Legal Counsel, Commercial
- Recruiter
- BCL Legal
- Location
- West Midlands Region / Birmingham, West Midlands
- Posted
- 19 Aug 2014
- Closes
- 16 Sep 2014
- Ref
- VM/34177a
- Contact
- Victoria Moore
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Information Technology, PPP/PFI/Commercial projects
- Experience Level
- Mid Level, Senior Level
Commercial Lawyer sought to join the established legal team of a large multinational based in the West Midlands. This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the Midlands leading businesses in a senior capacity where you will have the opportunity to be a true business partner and which will also see you manage and develop more junior members of the Legal team.
Commercial Lawyer sought to join the established legal team of a large multinational based in the West Midlands. This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the Midlands leading businesses in a senior capacity where you will have the opportunity to be a true business partner and which will also see you manage and develop more junior members of the Legal team. This role is extremely varied in nature. You will be a senior lawyer and form part of an established team, working closely with commercial colleagues providing excellent legal advice and contribute to the success of the business. The focus of this role is predominately on drafting and negotiating large scale contracts with for the business encompassing:
- Advising and negotiating numerous contracts for the provision of services to numerous large 'blue chip' clients of the business including worldwide group framework contracts. This includes co-ordinating legal support across various jurisdictions.
- Reviewing and preparing responses to invitations to tender
- Advising sales teams/operation directors on the tender process for the outsourcing of services
- Advising and negotiating large scale multisite outsourcing agreements
- Advising on TUPE and pensions implications relating to out-sourcing agreements, litigation and tax issues with the support of external counsel if necessary
Negotiated and finalised numerous contracts with suppliers
This is a senior positioned role within the UK business and you will be responsible for the provision of high quality legal and contractual advice to specific business sectors. Working as a strategic business partner and manager of legal risk, you will take ownership of the legal demands of the relevant operating businesses, from analysis of tenders, contract drafting and negotiation through to contract completion and all ancillary legal matters including advising on potential disputes and providing legal training. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercial lawyer to work at a senior level within the business, join a cohesive team and be exposed to challenging, high quality and varied work.
Applications are sought from motivated individuals, able to provide sound, practical and commercial legal advice aligned to the activities of highly committed business colleagues. We are keen to hear from individuals with at least 5 years pqe experience gained in commercial contracts or projects. Essential to success in the roles will be the flexibility to provide face to face support for operating businesses and the ability to manage a varied transactional workload, deal with multiple deadlines and to quickly develop working relationships through strong communication skills.
An excellent package is on offer which includes competitive salary, company car, bonus, pension, life assurance and private healthcare.