Legal Counsel (R25)
- Employer
- Robert Walters
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £80000 - £100000 per annum + bonus and benefits
- Closing date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Reference
- O7U8L2-DF1F49B6
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Data Protection
- PQE
- 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details

We are looking for an experienced Legal Counsel to join the London business unit, supporting the wider business portfolio of household-name brands.
In this role, you will play a key role in shaping the future of the business, offering strategic legal guidance, independently navigating complex commercial deals, and driving value across the organisation. Beyond the contracts and negotiations, you'll contribute to refining the legal frameworks and policies that empower the teams and set the business apart from the competition. You will also have the opportunity to develop and mentor junior colleagues in the team.
Your role will include but not be limited to the following:
- Drafting, negotiating, and finalising commercial agreements in collaboration with business teams
- Acting as a trusted advisor to commercial teams, building strong partnerships and enabling growth
- Providing insights on new products and initiatives-no two days are the same!
- Delivering legal guidance and risk assessments on a wide range of issues, including compliance with data protection and e-privacy laws
- Supporting acquisitions and corporate integration projects
- Building and managing a framework of policies and best practices to address legal and commercial challenges
- Contributing to the development and growth of junior team members
Suitable candidates will have:
- At least 5 years' post-qualification experience in-house or at a commercial or corporate law firm with experience providing full service commercial legal support (the reference to PQE is a guide only. We welcome applications from candidates with more or less PQE).
- An experience and appreciation of the challenges and requirements of delivering legal support in a fast moving commercial in-house team.
- Qualified to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales (or another common law jurisdiction)
- Proven technical ability to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements to tight timescales
- Experience of advising on IT, data protection/e-privacy laws as well as corporate law
If this sounds of interest to you, please get in touch to discuss in more detail.
Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates
Company
Established in 1985, the Robert Walters Group is one of the world’s leading specialist professional recruitment consultancies with an international network of 44 offices in 21 countries. In the UK we specialise in the placement of permanent, contract and temporary positions across all levels of seniority and recruits across the accounting, finance, banking, IT, HR, legal, sales & marketing, secretarial and support disciplines.
Our specialist legal recruitment division provides a complete, fully integrated service that focuses on the placement of legal professionals into private practice, in-house and the public sector markets. Jobs at all degrees of seniority are covered, from newly-qualified lawyers to partner level, either on a locum, contract or permanent assignment basis.
Our extensive global network of offices allows us to place UK qualified lawyers overseas and internationally qualified lawyers in the UK. As part of the Robert Walters brand, the legal division is recognised worldwide and is associated with great expertise in our field and an unshakeable commitment to providing the best possible service.
For further information about the career prospects we can offer you, please visit our website:
- Telephone
- 020 7379 3333
- Location
-
11 Slingsby Place
St Martin¹s Courtyard
London
WC2E 9AB
United Kingdom
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