Legal Counsel, Employment and Privacy

This is a Full Time Job

Please note that this role is based in the United Kingdom. To enable us to meet the statutory and regulatory obligations of the United Kingdom immigration system, you must have the appropriate immigration permission needed to work and reside in the United Kingdom for the duration of the employment.
The Counsel, Legal Affairs role forms part of the Sony Pictures Entertainment Legal team and is based in London. The role supports the Privacy Office in EMEA and the Employment Legal team in EMEA and APAC. The role reports to the Vice President, Labour Law, EMEA & APAC, with a dotted line to the Legal Director for Data Privacy in EMEA.
The role is suited to qualified lawyers with 3 years + post-qualification experience, and prior industry-specific experience is beneficial. The Legal Counsel role will support the Vice President, Labour Law, EMEA & APAC, advising on Employment Legal matters across EMEA and APAC. The role will also be responsible for Data Privacy legal advice across the EMEA region and in both cases, will cover all lines of Sony Pictures Entertainment business, together with production companies and joint ventures. The role requires exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to multitask, prioritise, and willingness to take direction and receive feedback to ensure that all tasks and projects are completed in an accurate and timely manner.
What you'll do:
• A solid understanding of employment law, data privacy law and compliance.
• Self-starter with a proactive and positive attitude to their work, demonstrating a commercial and practical approach, taking ownership of tasks and working independently as well as collaboratively with others.
• Ability and willingness to continue to learn and understand new law and industry practices.
• Excellent legal analysis, drafting, negotiation and organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to win the confidence of business partners and the flexibility to respond appropriately to a wide variety of stakeholders across multiple territories in a fast-paced international business.
• Serve as an advisor to business partners by providing practical and timely guidance.
• Will handle, manage & coordinate a wide variety of legal activities, including:
• Assisting with drafting and negotiating privacy provisions and contracts, including data processing and data sharing agreements.
• Assisting with drafting and negotiating employment-related agreements, including all forms of employment and engagement contracts and settlement agreements.
• Providing M&A transactional support, including data privacy and employment legal due diligence analysis, and advising on data privacy and employment law requirements during all stages of the transaction.
• Partnering with the Privacy Tech & Operations team and business stakeholders to review new processing activities and supporting with the creation and legal analysis of Privacy Impact Assessments, Legitimate Interest Analysis and Transfer Impact Assessments.
• Partnering with the People & Organization team on relevant day to day advisory and employee relations matters.
• Assisting with the creation, maintenance, and updates to the Privacy office's and Employment Legal team's documentations, including privacy agreements, employment agreements and template documentations.
• Carrying out regulatory monitoring research across the EMEA and APAC regions to identify key changes and updates to data privacy and employment law and guidance, identifying regulatory enforcement focus, providing updates and summaries to the Privacy Office and Employment Legal team, and assisting with taking appropriate compliance action across the enterprise, including developing and presenting training and legal updates to help foster communication, create awareness and enhance collaboration on privacy and employment matters.
• Assisting with responding to questions and requests from individuals to