Commercial Tech Legal Counsel – AI, Cloud and Growth

ANS Group; Manchester; Sur place; GBP 55 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ANS Group in Manchester is seeking a commercially minded Legal Counsel to join its Legal & Compliance team. You will work with senior stakeholders across sales, technology, product, and leadership to shape commercial decisions while balancing risk and opportunity.

This role involves drafting and negotiating customer contracts, supplier and partner agreements, data protection documents, and supporting corporate transactions in a fast-paced technology business.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with a current practising certificate.
• Around 2–5 years' post-qualification experience.
• Experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal team.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills with the confidence to manage discussions independently.
• Able to build relationships with stakeholders and explain legal concepts in plain English.

Responsabilités

• Manage your own pipeline of commercial legal work from instruction through to completion.
• Draft, review and negotiate customer contracts, supplier agreements, partner agreements and data protection docs.
• Support sales teams with contract negotiations and customer legal queries.
• Advise on legal aspects of new products and services in collaboration with Product and Marketing teams.
• Support corporate transactions, including acquisitions, investments and shareholder matters.
• Manage commercial disputes and debt recovery matters.
• Improve and automate legal processes, including adoption of AI and technology within workflows.
• Develop legal templates, guidance notes and best practices.

Connaissances

Drafting

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Technology interest

Formation

Solicitor qualification

Description du poste

ANS Group in Manchester is seeking a commercially minded Legal Counsel to join its Legal & Compliance team. You will work with senior stakeholders across sales, technology, product, and leadership to shape commercial decisions while balancing risk and opportunity.

This role involves drafting and negotiating customer contracts, supplier and partner agreements, data protection documents, and supporting corporate transactions in a fast-paced technology business.