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Everything you need to know.
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Overview
Working closely with senior stakeholders, you’ll help navigate legal risk in a complex environment while contributing to the effective running of the Group as a publicly listed company.
What's the job
- Provide pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice on a wide range of corporate transactions, including M&A, disposals, joint ventures, internal reorganisations and shareholder‑related matters.
- Advise and support the Treasury function on financing arrangements, including credit facilities, term loans, hedging documentation, dividend payments and share buyback programmes.
- Work closely with Investor Relations and Company Secretariat to support legal and regulatory compliance and contribute to effective corporate governance within a publicly listed company.
- Play a key role in the review and optimisation of the Group’s legal entity structure, ensuring alignment with strategic, governance and operational requirements.
- Build strong, trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across central functions, providing clear, practical advice in a complex environment.
- Proactively identify and manage legal risk, ensuring issues are addressed effectively and proportionately.
What you'll bring
- Qualified lawyer in England & Wales with a recognised law degree (LLB or equivalent).
- Significant post-qualification experience (PQE) with strong corporate law experience, likely gained over 6 + years ideally in a leading law firm and/or within a large multinational organisation.
- Proven experience providing corporate legal advice within a leading law firm and/or large multinational organisation.
- Strong technical grounding in corporate and commercial law, including experience advising listed companies or within a public company environment.
- Demonstrable experience working with treasury and financing documentation, including credit facilities and hedging arrangements.
- Proven ability to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice in a complex stakeholder environment.
- Strong stakeholder management, influencing, drafting and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities effectively.
How We Work
We believe in flexibility and balance. Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating - whether in our offices or at offsite locations. On average, around 60% of your time will involve in-person collaboration.
We value the perspectives new team members bring and encourage you to apply - even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements.
What We Offer
An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, support experimentation, and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here.
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Scroll down below to find out more about our benefits.
Diversity & Inclusion
Our customers come from all walks of life - and so do we. We’re committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.
Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.
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Rewards & Benefits
What we offer.
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Private Health Care
Opportunity to receive up to family level cover with AXA. Join within three months of starting or at annual renewal in April. (This benefit is subject to Benefit In Kind taxation).
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Kingfisher Pension Scheme
Immediate eligibility through auto-enrolment. Contribute 8% to receive a max 14% from the Company.
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25 Days' Holiday
25 days per annum plus bank holidays as stated in your contract (pro rated for part time colleagues).
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Staff Discount
20% discount at B&Q and Screwfix. Eligible after 3 months service.
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Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan (SIP)
Share ownership in a tax efficient way. Save between £10 to £150 per month. Join at any time once three months service is reached.
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Life Assurance
x4 Salary plus benefit equal to value of your Retirement Account (if an active member of KPS-MP) or x1 Salary if not active member.
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Bonus
Competitive bonus scheme that aligns to work level of role.
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Kingfisher Share Save
Save with the option to buy Kingfisher plc shares at the end of a 3 or 5 year period. Offered annually. Three months service is required at the annual invitation date, normally in October.
Our Behaviours
At Kingfisher, we are united by our 6 core behaviours
Testimonials
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Training & Development
There are so many ways you can grow, learn, and develop here at Kingfisher. At whatever pace suits you.
Why Kingfisher
We’re an innovative, international retailer on a journey to actively make a difference. Always striving to take that next step. You can be part of the difference. From bottom to top you can progress in a collaborative environment. So, why not Kingfisher?
Application Process
What to expect from our application process...
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Step 1: Application
Send in your application via our Kingfisher Careers website.
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Step 2: Review
A member of the Talent Acquisition team will then review your application let you know if you have progressed to the next stage of the process.
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Step 3: Interview 1
You’ll then have a telephone interview/one to one conversation with a recruiter.
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Step 4: Interview 2
As you progress, you’ll be invited to attend a face to face or virtual interview.
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Step 5: Feedback
Your recruiter will be in contact with feedback and, if successful, the details of your job offer!
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