Senior Legal Counsel

Pentasia; Redhill; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangement

Exposure to senior leadership

Job summary

Pentasia is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel – Commercial & Regulatory in Redhill. The role involves acting as a trusted adviser to senior management and handling a broad range of commercial and regulatory matters in a consumer-focused business.

You will draft and negotiate commercial agreements, advise on regulatory issues, data protection, IP and marketing law, and support product development with a legal-by-design approach. Hybrid working is offered.

Qualifications

• England & Wales qualified solicitor with 5–8+ years PQE.
• Experience advising on consumer law and marketing/advertising requirements.
• Strong drafting, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted legal adviser to senior management and key business stakeholders.
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements including supplier, SaaS, partnership, marketing and licensing contracts.
• Provide legal input on consumer protection, advertising and promotional requirements and regulatory issues.

Skills

Commercial contracts

In-house experience

Consumer law

Data protection

Intellectual property

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Education

England & Wales qualified solicitor

Job description

Senior Legal Counsel – Commercial & Regulatory

Location: Redhill / Hybrid
Salary: £95,000–£120,000
Experience: 5–8+ years PQE

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join a growing, consumer-focused business based in Redhill.

This is a broad, high-impact in-house position offering the opportunity to become a key legal adviser to the business and work closely with senior leadership and stakeholders across multiple functions.

The successful candidate will provide commercially focused legal advice across a diverse range of matters, including commercial contracts, consumer and marketing law, intellectual property, regulatory issues, product development, disputes and data protection.

This role would suit a commercially minded solicitor who enjoys operating in a fast-paced environment and wants genuine ownership, autonomy and exposure to senior decision-makers.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted legal adviser to senior management and key business stakeholders.
• Provide practical advice on commercial, regulatory and operational legal matters.
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including supplier, technology, SaaS, partnership, marketing and licensing contracts.
• Advise on contractual risk, including liability, indemnities, termination, intellectual property, data protection and service levels.
• Own and maintain customer-facing Terms & Conditions, promotional terms, policies and other legal documentation.
• Advise on consumer protection, advertising and promotional requirements.
• Review marketing campaigns, customer communications, website content and promotional activity from a legal perspective.
• Provide legal input into new products, services, technology and business initiatives, applying a legal-by-design approach.
• Advise on intellectual property matters, including trade marks, licensing, brand protection and potential infringements.
• Manage disputes, threatened claims and pre-action matters, instructing external counsel where appropriate.
• Provide legal support on complex UK GDPR and privacy matters.
• Identify material legal risks and work with relevant stakeholders to ensure appropriate mitigation.
• Instruct and manage external legal advisers where specialist expertise is required.
• Provide legal training and guidance to teams across the organisation.
• Help develop efficient processes for managing legal risk and reducing unnecessary reliance on external counsel.

About You

You will be an England & Wales qualified solicitor with approximately 5–8+ years PQE, ideally with a strong commercial and in-house background.

• Strong commercial contracts experience.
• Previous in-house experience, ideally within a consumer-facing, digital or regulated environment.
• Experience advising on consumer law and marketing/advertising requirements.
• Good knowledge of intellectual property and data protection.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to provide clear, practical and commercially focused advice.
• Confidence working independently and managing a varied legal workload.
• The ability to engage effectively with senior management and non-legal stakeholders.
• Experience within promotional activity, competitions, gaming, lotteries or similarly regulated consumer sectors would be advantageous, but is not essential.

What’s on Offer

• £95,000–£120,000 salary, depending on experience.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Broad and varied in-house legal remit.
• Significant exposure to senior leadership.
• Genuine opportunity to influence the development of the legal function.
• High level of autonomy and responsibility.
• Opportunity to join a growing and commercially ambitious organisation.

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.