Legal Counsel

MCKINLAY LAW; England; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A legal services provider in Windsor seeks a Legal Counsel with over 5 years PQE to manage legal affairs focused on Intellectual Property and Data Protection. This role offers a mix of home and office work, ideal for an ambitious private practice lawyer looking to transition in-house. You will advise the board, manage external legal suppliers, and ensure compliance with data protection laws.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ PQE, either in-house or in private practice.
• Extensive litigation experience.
• Experience with data protection and intellectual property is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage legal aspects of the company’s Intellectual Property portfolio.
• Oversee compliance with UK GDPR and Data Protection.
• Draft and review legal documentation and contracts.
• Advise the board on a variety of legal areas.
• Manage external lawyers and suppliers.

Skills

Litigation experience

Data protection law

Intellectual property law

Job description

Job Title: Legal Counsel

Salary: to £90,000

Location: Home and Windsor (home working 3-4 days a week)

PQE: 5 years’ +

One of our in‑house clients, a growing company based in Windsor, are looking for a senior corporate affairs associate / legal counsel to assist and support the Director of Corporate Affairs in the management of all legal affairs for the company with a particular focus on Intellectual Property, Data Protection and Commercial work.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the legal aspects of the company’s Intellectual Property portfolio
  • Coordinating external IP lawyers
  • Bringing opposition to registrations
  • Negotiating settlements to disputes
  • Registration of new trade marks
  • Determining litigation strategy
• Overseeing, advising and leading compliance to UK GDPR and Data Protection across the company
  • Being the nominated person for Data Protection internally and externally
  • Identifying and minimising data protection risks
  • Assessing data protection compliance
  • Drafting, implementing and ensuring compliance with data protection policy and procedure
• Reviewing, amending and drafting legal documentation and contracts to support the commercial and operation arms of the business
• Advising the board of directors and company on a wide variety of legal areas and obtaining external expertise where required to do so
• Managing external lawyers and suppliers including their costs

It is essential that the applicant have a minimum of 5 years’ PQE (this can be gained in-house or private practice) and have extensive litigation experience. Experience in data protection law and IP will also be beneficial. The office is located in Windsor and you will need to travel to the office twice a week, with three days working remotely. Fantastic opportunity for an ambitious private practice lawyer to move in‑house, or for an experienced counsel to move to a progressive company in a fast‑moving, growing market.

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.