Senior Legal Counsel
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Legal
- Location
- England, East Midlands
- Salary
- £500 - £700 per day
- Posted
- 09 Jun 2017
- Closes
- 07 Jul 2017
- Ref
- 13832921/001
- Contact
- Bethany Machon
- Job Title
- Lawyer
- Practice Area
- Commercial Contracts
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
Michael Page have been instructed by one of our Health-care / Pharmaceutical in-house clients to recruit for a senior in-house legal counsel to start asap on a full time locum contract based in the East Midlands.
This role will report directly into the General Counsel.
This is a long term contract assignment working on a day rate basis of ~40 hours per week, subject to workload.
The day rate for this role is £500 - £700 per day subject to experience.
Client Details
One of the leading providers in the health-care market.
Description
The key responsibilities required for the role include:
- Act as In-House Senior Legal Counsel
- Head up and manage NHS business stream.
- Drafting, review and negotiation approval and execution of commercial and other contracts including contracts with clients when new business is gained, or when existing contracts are renewed.
- Provide legal support and advice to the Group Company Secretary and senior internal stakeholders.
- Support M&A and corporate transactions.
- Assist in maintaining the corporate risk register staying abreast of legal developments affecting the organisation and incorporating such developments into the organisations practices.
- Manage and advice on threatened or actual litigation.
- Advise key stakeholders on legal priorities, (corporate governance and other relevant regulations and legislation) and support training & compliance work as needed.
- Ensure contracts are in place for all services identified by the business, including maintaining best practice templates for SLA's and other core legal documents.
- Advise on various legal issues including anti-bribery, data protection issues and competition law compliance.
- Motivate and inspire direct reports to perform to their best and lead by example.
- Give direct reports clear direction and set objectives/goals
- Assess capacity demands to undertake work tasks, and take steps to optimise the deployment of available staff resources.
- Support team to resolve complex issues and act as an escalation point when necessary.
Profile
The candidate must have the following skills and experience to be considered for this position:
- UK Qualified solicitor
- Hold an in-date practising certificate
- Senior Legal Counsel level or General Counsel / legal director level.
- A proven track record of working at a senior level within the in-house legal market
- Previous experience working within the medical / health-care sector - specifically with the NHS.
- Previous team lead / management experience
- Extensive commercial contracts background
- Strong communicator
- Be able to work in the East Midlands on client site.
Job Offer
Subject to face to face interview