Senior Legal Counsel

Ipc Emea; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

IPC EMEA is seeking a Senior Legal Commercial Counsel to join their in-house legal team. This role involves advising on a wide range of commercial contracts, driving improvements in legal processes, and ensuring good governance and compliance within the organization. The successful candidate will be a qualified UK solicitor with significant experience in commercial law, particularly within fast-paced environments like retail or FMCG.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Enhanced pension contribution

Healthcare benefits

25 days holiday

On-site parking

Volunteer day for charities

Qualifications

• Qualified practicing UK solicitor with mix of practice and in-house experience.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts.
• Understanding of corporate transactions and various legal environments.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, negotiating and executing commercial contracts.
• Advising stakeholders on legal issues, governance and compliance.
• Managing legal risks and providing sound legal advice.

Skills

Commercially astute

Negotiating

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Critical thinking

Education

Qualified UK solicitor

Job description

1 month ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Direct message the job poster from IPC EMEA (European Independent Purchasing Company Limited)

Elizabeth Nassari (MSc, Chartered MCIPD)

Talent Acquisition at IPC EMEA

About the Company - IPC EMEA, the purchasing and supply chain organisation for Subway Franchisees in Europe, has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Legal Commercial Counsel (FTC 12-months) to join our inhouse Legal team.

About the Role - The legal team supports IPC EMEA’s vision by being a business enabler to facilitate the development and delivery of enterprise-wide goals and to defend and protect the interests of the business and its’ members. This role will be a trusted legal adviser to the business responsible for:

• Commercial contracts
• New business development arrangements and contracts
• Inhouse projects e.g. technology projects

The successful candidate will need to be a qualified practising UK solicitor, ideally with a mix of practice and inhouse experience.

Responsibilities

• Working collaboratively with the internal stakeholders to advise upon, draft, negotiate and execute a wide variety of commercial contracts including framework agreements, purchase contracts, distribution agreements, services contracts, trial contracts, IT contracts, NDA’s, letters of intent, termination notices
• Advising the business on a wide range of legal issues including intellectual property, information technology, data, governance and compliance
• Drive self-service programme by delivering tools to support the business, including templates, protocols, guidance documents and delivery of legal training
• Proactive in driving continuous improvement to create efficiencies and mitigate risk by simplifying processes, defining roles & responsibilities and championing best practice
• Having policies, processes and practices in place to ensure good governance and compliance at all levels of the organisation
• Identifying and managing legal risk for the business and its’ members
• Providing sound and solution-orientated legal advice to all functions

Required Skills

• Understanding and experience of corporate transactions
• Commercially astute and technically excellent commercial professional with broad and substantial experience
• Experience in retail, FMCG, supply chain & procurement or fast paced environment (with an international footprint being an advantage)
• Extensive experience in drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts
• Ability to give clear and pragmatic advice
• Embraces change and the unknown
• Broad technical knowledge of all aspects of commercial law, including contract law, agency, competition law, data protection
• Critical thinker when approaching tasks and initiatives
• Strong problem-solving skills whilst working at pace with competing demands
• Organised and prioritises work effectively
• Commitment to continuous improvement
• Strong collaborator and communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills
• Results driven – gets the job done
• Curious – enjoys learning
• Thinks as a team player

Pay range and compensation package - excellent salary and benefits package

Equal Opportunity Statement - We actively support diversity, equity and inclusion and make sure that our employees are valued and treated with dignity and respect. We encourage everyone in our business to reach their potential.

Our values

• We are empowered - we have the freedom to make a difference together.
• We collaborate - we trust and depend on each other. We contribute. We succeed together.
• We deliver on our commitments - we deliver on our commitments together, individually, today and tomorrow.

How we support you - Joining a new company can be daunting; we support everyone who has chosen IPC EMEA to develop their career with:

• A structured onboarding programme
• Time with the senior leadership team, as well as your colleagues and our Culture Champions
• Training programmes to develop your skills and ways of working, focusing on feedback and management of work
• Flexible working between the hours 8am - 6.30pm. We appreciate the juggle of life and home can be challenging and provide opportunities to flex your start and leave times
• Excellent benefits package including enhanced pension contribution, healthcare, 25 days holiday, salary sacrifice schemes. Plus, we also provide breakfast and lunch items in the office!
• On-site parking
• A chance to volunteer at our nominated charities. In addition, you will get one volunteer day a year to work with your chosen charity
• Recognition award schemes and a Summer and Winter event each year

About us - Subway is one of the fastest growing Franchise networks in the world and the largest submarine sandwich chain, with more than 41,500 stores – more than 4,500 of which are in Europe. IPC EMEA, (formally IPC Europe), is a non-profit making organisation owned by Subway Franchisees in Europe. The organisation was established in 2001 to enable Subway Franchisees to benefit from the discounts that come from purchasing and supplying products in large volumes. Over time, the breadth of the services we provide, and our geographic reach has grown. Our scope now goes beyond purchasing and supply chain management as we seek to have a positive impact on every Franchisee’s P&L, wherever possible. We work with service providers to offer Franchisees a range of optional services such as Wi-Fi, energy, pest control and card payments. Our aim is to ensure we select the best providers, offering the best quality services at competitive rates. We also provide a range of in-house support services, value-add initiatives and retail technology solutions for restaurant teams to help with day-to-day operations. Today, IPC EMEA operates on a global, regional, and local level to source high quality products at the best value for Franchisees, managing over £1.5 billion worth of contracts and partnering with other IPCs across the world where it makes sense to do so, to get the best possible service and prices. We remain as focused on our mission today as we did 20 years ago, to help Subway Franchisees be more profitable and competitive – today and for the future. For more information, please visit www.ipcemea.org.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  General Business and Legal

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Services, Retail, and Food and Beverage Retail

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at IPC EMEA (European Independent Purchasing Company Limited) by 2x

Get notified about new Legal Counsel jobs in High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom.

Legal Counsel, United Kingdom and Ireland

Uxbridge, England, United Kingdom 11 hours ago

Feltham, England, United Kingdom 6 days ago

Chiswick, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Hatfield, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Maple Cross, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Reading, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Hounslow, England, United Kingdom 6 days ago

Reading, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Slough, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Ealing, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Watford, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Windsor, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Marlow, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Reading, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Reading, England, United Kingdom 4 weeks ago

Senior Business and Legal Affairs Manager, Entertainment

London, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Slough, England, United Kingdom 6 days ago

Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Oxford, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Reading, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Reading, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Reading, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Reading, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom 8 hours ago

Reading, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Bicester, England, United Kingdom 5 days ago

Reading, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Slough, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Oxford, England, United Kingdom 2 months ago

Senior Legal Counsel - International Markets (Pharma)

Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Legal Counsel/Manager - International Trade Controls

Isleworth, England, United Kingdom 6 days ago

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.