Undergraduate Legal Compliance Placement 2026

Undergraduate Legal Compliance Placement 2026

Role:

The Honda Legal Team forms one part of a wider Division, Legal Business Continuity and Intellectual Property Division. We collaborate with the business to deliver high value, timely, cost efficient and customer centric advice and coaching in relation to legal affairs, compliance, corporate governance and company secretarial matters across the European Middle East and Africa Region.

The appointed individual will become a fully integrated member of the Honda Legal, Business Continuity and Intellectual Property Division and will support on a range of legal reporting, compliance, company secretarial and administrative matters.

Although the appointed individual will be given a line manager to support and mentor them, depending on the work carried out, they may be supervised directly by other members of the Division, including senior managers and experienced lawyers.

This is a role that provides an excellent opportunity for the appointed individual to develop their skills and to contribute as part of a dynamic and ambitious in-house legal team.

Main Responsibilities:

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the items set out below.

• Maintain a log of requests for legal support received by the Legal Team. Provide a first response (acknowledgement) to all legal work requests. Engage with the business to ensure that all requests for legal support are comprehensive and understandable.
• Support the Legal and Compliance Assistant with company secretarial work, including requesting document notarisation and legalisation etc.
• Support the Legal and Compliance Assistant with the coordination of legal reporting requests sent to Honda Motor Europe Limited’s subsidiaries and other Honda entities within the Europe, Africa and Middle East region.
• Become a super-user for the Honda Contract Lifecycle Management system (a contract database) and provide user support to business colleagues, as required. Assist in the implementation of a new Honda Contract Lifecycle Management System with improved functionality.
• Contribute to ad hoc legal, compliance and corporate governance projects.
• Carry out legal research and support Legal Team members in responding to requests for legal advice. This may include drafting, or advising on, simple contracts.
• Manage the accounting administration for the Legal Team, including raising Purchase Orders, receiving invoices for approval and processing approved invoices for payment.
• Provide administrative support to prepare for, and to ensure the smooth running of, quarterly Compliance Updates.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations, supporting audience participation polls (using Slido or other technology) and give training to business colleagues on relevant topics.
• Provide general administrative support, including filing contracts, arranging meetings, booking rooms, securing signatures, receiving and posting documents, updating the Legal SharePoint site, supporting new joiners to obtain access to relevant IT systems, ordering stationery etc.
• Support in researching and sensing new laws within the Region.

Qualifications, skills and experience: Required/Desirable

Required

• A legal or business undergraduate looking for a placement as part of their studies.
• A highly organised individual with strict attention to detail and the ability to deliver to deadlines, whilst maintaining quality standards.
• A keen interest and ability to carry out quality legal research.
• The ability to maintain the highest standards of confidentiality in all aspects of their work.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication in English.
• Strong team player with an enthusiastic “can-do” attitude.
• Ability to remain flexible and able to adapt to changing demands in the role.
• Proficient user of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Microsoft Forms.
• Experience using AI resources.

Desirable

• Undertaken previous administration work and/or work experience in a legal environment.
• Knowledge of another European language.
• Knowledge of Japanese culture.
• Knowledge of Automotive, Motorcycle, Power Product, Marine industry.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Honda is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in the workplace for all employees, temporary workers, contractors, applicants and visitors. Honda also encourages respect for the individual differences and talents of others while making full use of one's own abilities, based on Honda's philosophy of respect for the individual.

At Honda, we value and celebrate diversity and are committed to being a fair, non-discriminatory company that promotes and welcomes the uniqueness and differences of people around the world. We recognise that a diverse workforce allows for different ideas and perspectives, and we encourage everyone to share them. We strive to foster a culture of belonging that is consistent with Honda's core values and lived out in the way we work and respect each other. For us at Honda, diversifying our workforce means increasing its overall strength by providing people with equal opportunities - regardless of personal characteristics or previous careers.

This commitment flows directly from the Honda philosophy and the belief that we are all working towards a common goal. Honda recruits, hires, trains and promotes the most qualified/experienced individuals at all levels without regard to race, origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.

How to apply

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