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General Counsel UK

Employer
QED Legal
Location
Enfield
Salary
£140000 - £160000 per annum, Benefits: Additional bonus & benefits
Closing date
6 Sep 2024
Reference
SC45980D
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Job Details

Our client is a multinational company, looking for a General Counsel for all legal, compliance and data protection related matters for all their UK legal entities. This position also comprises the role of company secretary. The successful candidate must have knowledge of public procurement in the UK.

Based in Enfield, North London this company has a hybrid working policy requiring employees to be in the office 3 days per week.

Key responsibilities:
  • Lead and support the legal department
  • Draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts and agreements
  • Provide effective legal advice and ensure the compliance with laws as well as adherence to the respective legal and compliance processes
  • Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across other departments
  • Work together with the business to develop strategies in the event of disputes
  • Management of external counsel law firms
  • Responsible for the management of a legal team of 3
The successful candidate:
  • An English qualified solicitor ideally with between 7 - 12 years’ post qualified experience
  • Will have profound knowledge of the public procurement law in the UK
  • Work closely with the company’s Compliance Officer and Data Protection Officer
  • Have good communication and strong interpersonal skills
  • Have a commercial / business outlook to their work
Our client envisages that candidates with between 7 - 12 years' post qualified experience will have the relevant skills / knowledge for this position, however this has been given as an approximate guide for applicants and our client is happy to consider the applications of candidates who fall outside of this PQE range but who have the relevant experience.

For more information on this great in-house opportunity please contact Simon Campbell at QED Legal. If this position isn’t for you but you know someone who could be suitable then please let us know. We offer a reward fee for any successful referrals. For full details please see our website.

Company

As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your career.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers

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