Legal Counsel
- Recruiter
- Law Absolute Limited
- Location
- North London
- Salary
- £60,000 - £80,000
- Posted
- 09 Apr 2019
- Closes
- 07 May 2019
- Ref
- ST/025480
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Commercial Contracts, Company / Commercial, Competition / EU
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We are partnering with this well-known on-line retailer in their search for a Senior Legal Counsel.
This is an extremely exciting time for this company as they diversify their product offering.
Reporting into the Deputy General Counsel your role responsibilities will be as follows;
- Drafting, negotiating and advising on a broad range of commercial contracts. Particular focus; IT procurement, IP, T&Cs, SaaS, logistics and e-commerce agreements.
- Ability to provide commercially sound advice and support to the business on a variety of legal issues – data protection, technology, procurement and regulatory/compliance.
- Keeping abreast of changes to the law, reviewing new legislation and providing training to the business and colleagues on key legal/regulatory issues.
- Manage external lawyers and local lawyers (when working on international projects)
Skills required:
- Qualified Solicitor
- Solid in-house experience with particular experience on procurement, intellectual property and technology.
- Strong experience of drafting, negotiating and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts.
- Commercial aware with the ability to identify risk.
- Experience in Competition Law, Regulatory and Retail advantageous.
If you have the skills described above and are interested in learning more about the role, please kindly send your CV to sturnbull@lawabsolute.com
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