Legal Counsel
- Recruiter
- Taylor Root
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 05 Sep 2016
- Closes
- 03 Oct 2016
- Ref
- 880222AL
- Contact
- Amy Lennox
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Company / Commercial
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
This is an exciting and unique opportunity for an in-house lawyer to join an innovative and pioneering legal team within the Technology space. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will be responsible for providing guidance to engineers and executives alike, on a wide range of groundbreaking legal issues. This will include negotiating commercial agreements with Fortune Global 50 companies, working on regulatory advice, drafting EU commercial contracts, and advising on Intellectual Property, Data Privacy, employment and international tax issues. The role will involve commercial drafting, working alongside the procurement team, and also assisting with advancing new deals forward.
This is a highly commercial role within a high growth, exciting, fast-paced and dynamic environment with the ability to travel up to 25% of the time. To succeed in this role, you must have a strong legal background, ideally possessing a law degree from a top-tier institution and 3+ years at a top firm or in-house, with outstanding analytical and writing skills. Experience in a start-up/ high tech environment, a technical background (CS, Science, Engineering or Mathematics) and French and/or German language skills would be highly advantageous, but are not essential.
Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.