Legal Counsel Commerical Contracts

Michael Page Legal; Kirklees; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Page Legal is recruiting a Senior Legal Counsel Contracts and Commercial based in West Yorkshire. The role combines complex advisory work with team leadership and strategic stakeholder engagement.

You will advise senior officers and elected members on commercial, contractual and governance matters while managing a varied portfolio of high value and high profile projects. Hybrid working with a mix of office days and home working across the week.

Qualifications

• Experienced in complex commercial, contracts, procurement or local government legal work.
• Able to lead, supervise or mentor legal professionals within a busy team.
• Commercially minded with strong judgement, analytical skills and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior stakeholders, committees and decision makers on complex commercial, procurement, governance and contractual matters.
• Manage a personal caseload of high value and legally complex commercial projects.
• Draft and negotiate significant commercial agreements, partnership arrangements and project documentation.
• Lead, supervise and develop lawyers within the Contracts and Commercial team.
• Support major strategic initiatives, corporate ventures, governance matters and risk management activities across the organisation.

Skills

Complex commercial

Contracts

Procurement

Local government law

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

Solicitor / Barrister / equivalent

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.