Legal Counsel - 3-6 Month FTC (Immediate Start)

Forte Legal; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Forte Legal is sourcing an interim Commercial Legal Counsel for a London-based, hybrid role with 3 days in the office. The position is a 3–6 month assignment with potential extension and immediate start preference.

The successful candidate will draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, provide clear risk-focused advice, and drive improvements to templates, processes and workflows, including exploring legal tech/AI-enabled solutions to streamline contracting.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial contracts experience, ideally gained in-house or in a commercially focused legal practice.
• Ability to provide clear, pragmatic and commercially focused legal advice.
• Experience improving contracting processes, templates, systems or workflows, or a strong interest in developing this expertise.
• Confidence working with stakeholders across a fast-paced business.
• A proactive, hands-on approach and the ability to make an impact quickly.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems, legal technology or AI-enabled workflows would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements.
• Advising stakeholders on commercial risks and practical solutions.
• Improving contract templates, playbooks, approval processes and contract management workflows.
• Identifying opportunities to streamline contracting through legal technology, automation and AI.
• Helping improve the efficiency and consistency of the end-to-end contracting lifecycle.
• Supporting other day-to-day in-house legal matters as required.

Skills

Commercial contracts

Legal advisory

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Proactive

AI-enabled workflows

Tools

CLM systems

Job description

London | Hybrid (3 days per week in the office) | 3-6 month assignment | Immediate start preferred

The opportunity

We’re partnering with a fast-growing technology scale-up looking for an experienced Commercial Legal Counsel to join its team on an interim basis.

This is an opportunity to combine hands-on commercial contracting with a meaningful legal operations improvement project. You’ll work closely with business stakeholders to support day-to-day commercial activity while helping make the contracting function more efficient, scalable and technology-enabled.

What you’ll be doing

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements.
• Advising stakeholders on commercial risks and practical solutions.
• Improving contract templates, playbooks, approval processes and contract management workflows.
• Identifying opportunities to streamline contracting through legal technology, automation and AI.
• Helping improve the efficiency and consistency of the end-to-end contracting lifecycle.
• Supporting other day-to-day in-house legal matters as required.

What we’re looking for

• Strong commercial contracts experience, ideally gained in-house or in a commercially focused legal practice.
• The ability to provide clear, pragmatic and commercially focused legal advice.
• Experience improving contracting processes, templates, systems or workflows, or a strong interest in developing this expertise.
• Confidence working with stakeholders across a fast-paced business.
• A proactive, hands-on approach and the ability to make an impact quickly.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems, legal technology or AI-enabled workflows would be an advantage.
• Duration: 3-6 months initially, with potential to extend.
• Location: Central London, with at least 3 days per week in the office.
• Start date: As soon as possible, short-notice availability preferred (less than 1 month).