Assistant General Counsel
- Employer
- Robert Walters
- Location
- Homeworking
- Salary
- £175000 - £200000 per annum
- Closing date
- 17 Feb 2025
- Reference
- YSCT77-A9F262F3
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Senior Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial
- PQE
- 7+ Years
Job Details

What you'll do:
As an Assistant General Counsel, you will be instrumental in accelerating the growth of our client's business. You will assist the business in their movement into new locations globally, with a particular focus on the US.
- Partner with the business to review, negotiate, and close commercial agreements
- Provide legal advice and internal guidance on complex international employee relation matters and employment litigation issues
- Advise key stakeholders on a broad range of areas such as master supply agreements, disputes, data protection issues, employment and HR issues
- Educate internal colleagues on the latest legal developments which may impact our business
- Ensure compliance with all relevant laws and regulations
- Recommend ways to improve and scale processes to keep up with rapid business growth
What you bring:
The ideal candidate for the Assistant General Counsel position brings advanced communication skills, enabling them to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into easily understandable advice. They possess advanced legal drafting capabilities and strong personal ethics. Their ability to quickly absorb, process, and analyse large amounts of information regarding complex issues is unparalleled. Experience working at a Private Equity backed business, particularly one that has operated in the US market, would be advantageous.
- Advanced communication skills for translating complex legal issues into easily understandable advice
- Advanced legal drafting capability
- Strong personal ethics
- Ability to quickly absorb, process and analyse large amounts of information
- Experience working at a Private Equity backed business that is operational on a global level.
What sets this company apart:
Our client is at the forefront of one of the fastest-growing areas of medical technology. They believe in providing patients with the highest quality of care through innovative solutions. Their commitment to transforming how surgery is performed across the world sets them apart from others in their field. Joining their team means being part of a mission-driven organisation that values impactful leadership, professional growth, and collaborative teamwork.
If you want to learn more, please contact me for a confidential conversation on the below.
📧Ciaran.ONeill@RobertWalters.com
📞07721019717
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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