In house legal counsel

Our client is a multi-national, billion pound business with global operations. Their established legal team has seen the scope and volume of their work grow, and as a result they are now looking for additional resource, to take on a varied and interesting role.

This will be based in the UK HQ, where the senior management team is located. The experienced legal team is well regarded in the business and you'll play an integral role. You will provide legal advice and expertise to the organization , both to the UK and overseas offices, and draft, negotiate and advise on a range of UK and international business contracts and legal issues (which could cover such matters as intellectual property, sale and purchasing, transport, IT, supplier contracts, special projects, compliance advice and even competition/anti-trust issues). You remit would additionally touch on compliance advice, advising on competition/anti-trust issues, real estate law issues, litigation and management of external counsel in the UK and overseas. This is an exceptionally diverse role with a range of interesting legal matters to get involved in .

You will need excellent communication skills, be able to operate in multi-disciplinary teams, and have a flexible and tactful approach to delivering pragmatic commercial legal advice. You'll probably have 1-6 years pqe, along with some experience of working in an in house environment. As much of the work is international in nature, language skills would be of interest, but are by no means essential. You'll be a confident lawyer with exceptional communication skills, who is comfortable working with senior business individuals, and has a good commercial 'nous' to compliment your black letter legal skills.

They offer a good basic salary along with an excellent range of benefits. This is a great role in a successful business, and will undoubtedly be of interest to prospective in house counsel looking to progress their career in an interesting and challenging environment.


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