Interim Lead Counsel - Product & Regulatory

Elevate; Slough; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevate is seeking an experienced in-house lawyer to provide interim legal support to a global company, advising senior stakeholders on complex regulatory and policy matters across multiple jurisdictions. The role focuses on compliance, public policy, and reputational risk, working with business teams globally.

The successful candidate will have extensive UK PQE, strong regulatory expertise, and the ability to translate complex issues into clear recommendations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years PQE and UK qualification.
• In-house legal experience advising senior stakeholders on UK laws and regulations.
• Experience developing and advocating regulatory and policy positions.
• Strong understanding of the UK legislative and regulatory process.
• Experience coordinating cross-border legal advice across jurisdictions.
• Knowledge of UK consumer protection, ecommerce, and Online Safety Act.
• Experience advising digital/platform businesses on UK law.
• Expertise in UK/EU platform liability regimes is highly desirable.
• Experience with UK short-term rental or planning regulation is desirable.
• Ability to advise on a broad range of matters including commercial, regulatory, competition, data protection, marketing, litigation and payments.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to a global company on an interim basis.
• Act as trusted adviser to senior stakeholders across legal and business teams.
• Coordinate cross-border legal advice and incorporate input from external counsel.
• Manage outside counsel and legal risk on high-impact matters.
• Improve legal processes, policies, and workflows.

Skills

PQE 10+ years

In-house experience

Regulatory expertise

Stakeholder management

Written communication

Verbal communication

Autonomy

Travel willingness

Education

UK-qualified

Job description

We are looking for an experienced lawyer to provide legal support to a global company on an interim basis. The role will act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, with a particular focus on complex regulatory, public policy and reputational matters, while working closely with legal and business teams across multiple jurisdictions.

Location: London

Duration: 12-months

Key Requirements

• 10+ years PQE (or equivalent experience) and qualified in the UK.
• Significant in-house legal experience advising senior business and policy stakeholders on UK laws and regulations.
• Strong experience developing and advocating for regulatory and policy positions, working closely with business, public policy and communications teams.
• Excellent understanding of the UK legislative and regulatory process.
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions, coordinating and consolidating cross-border legal advice and external counsel input.
• Strong knowledge of UK consumer protection regulation, eCommerce regulation and the Online Safety Act.
• Experience advising digital/platform businesses on UK laws and regulation is highly desirable.
• Expertise in UK/EU platform liability regimes highly desirable.
• Experience with UK short-term rental and/or planning regulation highly desirable.
• Ability to advise on a broad range of matters, including commercial, regulatory, competition, data protection, marketing, litigation and payments.
• Experience managing outside counsel, legal risk and complex, high-impact matters.
• Experience managing or supervising junior lawyers/paralegals is desirable.
• Strong ability to operate autonomously, exercise sound judgment and provide practical, commercially focused advice in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence advising senior stakeholders.
• Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into clear, concise recommendations.
• Strong organisational, analytical and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience improving legal processes, policies and workflows.
• Fluent English required; additional European languages desirable.
• Willingness to undertake occasional domestic and international travel, including to the US.