• About The Role

  •  Our Legal & Compliance Team are recruiting for a Junior Legal Counsel on a full-time permanent basis.

    What you could be doing:
    Reporting into the Senior Legal Counsel – Litigation & Regulatory, you will play a key role in supporting on a variety of legal matters, including:
    Advising on consumer law, disputes, regulatory topics, and advertising law, with guidance from experienced colleagues. .
    Supporting broader commercial work, including in relation to sales and distribution agreements.
    Helping manage legal risk to ensure the company’s operations comply with relevant legal and regulatory requirements in the UK and applicable international jurisdictions.

    Skills and experience you can bring to role:
    • 2-4 year post-qualification experience (PQE) as a solicitor or barrister in the UK or another common law jurisdiction.
    • Experience or strong interest in consumer litigation, advertising and marketing law and/or regulatory matters.
    • Legal analytical skills with the ability to deliver clear, business-focused advice.
    • Good understanding of civil procedure rules and alternative dispute resolution processes and the ability to manage multiple claims efficiently, from initial complaint through to resolution or court judgment.
    • Ability to manage a varied workload and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
    • Commercial awareness and a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
    • Ability to adapt to the broad nature of an in-house role and take ownership of matters beyond your immediate experience with appropriate guidance and supervision.
    • Ability to interact effectively and professionally with a number of levels of management, internal and external business partners.
    What can we offer you?
    Along with a competitive salary, car schemes (including cars for family members), discretionary bonus, enhanced pension contributions, private medical insurance, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, 4 x life insurance & health & wellbeing support, we also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit you and your lifestyle.

    Legal & Compliance Team
    We’re a trusted partner to the business, providing expert advice to ensure the Group achieves and exceeds its commercial aims. Join us and you’ll be using your professional judgement to advise on the legal implications of Group actions and decisions, as well as a range of compliance issues. This means you’ll play a key part in protecting the Group’s integrity and reputation.
  • About Us

  • We’re driven by difference. With six big brands under one roof – each with its own history, designs and innovations – we’ve created some of the world’s most iconic vehicles, from luxury sports cars to family camper vans. Here, you’ll discover opportunities, explore ideas and tackle challenges that you won’t find anywhere else.

    It takes a range of teams to make the Group successful. We all share the same aim: to deliver sustainable mobility for generations to come, while keeping the customer and their changing demands at the heart of everything we do.

    There’s never been a more exciting time to join our industry as it undergoes the biggest transformation for over 100 years. With digitalisation, electrification and driverless mobility all coming to the market, we’re actively looking for people with new skills, knowledge and outlooks. 

    A brave new world demands brave, new, diverse people; so whatever your background, we would love to hear from you.  We know that different perspectives and thought processes are vital as our industry goes through an exciting period of change.

Our rewards and benefits

Join us and you’ll find a very different type of organisation. So, we’ll reward you with an attractive range of benefits, and we’ll recognise your personal commitments beyond work by protecting your wellbeing. We’ll also give you all the support and learning opportunities you need to develop a successful career with us.

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Annual leave

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Discretionary bonus

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Enhanced pension contributions

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Car schemes for you and your family

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Life assurance

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Private medical insurance*

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Healthcare cash plans*

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Mental wellbeing support

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Occupational health provision

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Paid volunteering days

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Sick pay at full rate of pay

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Income protection insurance

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Fuel card*

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Onsite restaurant, EV charging, parking and car wash

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Employee discounts portal

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Employee referral scheme

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Additional wellbeing support

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Flexible financial security benefits

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Additional flexible benefits

* Please note that some benefits will differ by grade.

What inclusion means to us

What inclusion means to us

We want everyone at Volkswagen Group UK to feel included. Why? Because unique voices and perspectives are vital for our future. And we know that enabling diverse teams to thrive, be creative, and be heard, leads to better business outcomes. That’s why we run various programmes to promote a diverse, inclusive and non-discriminatory culture. And we’re proud of earning Inclusive Employers’ Gold accreditation in 2024. But there’s always more to do.

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Meet some of the team

Eugene, Buyer

I enjoy making strategic decisions that directly impact the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of IT operations, It’s a mixture of fun, challenges and very busy periods. These challenges can be demanding, but they also provide opportunities for growth and development in the role.

Eugene, Buyer
Sabrina, Procurement Category Manager

With over a decade of experience in procurement, I've navigated various roles at Volkswagen Group (VWG) AG and Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS) AG in Germany, as well as VWFS and VWG in the UK. What I enjoy most about my role as a Procurement Category Manager is the chance to shape our procurement strategies and engage in inspiring discussions with stakeholders and suppliers to achieve optimal outcomes.

Sabrina, Procurement Category Manager
James, Group Reporting Controller

Working in finance and legal, no two days are ever the same. The variety of work really does keep things interesting and the group mentality within finance means there are lots of people who are willing to lend support when needed. Knowing that your whole team is pulling in the same direction really does make a difference during busy periods.

James, Group Reporting Controller
Tom, Group Controller

I enjoy the variety that comes with the role, the interaction with business stakeholders and collaborating with the wider Controlling team. Almost every business decision requires Controlling input in one way or another, so it really feels like you’re a part of the company, helping it to achieve its objectives.

Tom, Group Controller
Jonathan, Head of Governance, Risk and Internal Quality

I started out working for one of the largest accountancy firms in the UK and Volkswagen was one of my favourite clients. When I got the chance to move in-house I didn’t think twice. The support my team and I give the business always gets great feedback, because we are here to make processes painless and ensure value add triumphs over bureaucracy.

Jonathan, Head of Governance, Risk and Internal Quality

Our typical hiring process

Weeks 1 to 2

Vacancy open for online applications.

Weeks 3 to 4

Screening of CVs and Talent Attraction initial call.

Weeks 5 to 6

Face-to-face interviews and associated tasks.

Week 7

Interview feedback and outcome.

Week 8 onwards

Offer, contract paperwork and onboarding.

Ready to apply?

Junior Legal Counsel

Volkswagen Group UK - Milton Keynes
Reference number: 487
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