Commercial Contracts Lawyer (London Area)

Epiq Counsel is rapidly growing in the UK and we are looking for commercial contracts lawyers to service our growing client demand for this skillset. By joining the Epiq Counsel roster, you will be considered for future in-house engagements aligned with your expertise and preferences.

About Epiq Counsel

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers. Our lawyers work on a wide variety of legal matters for Fortune 500 clients across all practice areas. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control.

Epiq Counsel takes the time and attention to understand each lawyer’s practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with sophisticated interim in-house opportunities with leading law departments across the globe. Leverage our network to work for organisations in need of top-tier legal services. Take the next step in your legal career and join a vibrant community of legal professionals!

We are actively seeking UK based lawyers with the following qualifications:

• Qualified to practices as a solicitor in England and Wales preferred, other equivalent qualifications will be considered.
• Minimum of 3+ years of legal experience in commercial contracting.
• Excellent credentials, with a background in an in-house environment preferred.
• Substantive experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts such as supply chain/logistics agreements, master service agreements, manufacturing agreements, technology agreements, vendor agreements, nondisclosure agreements, licensing agreements, etc.
• Experience supporting global clients and partnering with and advising business units directly, providing guidance and practical solutions.
• Ability to multitask, work independently, interface directly with clients, and complete time-sensitive work product quickly.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate with internal business clients, support staff, external resources, and other collaborators.
• Ability to work well under pressure, meet deadlines, and function independently without extensive supervision.
• Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.

Benefits

• Predominantly remote/hybrid work.
• Compensation commensurate with experience and complexity of engagement, together with engagement support and coaching.
• We offer market beating benefits in the alternative legal services space, including:
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, pension and comprehensive healthcare

The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.