Senior Legal Counsel

Baron Crawford Search; Slough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Baron Crawford Search is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to lead negotiations on high-value commercial contracts and advise senior stakeholders on risk across international customer and supplier relationships. The role offers broad commercial exposure, close collaboration with business leaders, and a meaningful impact on strategic initiatives.

Based in London with hybrid working, the successful candidate will draft and negotiate complex agreements, coordinate input across jurisdictions, and shape

Qualifications

• At least five years of relevant experience.
• Experience negotiating high-value commercial contracts.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders on contractual and commercial risk.

Responsibilities

• Drafting and negotiating high-value and complex commercial agreements.
• Advising senior stakeholders on contractual and commercial risk.
• Supporting major customer relationships and new commercial opportunities.
• Advising on agreements involving technology, data and digital services.
• Coordinating legal input across multiple jurisdictions.
• Supporting the resolution of contractual issues and disputes.
• Helping to develop efficient legal processes, guidance and ways of working.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Risk advisory

International contracting

Data protection

Technology agreements

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly successful global digital organisation combining significant international scale with a fast-moving and commercially ambitious culture.

The organisation is looking to appoint a Senior Legal Counsel to take a leading role in negotiating high-value, strategically important commercial contracts. Working closely with senior stakeholders, the successful candidate will advise on complex customer and supplier relationships and support significant commercial initiatives across an international business.

The role offers considerable responsibility, broad commercial exposure and the opportunity to influence important business decisions and the management of legal risk.

The role responsibilities will include:

Drafting and negotiating high-value and complex commercial agreements.

Advising senior stakeholders on contractual and commercial risk.

Supporting major customer relationships and new commercial opportunities.

Advising on agreements involving technology, data and digital services.

Coordinating legal input across multiple jurisdictions.

Supporting the resolution of contractual issues and disputes.

Helping to develop efficient legal processes, guidance and ways of working.

The successful candidate will be a qualified lawyer with at least five years' relevant experience gained in private practice, in-house or a combination of the two.

You will have substantial experience negotiating complex commercial contracts and be comfortable managing demanding matters at pace. Experience of international contracting, technology-related agreements or data protection would be helpful.

This role will suit an assured and commercially minded lawyer who can identify the issues that matter, communicate risk clearly and work collaboratively with senior stakeholders to reach pragmatic solutions.

Excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills will be essential.

The position is based in London and operates on a hybrid-working basis.