Legal Counsel

McKinlay Recruitment Services Limited; Windsor; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing legal services firm based in Windsor is seeking a Legal Counsel to manage legal affairs. The role requires a minimum of 5 years PQE, focusing on Intellectual Property and Data Protection. Responsibilities include managing external counsel, overseeing compliance with laws, and advising the board. The position offers a salary up to £90,000 with a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years PQE in-house or private practice.
• Extensive litigation experience is essential.
• Experience in data protection law and IP is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage legal aspects of the company's Intellectual Property portfolio.
• Negotiate settlements to disputes.
• Oversee compliance with UK GDPR and Data Protection laws.
• Draft and amend legal documentation and contracts.
• Advise the board of directors on various legal matters.

Skills

Legal expertise

Negotiation skills

Data protection knowledge

Intellectual Property experience

Litigation experience

Job description

Job Title

Legal Counsel

Salary

to £90,000

Location

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

PQE

5 years +

Overview

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 companys Intellectual Property portfolio including coordinating external IP lawyers
• Bringing oppositions 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 including 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

Qualifications

It is essential that 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.

Application

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.