Company Description

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Job Description

Accor is currently looking for an experienced senior lawyer to head up the Legal Commercial and Procurement team in its Europe and North Africa hub. You will report directly to the General Counsel Europe and North Africa, who is based out of London.

You will join a growing and dynamic team working on all Commercial and Procurement Agreements across the region and align with our Corporate Legal team based in our Paris head office. You will focus your efforts on Accor’s Premium, Midscale & Economy branded hotels.

You will be in charge of Accor’s legal commercial and procurement activity for the Europe and North Africa Hub. You will ensure that this activity is conducted within applicable laws, will offer counsel on legal issues and, by adopting an effective legal strategy, will facilitate the Company’s growth and business development.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Lead and mentor the legal commercial and procurement team of circa 9 lawyers in the ENA Hub and retain and when necessary attract appropriate talent. Develop, direct and motivate the team;
• Act as a strategic partner to the business and ENA Legal CoDir
• Comprehensive and independent handling of tasks and cases from the entire field of commercial law in ENA.
• Independent management of legal correspondence with internal departments and external contractual and negotiating partners, in particular with legal advisors/lawyers of the contractual partners.
• Preparation of legal decision-making bases for the management and specialist departments.
• Develop and share know-how in particular by producing template agreements that maximise value and minimise risk for use by the team and its internal clients
• Keep abreast of legislative changes and communicate as appropriate;
• Be proactive and look to improve process and business efficiencies. The aim is to simplify and standardize contract management, industrialise legal processes and move towards trans-national legal services.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATION / COMPETENCIES:
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements to meet the business needs.
• Ability to work in a team, confident appearance, commitment, initiative, ability to work under pressure
• Interest in and understanding of economic contexts, in particular, with view to procurement contracts
• Distinct analytical thinking and acting.
• Supporting Commercial and Procurement activities, including delivering legal training when applicable
• High-quality standards of own work.
• Ability to work independently and to make legally sound decisions or to prepare decision papers.
• Creating and maintaining standardized template agreements for key service areas and updating legal know-how.
• Coordinating legal matters with other internal divisions and/or outside counsel and implementing best practices.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
• Business acumen, business-oriented practice.
• Strategic thinking and problem solving capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good written communication skills.
• Proactive and decisive.
• High attention to detail.
• The ability to work independently.
• Natural coach/mentor who enjoys developing people and delivering results through others.
• Effective leader with ability to inspire and communicate at all levels.
• Experience leading on a variety of commercial legal matters, ideally with experience in handling procurement, sales, marketing, loyalty, e-commerce and digital agreements.
• Superior drafting and negotiating skills
• Strong analytical and technical drafting abilities with keen attention to detail.
• Confident and calm under pressure, adaptive and resilient to changes, with a positive can-do attitude.
• French and English – fluent/business-level.
• Other languages also desirable.

EXPERIENCE NEEDED:
• Law degree or equivalent Legal Executive qualification; and
• Previous dedicated experience in Legal Commercial roles.
• At least 10+ years PQE (or comparable jurisdiction) commercial or technology transactional experience at a reputable law firm and/or comparable in-house experience.
• Ample experience working in international environments, preferably in the hospitality, leisure or retail industry.
• Proven focus on and ties with business, strategic vision, and a track record serving as a business partner.
• Strong understanding of commercial law.

Additional Information

Our values: BeAllyouArewithallyourhearth
At Accor, we are committed to diversity. Each individual, each personality, and each experience has its place to grow and make us grow collectively. Everything we do, we do with heart. We are creators of emotions, professionals of the human experience, resolutely turned towards others and the world around us.
- Our culture is inclusive. We value the richness of the 120 nationalities, the different backgrounds, and all the stories that make us up. We encourage the diversity of our personalities.
- We take care of the world around us: our teams, our clients, our establishments, our environment are at the heart of our concerns. Our mission is human, essential: to bring cultures together, to open windows on the world, to provide unforgettable experiences, day after day.
- We like to reveal you. All our heartists are talents in the making, they are the future of our group and our hotels. Helping them grow professionally and develop personally according to their desires and ambitions is our priority.
- Together, we imagine your future. Our group is large, the field of possibilities is immense and the experiences are infinite. We encourage every project to evolve in our multi-brand network, in France, in Southern Europe and internationally.
- We dare to question the status quo. We take innovation to heart and challenge ourselves to always do better. We take risks, we dream the impossible and make it possible.
- Hospitality is a team effort and we are stronger together. We believe in caring, we respect our differences and value all voices. We work as a team, saying what we do and doing what we say. Live in ACCOR with yourself. With your talent, your passions, your teams, your desires Be All you Are with all your hearth.