Legal Counsel, Consumer Brand

Graff Search; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a Legal Counsel to join a leading retail brand in the UK. This role involves providing key legal support and advice, drafting and negotiating various agreements, and ensuring compliance with product regulations. The ideal candidate will possess strong commercial awareness and a broad skill set, with experience in competition law and litigation being advantageous. Join a dynamic and innovative team dedicated to making a positive impact in the retail sector. If you're a self-starter with excellent relationship development skills, this is the perfect role for you!

Qualifications

• Experience in drafting and negotiating supply and distribution agreements.
• Ability to work in a fast-moving environment with strong relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support and advice on agreements related to logistics and procurement.
• Advise on risk and research new laws and regulations affecting the business.

Skills

Commercial Awareness

Legal Drafting

Negotiation

Relationship Development

Competition Law

Litigation

Consumer Law

Education

Law Degree

Job description

This business is a trusted retail brand and one of the largest employers in the UK. With strong values and a genuine commitment to customers as well as employees, the company has a strong community ethos and clear sense of purpose.

The Opportunity

An excellent opportunity now exists for a Legal Counsel to join one of the commercial legal teams and provide key legal support and commercially focussed advice. You will have the opportunity to draft and negotiate a wide range of agreements relating to supply and distribution, logistics and warehousing, procurement and product safety as well as product regulatory compliance and matters relating to supply chain and quality. As part of a collegiate and business facing legal team, you will also advise the business on risk and research new laws and regulations, ensuring the business is made aware of these things.

About You

The opportunity will be best suited for a lawyer with strong commercial awareness, who is comfortable with variety and who has a broad commercial skill-set, ideally with some exposure to competition law, litigation and consumer law matters. Previous in-house experience will be highly regarded. What is key is the ability to work in a fast moving environment and a keen interest in working with an innovative international retail business. It is essential you are a self-starter with strong relationship development skills.

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join a highly innovative retail business with a portfolio of trusted brands in a new role for the company.

Please apply now or for further information, please contact Maneesha Howard at Graff Search - [e-mail]