Group Legal Counsel - Shape a Global Growth Function

Valeo Foods; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo Foods is seeking a qualified lawyer to help shape a Group legal function with ownership and impact. You will draft and negotiate commercial, procurement, IT and HR contracts, support M&A workstreams, and help build governance, compliance, and legal tech tools as the Group scales.

You will work with central teams across Procurement, IT, People, Finance/Treasury and ESG, gaining exposure to senior stakeholders early on and shaping how the function operates in a growing international business.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer in England & Wales with commercial contracting experience.
• 3–5 post-qualification experience or equivalent; other PQEs may be considered.
• In-house experience preferred but private practice candidates considered.
• Experience with procurement/IT contracting, M&A support, governance basics and privacy operations is advantageous.
• Exposure to corporate M&A transactions and familiarity with governance basics.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial, procurement, IT and HR contracts.
• Establish and maintain clause banks and guidance for self-serve, track key terms.
• Help create the legal front door and templates/playbooks.
• Support legal workstreams across acquisitions/divestments and restructurings.
• Coordinate post-close integration and governance/Company Secretarial tasks.
• Support global IP strategy execution and regulatory horizon scanning.
• Assist in privacy operations, compliance programs and data protection frameworks.
• Help implement core legal tech (CLM, trackers, dashboards) and SOPs.

Job description

Valeo Foods is seeking a qualified lawyer to help shape a Group legal function with ownership and impact. You will draft and negotiate commercial, procurement, IT and HR contracts, support M&A workstreams, and help build governance, compliance, and legal tech tools as the Group scales.

You will work with central teams across Procurement, IT, People, Finance/Treasury and ESG, gaining exposure to senior stakeholders early on and shaping how the function operates in a growing international business.