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Paralegal
Paralegal – Samsung ESBO Legal Team
Position Summary
Why join our team?
We are a small Legal team within Samsung’s fast-growing and even-faster-paced European Services Business Office (ESBO). ESBO delivers exceptional content and seamless connected user experiences across Samsung’s ecosystem—including streaming, advertising, mobile, gaming, smart appliances, and art—by leveraging its scale, data, and technology.
As part of the business, our Legal team facilitates growth while mitigating legal and regulatory risk. As a Paralegal, you’ll assist with media law across a diverse spectrum: channel & content licensing, app distribution, ad-tech, advertising, mobile experiences, gaming, and more.
The role spans across all of Europe, requiring collaboration with colleagues and counterparties in the UK and EU.
Role and Responsibilities
Your key responsibilities include:
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Ownership of ESBO’s legal matter process:
- Provide training to business stakeholders on legal request creation and management.
- Facilitate contract conclusion and signature.
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Maintain and improve team contact archives and legal advice notes intranet.
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Team support:
- Assist with internal process tools (e.g., expenses, billing, automated NDA processes).
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Contribute to team knowledge development by:
- Reporting on legal changes relevant to ESBO.
- Sharing industry updates.
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Seek and coordinate input from:
- Colleagues across European subsidiary legal teams.
- ESBO business teams (Finance, Product, Tax, etc.).
- Assist with:
- (i) Pan-EU contracting for procurement of services/key projects.
- (ii) Advising on pan-European and local laws applicable to ESBO.
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Liaise with external law firms and specialists.
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Assist with the preparation and negotiation of commercial contracts (e.g.):
- Channel & content licences.
- App distribution agreements.
- Marketing agreements.
- Media sales agreements (including supply-side platforms and trading deals).
- Other ad-tech and advertising-related documentation.
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Provide legal and regulatory risk advice, especially in targeted advertising, streaming, and app distribution.
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Ad-hoc tasking in team events and projects.
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Enhance the team’s reputation as responsive, ambitious, trusted, and commercially-minded by:
- Managing the weekly Legal newsletter.
What We Need for This Role
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Strong academics with a demonstrated interest in legal work, whether:
- Obtaining a law degree.
- Currently studying law.
- Studying a related subject.
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Interest in technology and business, and enthusiasm for working across legal disciplines and subject matters.
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Willingness to learn, take ownership of your development, and quickly pick up new tasks.
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Highly organised, with the ability to handle creative and repetitive tasks (e.g. drafting, detail-focused work, administrative processes).
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Excellent prioritisation skills to balance risk-level, urgency, and business-value across multiple tasks.
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Clear understanding of when to escalate issues and confidence in raising them with senior team members.
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Humility and drive to learn from mistakes and improve through feedback and experience.
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Team player mindset, willing to support:
- Fellow legal team members.
- Wider ESBO business stakeholders in a patient, pragmatic, and flexible manner.
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Ability to work independently with strong initiative.
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Exceptional communication skills:
- Written (drafting, research, issue-spotting).
- Verbal (listening, tone-adaptation, cross-cultural awareness).
What Does Success Look Like?
You’ll thrive by:
- Settling in quickly and contributing effectively from the start (e.g., with contracts, advice).
- Fully understanding ESBO Legal’s processes and earning trust in managing legal requests independently.
- Seeking help when needed while proactively presenting solutions.
- Developing knowledge of ESBO’s business and sector (content, media, advertising, AdTech).
- Maintaining high standards in the contract archives and advice intranet, and driving continuous improvement.
- Building relationships with stakeholders and actively seeking construction feedback.
- Acting as a true business partner, enabling ESBO to achieve targets and celebrate successes.
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Benefits of Joining Samsung
Work-Life Flexibility
- Hybrid working: 3 days in-office, 2 days remote.
Financial & Healthcare Support
- Bonus scheme (individual, team, company performance-linked).
- Car allowance.
- Healthcare cash plan.
- Income protection.
- Enhanced pension contribution.
Wellbeing & Growth
- Three volunteering days per year.
- Flexible benefits portal (with £55/month allocation for travel insurance, gym membership, season ticket loan, Tastecard, dental insurance, etc.).
- 25 annual holiday days (plus bank holidays + an extra birthday day off).
Discounts & Office Perks
- Exclusive discounts on Samsung products.
- Access to a corporate shopping portal with additional savings.
Equal Opportunities
Samsung is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Reasonable accommodation for disabilities is available during the application, interview, and employment process. Contact us to request assistance.
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