Privacy Legal Counsel

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel – Data Privacy (Korea), and as part of the Chanel Korea Legal team, the Legal Counsel – Data Privacy will serve as a key advisor on privacy, data protection, and information governance matters across the business. The role will partner closely with local, regional, and global stakeholders to provide privacy legal advice, lead data incident response, support regulatory engagements, and drive privacy compliance initiatives, ensuring compliance with Korean privacy laws in an increasingly active enforcement environment.

What you'll do

• Provide practical, risk-based privacy advice across CRM, ecommerce, marketing, retail, HR, digital, and client engagement activities
• Assess privacy risks and recommend commercially pragmatic compliance solutions
• Review and negotiate Data Processing Agreements and other privacy-related contractual provisions with third-party vendors
• Advise stakeholders on PIPA compliance requirements and evolving regulatory expectations
• Support implementation of privacy requirements across business initiatives, operational processes, and organizational changes
• Lead legal response to data incidents, data breaches, and privacy-related matters requiring urgent assessment and decision-making
• Coordinate investigations with business teams, IT, Cybersecurity, Client Care, HR, Compliance, and other stakeholders
• Manage alignment and communications with regional and global privacy teams during incident response
• Assess legal notification and reporting obligations and coordinate regulatory communications where required
• Support remediation efforts and continuous improvement of incident response processes and controls
• Support responses to regulatory inquiries, audits, investigations, inspections, and enforcement matters
• Assist with submissions, fact-finding, stakeholder coordination, and regulatory communications
• Provide privacy support for global, regional, and local projects involving personal data
• Conduct or support privacy impact assessments, data mapping, and privacy-by-design initiatives
• Draft and update privacy notices, consent forms, policies, procedures, and related documentation

Requirements

• Lawyer qualified in Korea or another relevant jurisdiction, with fluency in both English and Korean
• At least 4 years PQE gained in a leading law firm and/or major company
• Experience advising on data privacy, technology, cybersecurity, digital, or regulatory matters
• Strong knowledge of Korean privacy laws and regulations, including PIPA
• Demonstrated ability to manage time-sensitive matters and coordinate effectively across business, technical, regional, and global stakeholders
• Strong drafting, analytical, stakeholder management, and project management skills
• Collaborative, business-oriented mindset with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Preferred qualifications

• Experience managing data incidents, regulatory inquiries, investigations, or enforcement matters preferred

Benefits

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