Compliance Centers of Excellence as well as Global Business Unit General Counsels and their teams with a focus on standardization and subject matter expertise support.
• Provides legal advice on strategic alliances, corporate law and restructuring, M&A, IT procurement and data protection/security, commercial contracts, litigation and competition law, branding, employment.
• Assesses, manages and monitors legal risks to the organization and articulates identified risks to management. Trains and advises management on new legal trends and legislation in relevant areas.
• Leads implementation of legal and business initiatives at the regional level re data protection/security, commercial contracts, legal entity management, reporting etc.
• Enables and drives ethical business conduct and cultural change regarding Integrity through the effective implementation and maintenance of the Adecco Group Integrity & Compliance program and identifies/manages integrity and compliance risks.
• Manages, instructs, and supervises direct reports (Head of Legal for countries) and external law firms providing advice on assigned matters. Manages of outside counsel expenses in line with budget.

About you

• University degree in law and bar admission in a European country
• Preferred 15+ years of relevant in-house experience within a multinational setting
• Successfully managed legal teams of significant size
• Proven track record in senior leadership roles within large global organizations
• Extensive experience in managing litigation matters and corporate legal matters
• Excellent financial, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills;
• Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks and work within deadlines in a fast-paced environment;
• Very strong and effective verbal and written communication, presentation and storytelling skills, facilitating clear and open communication at all levels of the organization;
• Ability to synthetize information and present key data points in reports and viewgraphs;
• Detail oriented, organized, proactive, collaborative;
• Strong work ethic.

Why choose us?

It’s an exciting time to be part of our team. We’re proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our Future@Work strategy as a united team of 30,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally.

You’ll have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways to achieve total balance between the demands of their jobs and their lives. That’s why we give you the autonomy and support you need to work in the way that makes you most productive, agile, confident, and insightful.

Putting people first, pioneering with a collective spirit and always advancing with a growth mindset -that’s what we stand for at the Adecco Group. Here, we are all individuals with a unique perspective on the world we live in. That’s what makes us stronger. Whoever you are and whatever your background, you can be yourself. So, we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you. We offer a range of world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while the sharing skills, knowledge, and expertise to grow together.

Make an impact where it matters most.

A journey to bring out the best in you

We believe that having an understanding of the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be, at your best. As a global, multi brand organization with multiple different roles, our application process can vary.

On our career site, you will find some of the key steps you can expect to guide you along the way.As one of the world’s largest employers we believe in talent, not labels, and focus on the diverse and unique skills our people bring. We seek to foster a culture of belonging and purpose, an environment where everyone can thrive and feel engaged, and where difference is respected and valued. Our commitment to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity is part of our broader commitment to respecting fundamental human rights across our value chain.

The Adecco Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

Posting date: 05-09-2024