Legal Placement

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About Toyota

Toyota (GB) PLC is the national marketing and sales function for Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the UK, responsible for all Sales, Marketing, After Sales and Customer Relations nationwide. We are located at a stunning purpose-built ‘Eco HQ’ in the heart of the Surrey Hills, where you become part a team of approximately 350 people who are aligned to our core values and are proud to work for one of the world’s most renowned brands.

Legal Placement

This opportunity gives students the opportunity to work in a busy in-house legal team in a truly commercial environment. You will learn how to research, prepare and deliver advice to the businesses through emails, telephone calls and in face-to-face meetings. There will be exposure to a wide range of legal documentation including supplier contracts, NDAs, licence agreements, and the student will develop their drafting and negotiating skills in the preparation and completion of these contracts. Your project exposure will be varies and could range from data protection to the requirements of the ISO standards maintained by the business.

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of contract documentation including: licence agreements, NDAs, supplier agreements, etc.
• Responding to ad hoc queries from the various business areas (including advertising and marketing, aftersales, customer relations) via telephone, face-to-face meetings and email. Researching subject matter, discussing issues and solutions with line manager and delivering advice to the business.
• Assisting legal and compliance colleagues with ongoing wider legal and compliance projects on a day-to-day basis.
• Assisting in the development of standardised precedents to help streamline contracting processes.
• Preparing and processing applications for vehicle approvals.
• Producing certificates of conformity for vehicles.
• Providing administrative support in business meetings including the preparation of agenda items and taking minutes.
• Attending and contributing to regular legal and compliance meetings with colleagues to update on current work priorities and share knowledge/updates on key issues.

What do we look for?

You will need to have an enthusiasm and willingness to develop knowledge and experience in all areas of law including: contract law, tort and data protection. We are looking for candidates that are organised good time management skills as well as the ability to communicate confidently, both written and verbally.

You should have good research skills and able to interpret and analyse information and data and be proficient in Microsoft packages and able to adapt to new IT packages and databases easily.

What qualifications do I need?

Studying a law or a law-related degree, with a strong 2:1 track record in university modules completed to date.

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