Commercial Counsel
- Employer
- BCL Legal In-House
- Location
- England, Warwickshire
- Closing date
- 8 Jul 2021
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial
- PQE
- 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a commercial lawyer with 4+ years' PQE to join a leading business as Commercial Counsel, based in the West Midlands.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a top rank business which holds many widely recognised and respected brands within their portfolio. Reporting directly into the Head of Legal, the Commercial Counsel will provide the business with practical legal advice on commercial legal, governance and compliance issues.
This is a varied role that encompasses the following:
- Work in conjunction with the rest of the team to improve efficiencies through Legal Ops, including automation, playbook management and providing training to non-legal parts of the business; and
- Leading, supporting and collaborating with a range of colleagues to meet the business's legal needs, providing commercial and pragmatic solutions at pace in a complex environment, to inform and promote business goals and ensure legal compliance.
- Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and reporting on a wide range of high value commercial contracts (eg customer and supplier agreements, IT, indirect procurement).
- Providing strategic and legal support to material disputes, litigation and/or regulatory issues (managing external lawyers when required).
- Building and maintain key relationships with C-level executives across the business.
This position would be suited to a committed commercial lawyer with experience in-house, ideally with a large organisation, This is a superb organisation with a highly respected legal team who are in routine contacts with key executives across the business..
This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful, dynamic and ambitious business, offering a good balance of home and office working as well as a competitive salary and benefits package.
Company
BCL Legal - we are 100% focussed on finding the best lawyers on the market for leading companies based in England
- Every day since 2003 we have been building our knowledge of which lawyers exist in the market for permanent and temporary requirements.
- Over 8,000 ‘commercial lawyers’ have asked us to assist them with their career– our expertise is knowing who to call upon for each role that we assist.
- True experts in our field, with over 2,200 lawyers, company secretaries and compliance professionals placed in-house across the UK since 2003.
- Each consultant focuses on a particular location, which allows us to truly get to know the lawyers, legal teams and businesses in great detail.
- Unique involvement with the in-house legal community through free CPD seminars https://www.bcllegal.com/clients/events and other added value products.
- Professional and caring consultants who look to build long term relationships with both clients and candidate lawyers.
Some of the organisations we have assisted:
- Arriva
- Asda
- BAE Systems
- Bannatyne
- Bet365
- Bupa
- DHL
- Elior
- Hermes Parcelnet
- Holland & Barrett
- Ilke Homes
- LEVC
- London Luton Airport
- Mercedes Benz
- Michelin
- Molson Coors
- Rolls Royce
- Sodexo
- Zuto
To discuss your career in more detail and to find out about the positions we’re working on, please contact Mark Levine, Craig Wilson, Alison McKee, Tom Fleet, Tom Shaw or Josh Mcconnell.
Offices in Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.
- Website
- http://www.bcllegal.com/
- Telephone
- 0161 819 7475
- Location
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Lancaster Buildings
3rd Floor, 77 Deansgate
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 2BW
United Kingdom
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