We are working with a notable Trade Body in the UK that is looking to hire a Legal Counsel to join their team on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract. The contract is due to start ASAP and will be well suited to individuals with upwards of 1 years’ PQE, or Newly Qualified lawyers with a wealth of prior commercial paralegal experience.
The business is expanding their service offering, and in doing so, they are looking to expand their legal team by hiring someone to support the General Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel in handling a range of commercial, data, and licensing contracts.
The business offers very strong development opportunities, and the successful individual would have the ability to participate in further training and projects across the wider business, should this be of interest. They offer a collegiate environment and provide an unrivalled work-life balance, with employees being able to accrue up to an additional 13 days leave over the course of a year, on top of the standard 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
A key responsibility throughout this contract will be the managing the process and undertaking drafting/negotiating/approving data contracts with external suppliers and/or customers. Therefore, it is imperative that candidates should be able to demonstrate very strong commercial contracts experience, specifically with data and licensing contracts.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate:
- Qualification as a Solicitor in England & Wales (or another commonwealth jurisdiction to include Australia or New Zealand, for example)
- Ideally upwards of 1 years’ PQE commercial law experience, or a wealth of prior commercial paralegal experience if at the NQ level
- An incredibly strong technical grasp on commercial contracts, specifically data and licensing contracts
- Experience gained within private practice, or another in house setting, focussing on commercial law
- The desire to work in house
- The ability to start a new contract role at short notice or immediately
- The ability to work collaboratively and independently
With offices based in Central London, the team operate on a hybrid working basis, with 50% of working days in the office, with the other 50% from home.
This is a great opportunity to work with a collegiate, non-hierarchical, team.
