Legal Counsel – Retail
- Recruiter
- Law Absolute Limited
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 28 Oct 2016
- Closes
- 25 Nov 2016
- Ref
- SB/020065
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Company / Commercial, Information Technology, Intellectual Property
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
We are currently looked for an-all rounded general Commercial Lawyer to join a well-known retailer on a maternity cover.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Lawyer to join a well-established brand and busy legal team. You be dealing with a broad range of commercial legal issues. Reporting directly into the Head of Legal, you will also be liaising with a number of other stakeholders across the business including marketing, buyers and communications teams as well as procurement and finance.
Responsibilities:
- Provide pragmatic commercial legal advice to all areas within the organisation.
- Draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, which include IT and outsourcing agreements as well as sponsorship agreements.
- Manage the company’s brands and IP portfolio.
- Management of litigation.
- Advise on data protection/data privacy in relation to their use of customer data.
- Support on competition/regulatory issues which arise.
- Assist on development and training to the company on a range of legal issues.
Candidate profile:
- UK Qualified Solicitor (trained at a top tier firm is advantageous)
- 5-7 years PQE
- Broad general Commercial Lawyer
- Extensive experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, particularly IT.
- Exposure to data protection issues is highly desirable.
- Well-presented/Client facing and excellent communications skills.
At LAW Absolute we endeavour to respond to all applications within 48 hours. However due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within a 48 hour timeframe your application has not been successful and your details have not been retained.
LAW Absolute acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contract and permanent recruitment.