Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial
- Recruiter
- EJ Legal
- Location
- East Midlands
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Posted
- 18 Dec 2014
- Closes
- 22 Dec 2014
- Ref
- SS37525
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Corporate, Information Technology
- Experience Level
- Mid Level, Senior Level
This global industry leader of distribution channels, including stores, direct mail, contract delivery, online and business to business electronic commerce is looking for a new Senior Legal Counsel to join their close knit legal team at Head Office in the East Midlands.
This role is the perfect opportunity for an experienced commercial lawyer who wants to progress their in-house career within a busy environment.
Responsibilities will be wide-spread across the business and will include:
- drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts with customers, suppliers and third parties
- providing legal advice to the business in the UK, Ireland and Europe with a focus on UK and Ireland
- Company Secretarial duties to support the corporate governance function
- Manage the legal contract assistant
- Instruct and manage external advisor to ensure timely delivery of commercial advice
- Occasional travel outside of the UK
- As Senior Legal Counsel you will be academically strong, have trained in private practice and will have previous in-house experience. Ideally you will have 6 - 10 years of post-qualified experience, have both commercial and IT contract drafting and negotiating experience, and knowledge of and interest in e-commerce, brand protection, business to business, and supply chain operations would be advantageous.
If you are interested in this opportunity then please send your CV to Claire at EJ Legal ClaireR@ejgroup.co.uk quoting the reference: ss37525