Legal Counsel Corporate and Business ServicesPERNOD RICARD

Pernod Ricard est un leader mondial du secteur des vins et spiritueux, associant des savoir-faire uniques dans la fabrication de ses produits, le développement de ses marques et leur distribution mondiale.

Notre vaste portefeuille, allant du premium au luxe, compte notamment la vodka Absolut, le pastis Ricard, les scotch whiskies Ballantine's, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute et The Glenlivet, le whisky irlandais Jameson, le cognac Martell, le rhum Havana Club, le gin Beefeater, la liqueur Malibu ou les champagnes Mumm et Perrier-Jouët.

Nous sommes un groupe qui a une âme : une entreprise avec des valeurs familiales, ancrée dans nos terroirs et notre héritage. Nous assurons la croissance à long terme de nos marques, dans le respect des individus et de l'environnement, tout en permettant à nos plus de 19 500 collaborateurs dans le monde entier d'être les ambassadeurs de notre authentique culture de la convivialité, porteuse de sens, inclusive et responsable.

Notre raison d'être, notre mission, notre ambition et notre culture définissent qui nous sommes et propulsent notre succès collectif.

Nous valorisons la diversité et la solidarité au sein de notre organisation et dans nos relations avec nos parties prenantes. Nous sommes convaincus que la diversité de nos parcours, de nos expériences et de nos savoir-faire sont les moteurs de notre créativité. Votre personnalité, votre regard, votre intuition et vos idées comptent !

Nos méthodes de recrutement se concentrent donc sur les compétences et le savoir-être et nous accueillons tous types de talents.

Objective

Legal business partner advising the different MMPJ companies on corporate and legal matters.

Main responsibilities

Corporate law

• Manage the corporate governance of the MMPJ legal entities (10 companies + 1 corporate foundation)
• Assist in the preparatory work relating to annual reports and corporate events (board meetings, shareholder meetings etc.) in collaboration with various stakeholders (Finance, Tax, Auditors)
• Draft and review legal documents relating to the day-to-day corporate governance of the companies (board changes, amending the articles of associations, capital transfers, restructurings etc.)

General Commercial law

• Negotiate and draft various legal documents required by the MMPJ business (distribution agreements, confidentiality agreements, filings to authorities etc.)

• Support and advise the local teams on legal matters relating to their commercial and technical projects

• Assist and monitor disputes and legal proceedngs involving MMPJ

Legal Risk Management

• Together with the group Compliance function, implement and monitor Pernod Ricard's Compliance program (including anti-bribery and anti-corruption measures) at MMPJ

• Together with the group Compliance function implement and monitor the data protection (GDPR) programme at MMPJ

• Identify and manage (with the assistance of the various legal support hubs) legal risks impacting the MMPJ business

Required level of competencies and qualifications

• You have a degree in French Corporate law, knowledge of Commercial law is a big plus.
• You have at least 4 years' professional experience.
• You have knowledge on compliance.
• You speak fluently French and English.

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We offer you an outstanding and collaborative workplace that embodies our sharing & conviviality culture, the possibility to work from home (2 days a week), a very complete mutual insurance, an attractive compensation including profit-sharing, the possibility to train daily, employee events…

Pernod Ricard values diversity and solidarity within its organization and in its relations with stakeholders. Our recruitment methods focus on skills, and we welcome all types of talents.

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2026-06-01

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