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Paralegal
Position Summary
Why join our team?
We are a small Legal team sitting within Samsung’s fast-growing and even faster-paced European Services Business Office (ESBO). ESBO is dedicated to delivering exceptional content and seamless connected user experiences across Samsung’s ecosystem (streaming, advertising, mobile, gaming, smart appliances and art) by harnessing its scale, data and technology.
We see ourselves part of the business, helping to facilitate its extraordinary growth while protecting it from legal and regulatory risk. As Paralegal, you will provide assistance to the Legal team across the spectrum of media law – including channel & content licensing, app distribution, ad-tech, advertising, mobile experiences, gaming – and beyond! ESBO operates across all of Europe, so you will be dealing with colleagues and counterparties across the continent, as well as in the UK.
Role And Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Ownership over ESBO’s legal matter process, including:
- Providing training to business stakeholders on legal request creation and management
- Facilitating contract conclusion and signature
- Maintaining and improving team contact archives and advice note intranet
- Team support including with internal process tools (e.g., expenses; billing; automated NDA processes)
- Contributing to team knowledge development, including:
- Reporting back on legal changes relevant to the business area
- Sharing interesting industry updates
- Coordination and collaboration:
- Seeking and coordinating input from colleagues across:
- European subsidiary legal teams
- ESBO business teams (Finance, Product, Tax, etc.)
- Assisting with:
- Pan-EU contracting for procurement of services or key projects/engagements
- Advising on pan-European and local laws relevant to ESBO
- Seeking and coordinating input from colleagues across:
- Liaison with external law firms and specialists
- Assisting with the preparation and negotiation of contracts and documentation relating to:
- Channel and content licences
- App distribution agreements
- Marketing agreements
- Media sales agreements (including supply-side platforms and trading agreements with agencies)
- Providing legal and regulatory risk advice, particularly in areas such as:
- Targeted advertising
- Streaming
- App distribution space
- Ad-hoc team support, including help with:
- Team events
- Projects
- Contributing to maintaining the team’s reputation within the business as a responsive, ambitious, trusted, and commercially-minded legal function, including:
- Managing the weekly Legal newsletter
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What We Need For This Role
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Strong academics:
- Demostratable interest in legal work, such as:
- Obtaining a law degree
- Currently studying law or a related subject
- Demostratable interest in legal work, such as:
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Interest in and enthusiasm for:
- Technology
- Business
- Working across legal disciplines and subject matters
- John Doe's willingness to learn and take ownership of development
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Ability to balance complexity and detail:
- Willingness to engage with more creative legal work
- Commitment to handling repetitive or detail-focused administrative tasks when needed
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Reliable prioritization and risk assessment skills:
- Ability to filter tasks based on:
- Risk level
- Urgency
- Business value
- Ability to filter tasks based on:
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Cyndey Remington:
- Proactive in identifying when questions or concerns should be escalated
- Confidence in raising such matters with seniors
- Humility and drive to learn from mistakes
- Growth from experience and feedback
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Collegial spirit and versatility:
- Support for all members of the legal function and wider ESBO business
- shown through:
- Patient, pragmatic, and flexible manner
- Working under own initiative
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Outstanding communication and focused skills:
- Strong written communication
- Attention to detail
- Keen interest in developing:
- Drafting
- Negotiation
- Research
- Issue-spotting skills
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Superb interpersonal skills:
- Listening skills
- Adaptability:
- Adjusting tone for different audiences
- Understanding of different cultures, workstyles, and seniorities
Skills And Qualifications
What Does Success Look Like?
- Quick acclimation to team work, effective contributions from early stage:
- Contracts and advice
- Comprehensive understanding of ESBO Legal processes, trusted to:
- Manage creation and conclusion of legal requests
- Stay timely and highly organized
- A proactive approach:
- Seeking help when needed
- Presenting potential solutions
- Development of sector-specific knowledge in:
- ESBO business
- Content, media, advertising, AdTech space
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Consistency in work quality:
- Team contact archives and advice intranet maintained to:
- A high standard
- Improved where possible
- Team contact archives and advice intranet maintained to:
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Fostering stakeholder relationships:
- Building connections with stakeholders within ESBO
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Seeking feedback:
- Regular engagement with:
- Peers
- Stakeholders
- Agile response and acting upon feedback
- Regular engagement with:
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True business alignment:
- Assistance in achieving ESBO’s targets and business objectives
- Celebration of ESBO’s wins
Benefits Of Working At Samsung
Compensation and Workplace Perks
- Hybrid working model: 3 days in-office and 2 days remote per week
- Performance-linked bonus scheme aligned with:
- Individual performance
- Team success
- Company performance
- Car allowance
- Healthcare cash plan
- Income protection
- Enhanced pension contribution
- Volunteering days: 3 per year
- Flexible benefit portal:
- Monthly contribution of £55
- Including:
- Travel insurance
- Gym membership
- Season ticket loan
- Tastecard
- Dental insurance and more
- Leave entitlements: 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Additional personal day for birthday
- Product discounts: Access to wide range of Samsung products
- Discounted access to shopping portal
Equal Opportunities Note
We are an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and does not discriminate based on:
- Race
- Religion
- Colour
- National origin
- Gender
- Sexual orientation
- Age
- Marital status
- Disability status
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- Individuals with disabilities will be provided with reasonable accommodations for:
- Job application and interview processes
- Performing essential job functions
- Receiving employment benefits
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