In-House Solicitor

LHH; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

Benefits package

Professional development funding

Hybrid working

Three days per week (pro-rated)

Job summary

LHH is recruiting a part-time Solicitor into its in-house legal team. The role can be based in Sheffield, Glasgow or Cardiff and is scoped as three days a week, with hybrid working following probation and half of the time in the office.

The successful candidate will work alongside an experienced General Counsel, covering commercial contracts and the compliance that sits around them, reviewing and negotiating client and supplier agreements and advising colleagues on day-to-day legal queries.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive with UK practicing status.
• Strong contract and commercial law grounding.
• Ability to draft legal documents independently.
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation.
• Clear communication with non-legal colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate client and supplier agreements.
• Manage contract processes from start to finish.
• Identify and manage contractual, insurance and regulatory risk.
• Draft and prepare legal documentation.
• Advise colleagues on day-to-day legal queries.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Commercial law

Legal drafting

Stakeholder communication

Education

Qualified solicitor / Chartered Legal Executive (UK)

Tools

MS Word

Contract management systems

Job description

An established UK business with offices nationwide and work overseas is recruiting a part-time Solicitor into its in-house legal team. The role can be based in either Sheffield, Glasgow or Cardiff and is scoped as three days a week.

This is a newly created position, working alongside an experienced General Counsel, covering commercial contracts and the compliance that sits around them.

Day to day:

• Reviewing and negotiating client and supplier agreements
• Managing contract processes and tracking matters through to completion
• Identifying and managing contractual, insurance and regulatory risk
• Drafting and preparing legal documentation
• Advising colleagues across the business on day to day legal queries

What matters to them:

• A sound grounding in contract and commercial law, and how compliance works in practice
• The ability to draft legal documentation independently
• Strong organisational skills, with the capacity to manage competing demands
• Clear communication with non-legal colleagues at all levels
• A measured, commercial approach to risk

Solicitors and Chartered Legal Executives are equally welcome to apply, and the business is open on level.

Package:

• A competitive full time equivalent, pro-rated for three days
• Three days per week, based in Glasgow or Cardiff
• Hybrid working following probation, with approximately half of working time in the office
• Profit share scheme open to all employees
• Comprehensive benefits package and funded professional development

For more information, or a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Sam Fryer at LHH:

07703 355559