Legal Support

McDonald’s has run its business in the UK since 1974 and currently operates over 1500 restaurants across the UK and Ireland, serving almost four million customers each day. McDonald’s is one of the UK’s largest private sector employers, employing over 170,000 people.

The Opportunity 

The UK & Ireland Legal Team is seeking a highly organised, proactive and effective legal support assistant. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced legal assistant to join a large and highly regarded inhouse legal team in a fun and friendly environment. 

 

What will my accountabilities be?

You will provide legal and administrative support to the UK&I Legal team, supporting both the Governance sub-team and the Real Estate sub-team.  Your accountabilities will include the following:

• Supporting on responding to Global corporate governance reporting requests. 
• Maintain and monitor company registers.
• Support for Board Meeting preparation
• Company secretarial filings and regulatory supports
• Support changes to legal entities, such as change of registered address, change of directors, updating of powers of attorney
• Production of real estate transactional documents and reports, including formatting, numbering, cross-referencing, copying plans and other attachments, printing and binding
• Carrying out Land Registry and other searches
• Liaising with internal stakeholders in Global Legal and UK Development teams
• Arranging for transfers of completion funds
• Assisting with property transaction procedures, including completion and exchange
• Carrying out general administrative duties such as photocopying, scanning, and filing, and supporting the team with general administrative tasks as required
• Electronic filing of transaction files and documents
• Other support to the Real Estate and Governance sub-teams as required

 

What Team will I be a part?

You will be a part of the UK&I Legal Team, which is highly regarded across the business as a high-performing, friendly and dynamic team with a great reputation for influencing, challenging and leading those at all levels, across all departments.  You will report into a Legal Counsel in the Real Estate Legal Practice Group.   The wider UK&I Legal Department consists of around 23 team members.         

 

Who are my customers?

• The UK&I Legal team
• McDonald’s Development team, which comprises separate teams of Acquisitions Surveyors, Estates Surveyors and Construction Project Managers 
• The Global Legal Team, including Global Compliance, Global Litigation, and lawyers in other markets. 

What background do I need to have?

• Advanced user of Word and competent with other Microsoft Office applications such as Powerpoint and Excel, as well as Adobe Acrobat
• Proficient at formatting, editing and comparing and cross-referencing contracts in Word, and formatting and proof-reading documents and correcting common mistakes confidently and without supervision
• High levels of efficiency with good attention to detail
• Excellent organisational skills and diary management skills 
• Pride in ensuring tasks are carried out correctly and efficiently
• Team player with helpful, collaborative approach and "can-do" attitude
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with web filing at Companies House and awareness of the UK Companies Act highly desirable
• An interest in real estate, and desire to  take ownership of workload and applying independent thought to progress tasks

Company Vision and Culture…

Our Global vision is to build a better McDonald’s and in the UK and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.

McDonald’s is defined by its culture. Our culture shapes and informs everything we think and everything we do. Our culture influences the way we interact with each other, and how we interact with customers, franchisees and suppliers. Our culture motivates and inspires us to attract and retain great talent, creating positive, energising, exceptional working environment for us all.

Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs, our priorities and our actions. They influence the decisions we make, how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.

Serve: We put our customers and our people first

Inclusion: We open our doors to everyone

Integrity: We do the right thing

Community: We are good neighbours

Family: We get better together

 

At McDonald’s we are People from all Walks of Life... 

“At McDonald’s, we are people from all walks of life…

People are at the heart of everything we do and they make the McDonald’s experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers.

We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees and suppliers give us strength.

We do not tolerate inequality, injustice or discrimination of any kind.  These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.

We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonald’s or elsewhere.”