Senior Legal Counsel

One of the UK's most high profile and recognised brands seeks an experienced commercial lawyer for a new in-house position in Yorkshire.

Senior Legal Counsel, Leeds

One of the UK's most high profile and recognised brands seeks an experienced commercial lawyer for a new in-house position in Yorkshire.

Working as part of a national in-house legal team, this is a great opportunity to work closely with a wide range of divisions in the group and take a leading role on a diverse range of commercial work. Current business practices allow lower value agreements to be handled closer to ground level, which has the knock-on effect of filtering more complex and high-risk matters such as large outsourcing contracts, group IT systems, and high value commercial agreements.

This in-house legal team has and uses a panel of external advisors, but this is very hands-on role rather than a panel/project management, and requires a commercial lawyer with strong contract negotiating and technical drafting skills.

The team are ideally looking for someone that has at least 5 years commercial PQE* and is comfortable advising on complex high value transactions. Some in-house experience is preferable, but that can be from a secondment, and any experience working with organisations in a regulated sector would be a distinct advantage.

The position comes with a highly competitive starting salary and one of the best benefits packages in the region. The business also operates an agile working policy allowing for flexible working around the business needs.

In summary, the business is looking for someone that meets most of the following criteria:

• 5+ commercial PQE

• Previously worked in-house or gained experience working for a large commercial firm (UK top 100)

• Exposure to large IT, major outsourcing agreements and exposure to commercial work for a business in a regulated sector is preferable.

For further information on this senior legal counsel opportunity please contact Alex Brennan at Robert Walters (Leeds Office) on 07825 202 230 or

*Please note that PQE levels are only mentioned as a guide and do not preclude applications from commercial / in-house lawyers that have more or less experience and feel that the meet the above criteria.