Senior Legal Counsel - Tech sector - exclusive mandate - hybrid working model

J Matthews Legal; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

J Matthews Legal is partnering with a leading UK-headquartered organisation in the tech sector to appoint a Senior Legal Counsel. The successful candidate will work on a broad range of commercial IT contracts, providing strategic legal support and advice across the business.

The role offers hybrid working options, with autonomy to manage matters from day one and direct exposure to senior stakeholders. Prior in-house experience is not a prerequisite.

Qualifications

• Significant experience with Information Technology contracts and related issues.
• Must be a legally qualified lawyer; in-house experience is not required.

Responsibilities

• Handle a broad range of commercial IT contracts and related negotiations.
• Provide autonomous legal support and direct collaboration with stakeholders across the business.

Skills

IT contracts

Legal qualification

Education

Qualified Lawyer

Job description

Senior Legal Counsel

Do you want to work for a leading UK headquartered organisation in the Tech industry?

Client

You will be working for a hugely exciting and rapidly expanding UK headquartered organisation.

Role

You will undertake an extremely diverse and broad role, working principally on a wide range of commercial contracts and issues.

You will report directly into the Head of Legal and you will be given significant amounts of autonomy to run with your own matters from the off. You will have direct exposure to all levels of stakeholders from within the business. You will have fantastic opportunities for internal career progression and development.

You will be able to undertake elements of remote/home working in this hybrid role. The organisation has its global HQ in close proximity to Reading town centre.

You

You will have significant prior experience of a range of Information Technology related contracts and issues. You will be a qualified Lawyer. Prior in-house experience is not a pre-requisite for this position.