Senior Consultant

LAW Absolute is currently working with one of the largest full-service UK law who are recruiting a commercial lawyer to join their in-house General Counsel legal team. The role is on a full-time and permanent basis and the successful candidate will be able to work remotely most of the time.

Role Overview

• To act as an ambassador of the General Counsel culture and standards, developing, maintaining and embedding best practice in line with the firm’s values and strategic plan.
• Provide a legal advisory role for in-house legal issues, ensuring, promotion of and adherence to the firms compliance and regulatory policies and procedures. 
• Lead the legal aspects of commercial customer and supplier contract negotiations and will be the policy holder for the group on defined areas of legal and regulatory policy.

Experience Required

• Qualified Solicitor with in-house experience.
• Expert understanding of Commercial Law and Contracts.
• Experience of Corporate Law, Consumer Law, IT Law, Intellectual Property Law and Data Protection Law.
• Experience of drafting and negotiating of legal documentation.
• Experience of successfully engaging management and groups of stakeholders.
• Experience in managing competing and ever-changing priorities whilst delivering objectives.

If this role is of interest to you, please send your CV to gturner@lawabsolute.com.

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