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Brand FAST RETAILINGFAST RETAILING
Location Roppongi Headquarters: Midtown Tower, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Ariake Headquarters (UNIQLO CITY, 1-6-7 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo) may be required to work due to business reasons.
Update Apr, 2 2025

Job Description

Background
Our group is aiming to become the world's number one apparel retailer by expanding UNIQLO and other brands on an increasingly global scale. To achieve this goal, it is essential for the legal function to provide active and strategic legal services and to add value as a business driver and guardian. We are looking for individuals with legal background and expertise who can contribute to solving issues and making business decisions in domestic and overseas business by demonstrating advanced thinking, judgment, and driving ability.

Outline of the Department
The mission of this department is to contribute to the management decision-making of the entire group by identifying and resolving essential issues in cooperation with all parties, both domestic and overseas, as the controlling department of the group's global legal function.
Organization: 1 general manager, 3 legal team leaders, 12 legal team members (Legal & Compliance Department consists of 3 teams: Legal Team, Intellectual Property Team, and Compliance Team)

Job Description
As the department overseeing the global legal function, the Legal & Compliance Department is responsible for legal-related operations at the Company's group companies.
Details are as follows
Prepare, review, and negotiate various contracts with domestic and overseas business partners.
Research and compilation of relevant Japanese and overseas laws and regulations for various transactions and product development projects, as well as analysis and proposal of legal risk analysis and risk mitigation measures based on this research and compilation.
Assistance in case clarification, legal analysis and resolution of various problems arising in Japan and overseas, assistance in formulating and implementing preventive measures against recurrence, and proactive promotion of disputes.
Promote awareness-raising, education and training, establishment of systems, and implementation to improve legal compliance within the Group.
Other governance management, legal compliance management, legal advice, etc.

Career Path
After joining the company, you will gain a deeper understanding of the Group's business as a whole and other departments, and then take a flexible and leadership role in various legal fields both in Japan and overseas. As we aim to be the world's number one apparel retailer, we are constantly seeking to provide new products and services that exceed our clients' expectations, and as such, there is no shortage of experience and precedent. We expect you to be actively involved in our cases by fully utilizing your high level of thinking, judgment and problem-solving skills based on your research, legal analysis and experience in similar cases.

Qualifications

Required Experience, Skills and Abilities
Qualification as a lawyer in Japan and/or major foreign countries
At least 5 years of experience working in a domestic or foreign law firm or equivalent legal work experience
Ability to review and draft contracts in English and Japanese, and negotiate internally and with clients
Ability to analyze facts and laws and to resolve issues and disputes based on such analysis

■Welcome Experience, Skills and Abilities
Willingness to contribute to business management by utilizing legal and corporate legal work experience
Experience studying, training and working abroad in English-speaking countries
Experience working for a multinational company, whether Japanese or foreign-affiliated
Experience working for a multinational company in the retail or fashion industry

Work Condition

Company Name
Fast Retailing Co.

Employment Type
Full-time employee (no fixed term, probationary period (3 months))

Annual salary
Annual salary range: 10-21 million yen (monthly salary: 570,000-1 million yen)
Commuting allowance, overtime allowance, etc. (*All in accordance with our company's regulations)
Bonuses: Semiannual bonuses twice a year, year-end bonuses (whether or not to be paid and the amount will be decided according to the company's performance and personnel evaluation)
Promotion opportunities: Twice a year (determined according to personnel evaluation)
(Not limited to the above, but will be determined based on our company's rules and regulations in consideration of annual salary and experience in previous jobs.

Working hours
Flextime system or management supervisor
Flextime system
Standard working hours per day ... 8 hours, break ... 1 hour
Core time ... 9:00 - 14:00
Flexible hours ... 6:00-9:00 and 14:00-20:00 with overtime

Supervisors
Based on the working hours of the department to which the employee belongs, and left to the employee's decision

Vacations and Vacations
2 days off per week (Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays correspond to working days) Annual paid vacations, special/ congratulatory/condolence leave, childcare/nursing care leave system, etc.
In addition to paid vacations, special leave is granted in the first and second terms (the number of days granted varies depending on the employment status and the company to which the employee belongs).

Insurance
Social insurance (health insurance, employee pension, unemployment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance, and nursing care insurance)

Benefits
Employee stock ownership system, Mutual aid association system, Affiliated welfare programs, Employee discount system, Cafeteria, Exclusive shuttle bus (for commuting to Ariake office), Defined contribution pension system

Others
We are actively recruiting mid-career workers for our group companies (Fast Retailing, UNIQLO, GU, etc.). We hope you will also check the following and consider applying.
-You may apply to multiple companies within the Fast Retailing Group at the same time. However, please note that even if you are selected for multiple companies, you will only be able to advance to the final selection process for one position at a time.
-We will consider your resume and the results of the interview, and may offer you a position in another Fast Retailing Group company or company.

Smoking is not permitted on the premises or indoors, and there are no smoking rooms or other smoking areas.

Location

Roppongi Headquarters: Midtown Tower, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(There is a possibility that you may be required to work at Ariake Headquarters (UNIQLO CITY, 1-6-7 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo) due to business reasons.

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