Internship, Legal - Kendo Brands

Job Description

ABOUT KENDO

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury group. A play on the words "can do", Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• "Can Do" Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals.
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone's voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It's our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, KVD Beauty, Ole Henriksen and Lip Lab.

ABOUT SUMMER 2024 INTERNSHIPS

The Kendo Brands Summer Legal Internship is a paid 6 week Program focusing on an assigned project while being introduced to and fully integrated into the daily activities of your team. For Summer 2024, our program will be hybrid from our downtown San Francisco Office. Interns will work from home every Monday and Friday, and will come into the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Interns will get the opportunity to explore a department and learn about developing a career at a beauty brand incubator. Our program will include exposure to senior leadership, networking opportunities, and regular check ins on internship status.

Applications for the 2024 Internship Program will be open from February 8th to February 23rd. Salary for all internships will be $23/hour. We encourage students of diverse backgrounds to apply including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+, military status, and people with disabilities.

Qualified Candidates must be rising juniors, seniors, or 2024 graduates of an accredited college or university. You must be legally authorized to work in the US and able to work 3 days a week in our downtown San Francisco Office. Candidates must be able to work June 3rd to July 19th.

SUMMARY

As the Legal Intern, you will support the legal team on various projects and tasks throughout the summer. While reporting to General Counsel, you will interact primarily with members of the Legal Department in a supporting role.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with Legal, Regulatory, and Ethics & Compliance teams to support current company initiatives
• Assist with drafting and filing a variety of agreements
• Research and summarize recent updates in a key area of law, e.g., global privacy law developments, recent FTC or FDA actions related to the beauty industry, MOCRA, etc.
• Update and organize legal templates as needed
• Special projects, as assigned

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 2 years of undergraduate experience with a focus on legal studies (at commencement of Internship)
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, communication, negotiating, drafting and problem-solving skills
• Very strong attention to detail
• Sound judgment with the ability to balance legal risk and business impact in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work well with a small, tightly-knit team, and the range to deal effectively with people at all levels of the business
• Ability and desire to seek responsibility and work autonomously. Must be able to handle multiple projects simultaneously with strong follow-up
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Retail and consumer products experience preferred. Beauty industry experience a plus
• Excellent references