Legal Counsel Commerical Contracts

Yorkshire Pie Company; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS

Annual leave 28→33 days

Professional fees paid

Wellbeing support

Career development

Job summary

Yorkshire Pie Company in West Yorkshire seeks a Senior Legal Counsel Contracts and Commercial to lead a team and provide advisory support on high-value projects. The role combines complex commercial, procurement and governance work with strategic stakeholder engagement.

You will advise senior officers and elected members while managing a varied portfolio of high profile matters and drafting significant agreements and project documentation.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor, barrister or equivalent with practical experience.
• Experience in complex commercial, procurement or local government work.
• Ability to advise senior stakeholders on sensitive issues.
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex legal documents.

Responsibilities

• Advising senior stakeholders, committees and decision makers on complex commercial, procurement, governance and contractual matters.
• Managing a personal caseload of high profile and legally complex commercial projects.
• Drafting and negotiating significant commercial agreements, partnership arrangements and project documentation.
• Leading, supervising and developing lawyers within the Contracts and Commercial team.
• Supporting major strategic initiatives, corporate ventures, governance matters and risk management activities across the organisation.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Commercial mindset

Education

Law qualification (solicitor/barrister/CLA)

Job description

A Legal Counsel Contracts and Commercial opportunity based in West Yorkshire. This is a senior legal leadership role combining complex commercial advisory work with team management and strategic stakeholder engagement.

You will advise senior officers and elected members on significant commercial, contractual and governance matters while managing a varied portfolio of high value and high profile projects.

Client Details

Our client is a large public sector organisation delivering a wide range of services across its communities. The legal function plays a key role in enabling policy delivery, supporting major projects and protecting the organisation's interests.

The legal team works closely with senior decision makers across the organisation, providing commercially focused advice on complex and strategically important matters.

Description

• Advising senior stakeholders, committees and decision makers on complex commercial, procurement, governance and contractual matters.
• Managing a personal caseload of high profile and legally complex commercial projects.
• Drafting and negotiating significant commercial agreements, partnership arrangements and project documentation.
• Leading, supervising and developing lawyers within the Contracts and Commercial team.
• Supporting major strategic initiatives, corporate ventures, governance matters and risk management activities across the organisation.

Profile

• A solicitor, barrister, Chartered Legal Executive or lawyer with equivalent practical experience.
• Experienced in complex commercial, contracts, procurement or local government legal work.
• Comfortable advising senior stakeholders on legally sensitive and strategically important issues.
• Experienced in drafting, negotiating and managing complex legal documentation.
• Able to lead, supervise or mentor legal professionals within a busy team environment.
• Commercially minded with strong judgement, analytical skills and stakeholder management capability.

Job Offer

Salary of £53,051 to £58,358 plus a £3,000 market supplement, providing total earnings of up to £61,358.

Hybrid working with a small number of office days each month and the remainder working from home.

Benefits include the Local Government Pension Scheme, 28 days annual leave rising to 33 days after five years, practising certificate fees paid, enhanced family leave, wellbeing support, career development programmes and the security of permanent public sector employment.