Legal Counsel – Commercial Solicitor

Job title:

Legal Counsel – Commercial Solicitor

Company

QED Legal

Job description

Our client is looking for commercial lawyer position to join their highly regarded in-house legal team. This is an exciting opportunity to join an organisation that operates in a fast paced, rapidly evolving and commercial environment.Based in Luton this company has a hybrid working policy preferring employees to be in 2 days in the office per week.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Ensuring the provision of timely and effective legal advice to the business and to assist the General Counsel in providing the same to executive management and the Board.
• Drafting, negotiating and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts.
• Provision of corporate, commercial and regulatory legal support to other departments and management.
• Producing and keeping up to date the corporate policies for which the legal team have responsibility.
• Supporting legal compliance activities and delivery of compliance programmes.
• Taking the lead on horizon scanning for legal/regulatory changes.
• Supporting the General Counsel with company secretarial duties when required.
• Supporting on corporate transactions and construction/development projects when required.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Solicitor with 4 to 8 years Post Qualification Experience.
• Solid experience of drafting and negotiating variety of commercial contracts.
• Willingness to learn and expand knowledge in other areas of law.
• Genuine interest in compliance matters.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously, whilst also collaborating effectively within a team and fostering relationships across departments.
• Capable of partnering with the business to provide practical, compliant solutions to complex challenges
• Strong presentation skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear and practical advice to diverse audiences.

Our client envisages that candidates with between 4 – 8 years PQE will have the relevant skills / knowledge for this position, however this has been given as an approximate guide for applicants and our client is happy to consider the applications of candidates who fall outside of this PQE range but who have the relevant experience.For more information on this great in-house opportunity please contact Simon Campbell at QED Legal. If this position isn’t for you but you know someone who could be suitable then please let us know. We offer a reward fee for any successful referrals. For full details please see our website.CompanyAs a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your career.AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services – practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers

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Expected salary

£70000 – 80000 per year

Location

Luton

Job date

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 23:43:22 GMT

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