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

ZipRecruiter; Leigh; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an Interim Senior Legal Counsel to provide corporate and commercial legal support across the UK business. The role requires a UK qualified solicitor with at least 5 years of PQE and excellent drafting skills. This position is a 12-month fixed term contract, starting in October, focusing on managing legal matters and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• At least 5+ PQE is required.
• Experience in the building space is beneficial, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts.
• Provide legal advice on various business matters.
• Manage contentious matters and liaise with external counsel.

Skills

Excellent drafting skills

Stakeholder management

Confidence in dealing with various issues

Collaborative approach

Education

UK qualified solicitor or equivalent

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

• 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

Qualifications

• 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