Group Commercial Legal Counsel - South Yorkshire

Group Commercial Legal Counsel
Hybrid Working – 3 Days in Office, 2 Days from Home
4+ Years PQE Required

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and experienced Group Commercial Legal Counsel to join a growing in-house legal team at a prominent UK organisation. This role offers the chance to provide expert legal advice across a wide range of commercial contracts and business functions, working closely with multiple teams to support the organisation’s growth and strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Commercial Contracts: Review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts, including NDAs, standard terms of business, bespoke agreements, consumer contracts, manufacturing agreements, and complex IT contracts (such as SaaS and AI-based agreements).

• Legal Advice: Provide clear, commercially-focused legal advice to internal teams, helping to mitigate risks and make informed business decisions.

• Procurement Support: Work alongside the Procurement Team, offering legal support from the RFP stage through to advising on contract terms, management, and termination.

• Consumer Law: Collaborate with the Customer Operations team, providing expert legal advice on consumer law to ensure compliance and a customer-centric approach.

• Litigation Management: Oversee a caseload of consumer small claims, ensuring each matter is handled efficiently and commercially, working closely with customer service teams for positive outcomes.

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure the organisation remains compliant with evolving regulatory requirements, staying ahead of changes that could impact business operations.

• Policies & Processes: Lead the drafting and implementation of new policies and processes, ensuring smooth adoption across the business.

• Precedent Management: Manage the organisation's bank of commercial legal precedents, ensuring consistency and accuracy across all departments.

• Training & Coaching: Deliver training to key stakeholders, breaking down complex legal matters into clear, actionable guidance.

• Emerging Risks & Trends: Stay informed of emerging legal risks and industry trends, proactively advising the business and contributing to future strategy development.

Ideal Candidate:

• Experience: At least 4 years’ PQE or relevant pre-qualification experience in commercial contracts.

• Financial Services: Experience in financial services is desirable.

• IT Contracts: Proven experience in negotiating large-scale IT contracts, particularly SaaS agreements and AI technology-related contracts.

• Data Protection: Strong knowledge of data protection legislation, ensuring compliance and risk management.

• Commercial Mindset: A commercially-focused professional capable of influencing decisions and standing by your legal advice.

• Fast-Paced Environment: Comfortable managing multiple priorities and working efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

• Collaboration: Strong ability to build relationships across the organisation, adapting communication to diverse audiences.

• IT Skills: Competent in using IT systems and technology to streamline work processes.

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to simplify complex legal issues for non-legal stakeholders.

• Organisational Skills: Highly organised with strong time management skills and the ability to prioritise urgent matters effectively.

• Commercial Awareness: Strong commercial acumen, with experience advising internal stakeholders. Previous in-house experience is a plus but not essential.

• Legal Trends: An interest in trends within the legal industry, particularly around contract management technology and AI.

• Growth Mindset: A passion for continuous learning, growth, and sharing knowledge within the team and the broader organisation.

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive market salary based on experience.

• £6,000 car allowance.

• Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.

• 15% corporate bonus opportunity.

• 37.5 hours per week with hybrid working (3 days per week in the office, 2 days remote).

• Holiday buying scheme, with 25 days + 8 bank/public holidays.

• A paid volunteer day each year.

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption leave.

• Pension salary sacrifice scheme and cycle-to-work scheme.

• Free parking and subsidised on-site restaurant.

• 30% staff discount and 15% friends and family discount on products.

• Group Sharesave scheme.

• Private medical insurance (PMI) for you and your family.

• Life assurance and company sick pay.

• Wellbeing perks, including access to an Employee Assistance Programme, healthcare services, and discounted gym membership.

For more information please contact Adam Zdravkovic at Think Legal Recruitment - adamz@thinklegalrecruitment.com