Legal Counsel

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As part of our team and for a temporary contract (CDD),  you will have the opportunity to support the acceleration of the development of franchised hotels in Europe, especially in France and create a unique and renown luxury collection hotel portfolio and you will be in charge providing legal support to the specialized luxury network on procurement aspects.

You will directly report to the Global General Counsel of Sofitel, MGallery Emblems and Luxury Hotels Europe who is based in London and your main missions and responsibilities will be:

Franchised hotels support:

• Rolling out Franchise Agreements based on standard process predominantly in France;
• Negotiate with owners and legal advisors of Hotel Franchise Agreements and all related documents;
• Implementation of pre-contractual documentation;
• Preparation and adaptation of template documents related to hotel franchising in different legal environments;
• Follow-up franchise related legislation changes with the support of external advisors;
• Cooperation with compliance team in relation to KYC review process for franchise deals and other related compliance matters;
• Providing legal support to franchise operations team;
• Analyse and implement potential franchise concepts for services additional to accommodation services (e.g. F&B, SPA-wellbeing etc.)
• Engage with external legal counsel to address legal matters in different jurisdictions;
• Ensuring documents are compliant with Accor Group policies; procedures and organisational structure;
• https://careers.accor.com/global/en/job/legal-counsel-franchised-hotels-and-procurement-support-europe-f-m-x-cdd-in-issy-les-moulineaux-france-jid-117508