Senior Counsel - 12 month FTC (Part-time)
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- Homeworking
- Salary
- £90000 - £120000 per annum
- Closing date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Reference
- JN -122024-280513
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Mid Level, Senior Level
- Contract
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Information Technology, Media/Entertainment/Sport
- PQE
- 4-6 Years, 7+ Years
Job Details

The client:
Our client are a global sports betting and entertainment business who own some of the leading consumer facing entertainment and gaming businesses in the market. The team are well established and dynamic in how they operate and it is a great opportunity ot support with some of the below project work and join a friendly and collaborative in-house team.
Key responsibilities:
Principal duties include overseeing contractual matters with existing and future suppliers, participating in RFPs and due diligence reviews of suppliers, providing commercial advice and negotiations on key strategic initiatives and providing day-to-day commercial legal advice. The successful candidate will have a strong commercial and transactional background and be able to apply sound, pragmatic judgement in a dynamic and evolving environment. Other matters include but not limited to:
- Structuring, negotiating and drafting a broad range of simple to more complex and high value commercial agreements including agreements relating to technology services (such as software licences), creative marketing, media agencies, professional services and purchase/leasing of high value goods.
- Advising on the commercial implications of existing contractual obligations. Drafting terminations and amendments to existing contracts and suppliers.
- Resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and queries.
- Collaborate and supporting on implementing cost saving initiatives such as improvement to internal processes.
The ideal candidate:
- Qualified lawyer with 5+ years PQE. Can be qualified in the UK or another jurisdiction but must have well established commercial legal knowledge in-house.
- Strong free hand contract drafting and negotiating ability.
- Preferably have recent in-house legal experience.
- Experience in gambling or other regulated industry is useful but not essential.
- Ability to work independently while being able to contribute successfully to cross-functional teams.
- Pro-active and driven attitude and comfortable liaising with and advising senior management.
- Able to problem solve quickly by making reasoned judgements balancing risks.
- Excellent attention to detail and prioritisation skills with a proven ability to meet demanding deadlines.
- Comfortable working in a fast paced and highly regulated environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent analytical and computer skills.
Working arrangements: 2 days a week in London office (Stratford)
Start date: ASAP - Will consider 1 month notice period but preference to start sooner.
Salary: Highly dependent on PQE Level and experience. Please note, day rates will not be considered.
Full time or Part time (4 days a week) will be considered for one of the positions.
Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.
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Company
Established in the 1980s, Taylor Root is now widely recognised as being one of the world’s leading legal recruiters. Operating out of offices in the UK, Dubai, Asia and Australia, we are ideally placed to assist law firms, banks and companies with their legal recruitment on an international basis. Taylor Root has a strong track record in the recruitment of: Heads of legal and legal advisers; Law firm associates and partners; Contract/locum lawyers; Paralegals; Company secretaries and Compliance professionals.
We regularly recruit for positions in all of the following regions: Western and Eastern Europe; The Middle East; Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, mainland China and Bangkok; Australia and New Zealand, across The Caribbean and Offshore locations. .
In areas such as Project Finance, Derivatives or Capital Markets, where an international search is appropriate, our offices aim to provide truly global coverage and deliver a comprehensive candidate shortlist.
Through hard work, a professional and ethical approach, and not being afraid to be objective, Taylor Root continues to foster excellent, long-term candidate and client relationships throughout all of its offices.
Taylor Root is a member of The SR Group. The SR Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to raising standards in the business environments that we serve. The sectors we cover include tax, legal, human resources, marketing, professional support and executive search, dealing with a substantial number of the world's leading professional partnerships, multi-national corporations and international banking groups as well as small to medium sized developing organisations.
For more information please contact your nearest office:
5 Fleet Place
London
EC4M 7RD
T: +44 (0)20 7415 2828
Suite 614, Liberty House
DIFC
P.O. Box 506739
Dubai, UAE
T: +9714 448 7770
1918 Hutchison House
10 Harcourt Road Central
Hong Kong
T: +852 2973 6333
Level 15, Prudential Tower
30 Cecil Street
Singapore 049712
T: +65 6420 0500
Level 12, 25 Bligh Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
T: +61 (0)2 9236 9000
Level 4
520 Collins Street
Melbourne
Victoria, 3000
T: +61 (0)3 8610 8400
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