Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial/Corporate

We are currently seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join our dedicated team. If you are an experienced commercial lawyer (at least 5 years PQE), this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

The Role

As a Legal Counsel, you will be covering corporate commercial work within our UK and Irish business.

Key Responsibilities:

● Carry out the review, negotiation and drafting of commercial terms/contracts, and legal agreements for business projects (including for example framework agreements, procurement tenders, or variations thereof); the role will have its own matter caseload;

● Support the businesses in commercial negotiations in respect of a wide range of customer and supplier contracts;

● Advise on arising issues, risks and commercial queries, with guidance from appropriate functions (insurance and finance) where required;

● Deliver training programmes to the business on legal and contractual risks and issues related to, amongst other things, commercial terms / contracts;

● Update commercial terms / precedents and templates, whilst contributing to processes and improved ways of working;

● Acting as a first point of contact for legal queries for the business; and

● Work with the regional general counsel and / or external counsel on any arising issues.

Requirements

● Technical legal knowledge and commercial understanding.

● Some knowledge of / familiarity with concepts