Legal Counsel to H&M Online Sales i Stockholm

We are looking for an analytical and structured Legal Counsel with a passion for e-commerce to H&M Online Sales. Are you the one we are looking for?

About Online Legal & Domain

Online Legal & Domain is a highly specialized team within H&M Online Sales, which consists of Legal Counsels, a Domain & Social Media Strategist and a Domain & Social Media Coordinator. By offering our support we help all brands in the H&M group to make the best business decisions and build trust with our customers.

Your responsibilities

The job as a Legal Counsel in the Online Legal & Domain team at H&M Online Sales comes with lots of responsibility – and lots of fun. Your areas of work will be to:

• Be part of the Public Affairs team and provide legal analysis regarding various legal initiatives on EU or state level, such as the EU Digital Single Market strategy and Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms.
• Support our existing e-commerce platforms to ensure local legal compliance of e.g. consumer protection and data privacy.
• Support all brands and departments within the H&M group to interpret business requirements into legal requirements and vice versa to make the best business decisions.
• Advise our Business Development department on new initiatives for Online Sales to improve our customer offer.
• Support the Online Expansion team with legal advice when entering new markets.
• Work alongside other Legal Counsels specialized in areas such as IP, logistics and data privacy.

Who are you?

For this role, you will need a university degree in law and preferably 2-3 years’ experience, in working with EU and international matters, in legal areas such as:

• EU Digital Single Market policy areas
• Competition Law within e.g. sales and pricing

• Consumer Law and Consumer Rights

Other areas of merit includes:

• Public Affairs
• Policy or legislative work
• Marketing and Advertising Law
• Loyalty programs
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Data Privacy
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements
• Previous e-commerce experience in online retailing is a plus

As a person, we believe that you are flexible, open-minded and a fast-learning team player. You have a strong entrepreneurial spirit and constantly look for ways to improve and drive new ideas. You are able to work independently as well as in a team and know how to prioritize tasks in order to meet deadlines. You enjoy working in a fast-growing organization with many contact areas with a straightforward and open-minded communication. 

The position is a temporary position for 12 months, with the possibility of extension, located at our Head Office in Stockholm, Sweden.   

Do you want to join our global digital growth adventure and be part of creating the future e-commerce at H&M? Apply by providing a cover letter, resume and university transcript as soon as possible, but no later than May 12, 2019. We will start interviewing for this position prior to the deadline.

If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact:

Christofer Lagerholm (Christofer.Lagerholm@hm.com), Legal Counsel Online Legal & Domain, or

Ingrid Rás-Vidál (Ingrid.Ras-Vidal@hm.com), Manager Online Legal & Domain.

We are looking forward to your application!

H&M Online Sales is responsible for H&M’s e-commerce globally, where we digitally offer the world fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way! We offer e-commerce in all digital channels, and currently have e-commerce sites in 47 markets. Our goal is to be the #1 global online fashion destination and the most loved fashion brand in the world, which means we will grow fast in the coming years. To reach that goal we need people with a great interest in retail and in driving sales! Today we are approximately 250 people working from our head office in Stockholm, a multi-cultural environment with many international colleagues both at the office and around the world.