Junior Legal Counsel (3-6 month FTC)

Forte Legal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 101,000 - 157,000; Part time

Job summary

Forte Legal, in London, is seeking an experienced Commercial Legal Counsel for a 3- to 6-month engagement with an immediate start. The role requires working a minimum of 3 days per week in the office within a fast-growing technology scale-up environment.

You will draft, negotiate, and review commercial contracts, provide pragmatic legal advice, and support the development of legal processes. The position emphasizes in-house matters and collaboration with stakeholders to manage risk.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate and review a wide range of commercial contracts
• Provide pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice to stakeholders across the business
• Support the development and improvement of legal processes, systems and operations
• Conduct legal research
• Advise on a broad range of day-to-day in-house legal matters
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to understand and manage legal and commercial risk
• Explore and leverage technology, including AI tools, to improve efficiency of legal work

Job description

Duration: 3 to 6 months initially, with potential to extend on a longer term basis

Working Pattern: Minimum 3 days per week in the office

We are working with a fast-growing technology scale-up that is looking for an experienced Commercial Legal Counsel to join its team on an immediate basis.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded lawyer to work closely with the business across a broad range of in-house legal matters, including:

• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing a wide range of commercial contracts
• Providing pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice to stakeholders across the business.
• Supporting the development and improvement of legal processes, systems and operations.
• Conducting legal research
• Advising on a broad range of day-to-day in-house legal matters.
• Working collaboratively with stakeholders across the business to understand and manage legal and commercial risk.
• Exploring and leveraging technology, including AI tools, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of legal work, particularly across the commercial contract workstream and wider legal processes.

The ideal candidate will have strong commercial legal experience, excellent communication skills and a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach. Experience with technology, AI tools or legal technology would be particularly attractive, and the business is keen to work with someone who is enthusiastic about using technology to transform and streamline the legal function.