Senior Legal Counsel
- Employer
- BCL Legal In-House
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Closing date
- 3 Feb 2022
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Information Technology
- PQE
- 1-3 Years, 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details
THE COMPANY
Our client is a fast paced international business, and a real Yorkshire success story. The company has grown rapidly in recent years and has a turnover in the bilions. The current in-house legal team is integral to the success of the business, and is growing both in size and importance. The General Counsel is now seeking to hire an additional senior legal counsel to join the department and take on a commercially focused role.
THE ROLE
As Senior Legal Counsel the main remit of this position will focus on a range of high value general commercial contracts, often with an international flavour. These might be IT contracts, IP matters marketing issues, data protection and regulatory work but could additionally include major projects, corporate activity and strategic initiatives on an ad hoc basis.
ABOUT YOU
You'll probably need at least 4-5 years' pqe to have gained the experience needed in such a demanding and varied role. You will be a lawyer with a track record in 'business law' environment (be that from a contracts, corporate, projects, or litigation background ) ideally gained at a major commercial law firm or well respected in house team You'll need first rate technical legal skills, as well as the softer communication skills that are so essential in such a visible client facing role working closely with the senior management. The key criteria for this role are to be pragmatic and commercially minded, and to be comfortable in a fast moving and dynamic business.
Their offices are based in central Leeds, and they have a highly attractive remuneration package on offer, along with a flexible working policy. Please get in contact for more information
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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