Paralegal

The Role

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Paralegal to join Superdry’s highly-regarded in-house legal team. The legal team at Superdry plays a pivotal role in empowering and supporting every aspect of the business to fulfil its potential and enable the business to progress and grow. The team works in close, trusted partnership with a number of key business decision-makers. This role will have its main focus on business partnering with the Property and Retail teams.

Working as an integral part of the team, we are looking for a practical, forward-thinking commercial person to support our exciting global brand as it enters the next phase of its development. Fundamental to the role will be an ability to solve practical problems and to build and maintain strong relationships with a number of key partners and stakeholders on the operational sides of our business.

You Will

• Report in to a Senior Legal Counsel in Superdry’s Commercial Legal team and provide a wide range of services across multiple jurisdictions to some of our key business stakeholders. Your focus will be on Commercial Property legal matters but you will have the opportunity to support the Retail and Ecommerce team more generally.
• Work as a key point of contact both within the team and alongside our external advisors to prepare, draft, organise and manage a wide variety of legal documents including leases, licences, deeds of variation, termination agreements etc and respond to ad hoc queries.
• Support in the management of Superdry’s regulatory compliance.
• Support on the overall operational aspects of the legal team including workflows and the implementation of new legal tech and automation – including the management of Superdry’s new
• “Legal Hub”.
• From time to time, support in the management of our franchise relationships.
• Attend internal and external team and progress update meetings.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the teams including organising internal and external training.

You Are

• Likely a law graduate or someone with a grounding in the legal profession with experience of working in a similar property focussed role either in-house or in private practice.
• Someone with excellent attention to detail and the ability to draft and navigate simple or standardized legal documents.
• Able to demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, and be someone who is able to engage and influence key stakeholders.
• Highly organized with experience of managing contracts and associated processes.
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• Commercially minded, enjoy variety, have the ability to prioritise and successfully manage multiple deals at the same time.
• Able to demonstrate a client-orientated approach, both internally and externally; the ability to think laterally and to develop ideas in relation to business opportunities and training.
• Resourceful and driven to continually develop knowledge and skills in a challenging, evolving and supportive environment.
• Flexible and pragmatic with a focus on solving problems and delivering solutions.
• Someone who embraces technology and new ways of thinking and working.

Working for Superdry has never been so rewarding…

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, we also offer a holiday buying scheme
• An additional day off to celebrate your Birthday
• Family is massively important to us, so we have a broad range of family-friendly working policies in place, including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Company Pension scheme
• All employees are covered by our Life Assurance policy whilst working at Superdry. We feel it’s important to offer protection for your family and loved ones in such a situation and to support this we offer life assurance cover which pays a lump sum equivalent either twice or four times your annual salary
• A big staff discount – naturally. Because we know that you love to wear Superdry, you’ll benefit from a 50% discount in store and online
• Our Head Office is home to our very own store for staff only where you can treat yourself to heavily discounted sample stock
• A health cash plan is open to all employees.
• Flexible working and core working hours between 10am – 4pm to help you achieve that all-important work-life balance
• Access to onsite parking and as part of our sustainable development goals, we have a selection of electrical car parking points freely available to staff.
• A range of learning and development materials to help you in your career and grow with us
• We like to give back, so we allow our employees time off for volunteering work
• A global employee assistance plan in place that you can access anytime you want - it’s free and confidential
• You’ll also have access to a Cycle To Work Scheme and an excellent Car contract hire/purchase scheme
• A range of local discounts with businesses across Gloucestershire

At Superdry, everyone has a voice and we want to hear it. We create environments where individuality can flourish and is celebrated as part of who we are as a brand. We’re incredibly proud that over 90% of our people feel strongly that they can be themselves at work.

We want to meet people with varied backgrounds because we understand that diversity of thought encourages new ideas to thrive, fuelling creativity and enabling us to do better work. We want to build a team which represents a variety of backgrounds, styles, perspectives, and skills; we hire people based on their merit and potential.

We also welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Superdry and will always accommodate it where possible.

Please note that some jobs may be closed earlier than the published closing date if we get a high volume of applications. We therefore advise that you complete your application at your earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

Who we are

Superdry is a British, founder-led brand with a truly global presence. We’ve been proudly creating world-class product for almost two decades, offering genuine choice to our customers with our curated style collections. 

Our mission is to be the No. 1 sustainable style destination, delivering product that is authentic with unmatched quality and true integrity, much like our people. 

We are on an ambitious journey to serve our diverse community through a premium brand that’s focused on the future, prioritises sustainability, leads with craft, and celebrates culture. We need talented people to join us on the adventure, is this you?

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Please note that some jobs may be closed earlier than the published closing date if we get a high volume of applications. We therefore advise that you complete your application at your earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

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