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

ZipRecruiter; Leeds; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal recruitment agency is seeking an Interim Senior Legal Counsel to provide corporate and commercial legal support across the UK business. This role is a 12-month fixed term contract starting in October, requiring a UK qualified solicitor with 5+ years of post-qualification experience. Key responsibilities include drafting contracts, ensuring regulatory compliance, and managing legal risks for various functions within the company.

Qualifications

• 5+ PQE required for the position.
• Experience in corporate and commercial law is essential.
• Ability to manage contentious matters and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate commercial contracts.
• Provide legal support across UK business.
• Maintain compliance with regulations.

Skills

Drafting contracts

Stakeholder management

Legal advice

Commercial awareness

Education

UK qualified solicitor

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:

Responsibilities

• 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