Interim Senior Legal Counsel | UK Supply/Construction Company | 12-month FTC | Remote or Office

ZipRecruiter; Altrincham; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal firm is seeking an Interim Senior Legal Counsel for a 12-month fixed-term contract starting in October. The role involves providing general corporate and commercial legal support across the UK business, including drafting and negotiating contracts, ensuring compliance with regulations, and managing stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of post-qualification experience (PQE) required.
• Experience in a building context is beneficial but not essential.
• Ability to manage risk and compliance issues.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate commercial contracts.
• Provide legal support to various functions within the business.
• Manage contentious matters with external counsel.

Skills

UK qualified solicitor

Excellent drafting skills

Stakeholder management

Collaborative approach

Education

Solicitor qualified in a common-law jurisdiction

Job description

Overview

Taylor Root is working with a distributor and merchant of building products. They’re looking to take on an Interim Senior Legal Counsel, who can be with them from October for a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.

This is a role which is providing general corporate and commercial legal support across the UK business. Responsibilities will include:

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a range of commercial contracts;
• Developing contract templates and policy documents and keeping these up to date;
• Providing timely and accurate legal advice and support to the business on a range of matters, including liaising with colleagues from other functions within the UK business such as IT, Finance, Property, HR and claims management;
• Ensuring T&Cs are reviewed and are aligned throughout the business;
• Managing a number of contentious matters, including liaising with external counsel;
• Identifying risk to the appropriate internal stakeholders and proactively helping to manage and mitigate that risk;
• Assisting other functional leads in maintaining legislative and regulatory compliance throughout the various business units, including construction products, data protection, health and safety, business ethics, and anti-corruption and bribery;
• Keeping up to date with changes to law and regulation, conducting research into these changes, and communicating any relevant requirements to the business;
• Maintaining strong working relationships with stakeholders;
• Maintaining the UK’s register of trademarks;
• Liaising with insurers

Key Requirements

• UK qualified solicitor, or solicitor qualified in another common-law jurisdiction
• Ideally, at least 5+ PQE
• Any experience within the building space would be useful but not essential
• Confidence in dealing with a broad range of issues
• Excellent drafting skills and experience
• Collaborative approach
• Strong stakeholder management skills