Senior Commercial Solicitor

Our client is a well-recognised company , they are looking to recruit two senior commercial solicitors.

Client Details

Our client is a well-recognised company, they are recruiting a large legal team to be based in their Sheffield office.

Description

As a key member of the Commercial Affairs Team in Group Legal and Compliance (GLC) this role will partner closely with a wide range of relevant stakeholders to provide commercial law transaction support, advice, guidance and solutions in a commercially focussed and understandable way, and to ensure that all strategic, legal, operational and transactional goals are met in accordance with the needs of the business and objectives of GLC.

• To ensure the provision of robust, clear and commercially focused legal transaction support and advice specifically in the specialist area of commercial law ensuring alignment with business needs and GLC objectives and effectively identifying, assessing and managing risk.

• To ensure that the process of concluding commercial transactions is conducted in an efficient and timely manner to an agreed risk profile, playing an appropriate part in project management.

• To support other more senior members of the Commercial Affairs Legal Team on complex and strategically important matters; and to work independently on complex matters, leading more junior Legal Advisors where appropriate.

• To liaise with other GLC teams to provide specialist advice as necessary.

• To develop, maintain and ensure effective relationships with relevant stakeholders across the business.

• Proactively identifying, developing and leading on the delivery of training programmes and guidance documents to up skill stakeholders on a range of commercial law issues utilising both internal and external resources.

• To support and assist in advising relevant stakeholders, steering committees and business management teams on commercial law risks.

• Ensuring appropriate and focused legal input to project teams, through presence at project meetings/steering groups and by procuring and delivering commercial law advice in the most appropriate format.

• Supporting the Legal Director, Commercial Affairs and other more senior members of the Commercial Affairs Legal Team in all reporting and MI requirements to key stakeholders, General Counsel and as required. Taking a proactive role in identifying valuable ways to utilise MI to drive business change and reduce risk.

• To outsource legal work as appropriate, robustly managing quality and cost.

To proactively focus on enabling relevant stakeholders to produce and agree appropriate contracts without legal support to a pre-agreed risk profile; establishing structured and timetabled reviews of precedents; and assisting with development of internal know-how through appropriate resources.

Profile

Candidates need to have 6 years plus post qualification experience in commercial transactions and commercial legal advice. Candidates who have less than 6 years but have the right skill set and experience should still apply or call me to discuss the roles.

Job Offer

Salary will be commensurate with market rate and depends on the candidates skill set and experience.