Part-Time Commercial Lawyer

Fusion Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Hybrid working

Job summary

Fusion Recruitment seeks an experienced lawyer to support our front-line commercial team with detailed, independent contract scrutiny. The role focuses on understanding how terms translate into real-world commercial and financial outcomes, rather than leading negotiations.

The ideal candidate will review customer contracts line-by-line, spot risks and opportunities, and communicate practical advice to drive commercially attractive yet well-risked agreements. Flexible, part-time hours available.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with 8–10+ years post-qualification experience.
• Significant experience reviewing and assessing commercial contracts.
• Strong experience with customer-facing commercial agreements, including complex service agreements and MSAs.
• Ability to analyse contracts in detail and identify implications of clauses.
• Understanding of commercial risk, contractual liability, indemnities, payment terms, termination rights and dispute exposure.
• Experience developing contract review frameworks, risk matrices or commercial playbooks.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze customer contracts and commercial terms.
• Provide commercial and cashflow assessment based on legal work.
• Identify legal risk and contractual exposure and advise accordingly.
• Support the commercial team with practical, commercially-focused advice.
• Contribute to contract governance and continuous improvement.

Skills

Contract analysis

Commercial awareness

Cashflow understanding

Risk assessment

Attention to detail

Education

Qualified solicitor

Job description

Location: Flexible / Hybrid / Working from Home (mainly).

Hours: 10–12 hours per week, spread flexibly across the working week.

Experience: 8–10+ years’ post-qualification legal experience.

Sector: Ideal - Talent Management / PR / Management Agency / Media / Marketing / Advertising

Salary: £30 - £35,000 base - depending on experience. This is the pro-rata rate.

Our client is a leading international Agency in Creative Communications, specialising in entertainment. The company has experienced significant growth over the past few years with expansion across countries, teams, and divisions. Our client is now looking to appoint an experienced, commercially minded lawyer to support our front-line commercial team in reviewing and assessing customer contracts and other contracts.

This is a part‑time role for a qualified lawyer who has developed significant experience in commercial contracts and understands how contractual terms translate into real‑world commercial, financial, and operational outcomes.

The role is not primarily about negotiating contracts or acting as the lead negotiator with customers. Instead, the focus is on providing detailed, independent, and commercially astute contract scrutiny, helping the commercial team understand the implications of the agreements they are entering into and make informed decisions.

The successful candidate will have exceptional attention to detail, strong commercial judgement, and the ability to review contracts line by line, identifying risks, opportunities, and potential pitfalls across legal, financial, cash flow and operational dimensions.

We are looking for someone who can act as a trusted adviser to the business, helping to secure commercially attractive agreements while ensuring that risks are properly understood, managed, and escalated where appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

• Customer Contract Review and Analysis
• Commercial and Cashflow Assessment based on legal work.
• Legal Risk and Contractual Exposure
• Commercial Team Support and Advice
• Contract Governance and Continuous Improvement

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a qualified lawyer who combines strong technical legal knowledge with an excellent commercial instinct. The successful candidate will be comfortable working independently, applying sound judgement and giving direct, pragmatic advice.

They will be meticulous in their approach, naturally curious about the detail and able to spot issues that others may overlook. Equally, they will understand that the objective is not to eliminate every risk, but to help the business understand and make sensible decisions about the risks it takes.

Essential Experience and Skills

• A qualified solicitor or equivalent legally qualified professional with approximately 8 –10+ years’ post-qualification experience.
• Significant experience reviewing and assessing commercial contracts, ideally gained in‑house or in a commercial legal practice.
• Strong experience with customer‑facing commercial agreements, including complex service agreements and master services agreements.
• Demonstrable ability to analyse contracts in detail, identifying the implications of individual clauses and the cumulative effect of contractual terms.
• Strong understanding of commercial risk, contractual liability, indemnities, payment terms, termination rights, and dispute exposure.
• A sound understanding of cash flow, working capital, profitability, and the financial consequences of contractual commitments.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to spot inconsistencies, hidden obligations, drafting issues, and unfavourable terms.
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to balance legal protection against revenue opportunities and wider business objectives.
• The ability to communicate complex legal and commercial issues clearly, concisely, and practically.
• A proactive, organised, and self‑sufficient approach, with the ability to manage a flexible, part‑time workload.
• Experience in the talent management, PR, media, management agency, marketing, advertising, digital, creative, or wider professional services sectors (but not limited to these sectors).
• Experience supporting a commercial or sales team in a fast‑paced, customer‑facing business.
• Familiarity with agency operating models, client service agreements, media spend, third‑party supplier dependencies and project‑based delivery.
• Experience assessing contracts from both a legal and financial perspective, including their impact on margin, cash flow, and operational delivery.
• Experience developing contract review frameworks, risk matrices, approval processes, or commercial playbooks.

Working Arrangements

This is a flexible, part‑time position requiring approximately 10 –15 hours per week, spread across the working week.

The hours do not need to be worked in fixed daily blocks. We are open to an arrangement that allows the successful candidate to organise their time flexibly if contract reviews are completed within agreed timeframes and the commercial team can access advice when needed.

The role would suit an experienced lawyer or lawyer turned commercial director seeking a flexible part‑time opportunity, who can reliably dedicate 10–15 hours each week.

The successful candidate should be comfortable working autonomously, prioritising requests and communicating clearly about capacity and turnaround times.