In-House Legal Counsel
- Recruiter
- Thomson LRC
- Location
- London
- Salary
- Up to £115,000 + Benefits
- Posted
- 21 Jul 2022
- Closes
- 18 Aug 2022
- Ref
- TLRC444
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Commercial Contracts, Company / Commercial, Compliance
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
International workplace solution business is looking to hire a Legal Counsel/ Senior Legal Counsel to join their highly successful UK & Ireland Legal team. This role will be based in London with flexible/ hybrid working also available. As a Legal Counsel, you will play a vital role in this journey by being a true business partner and providing high quality, forward-thinking and practical commercial legal support to key lines of the business. The role is full time and will report into the Head of Legal.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing timely, practical and commercially-focussed legal advice and support to key lines of business.
- Negotiating, drafting and supporting on a broad range of customer and supplier agreements, which could include recruitment (temp and perm, RPO, MSP), IT services and HMG/regulatory frameworks.
- Identifying and articulating legal risks and issues, and working with key stakeholders to help the business assess and manage the same.
- Translating current trends and challenges in workforce solutions into a legal context and supporting the business accordingly.
- Working to a mindset of being an integrated, “trusted adviser” to the business, and offering an appropriate balance of reactive and proactive legal support.
- Working closely with the business sales and operations teams, as well as other Business Support teams, as required, to ensure a strong understanding of requirements.
- Provide support to the Head of Legal.
- Working closely with, and contributing to, the wider legal function, through participating in knowledge sharing initiatives and being able to leverage and offer capability and collaboration.
Key Skills:
- Circa 3+ PQE for Legal Counsel level / Circa 8+ PQE for Senior Legal Counsel level.
- Qualified solicitor in England and Wales (qualification in Ireland would be looked upon favourably, but is not essential) with experience either in private practice or an in-house legal team environment.
- Excellent understanding of the laws relating to commercial contracts, with good experience in one or more of recruitment regulations, technology and data or UK government contracting.
- Previous experience in the laws relating to employment/recruitment, outsourcing and privacy would be looked upon favourably but are not essential.
- Self-starter with a proactive, collaborative can-do approach.
- Excellent analytical skills, commercial judgment and attention to detail.
- Professional and approachable.
On Offer:
- Competitive salary.
- Generous & flexible company benefits.
- Work within a global organisation who, has been named the most ethical for 12 years running.
- Remote hybrid working and flexible hours where available.
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