Legal Counsel DGFF UKI in Surrey

DHL Group is the logistics provider of the world with over 580,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories. We are an organization that is not just moving goods around; we have a very clear purpose: Connecting People. Improving Lives. We provide challenges and opportunities for personal and professional development, recognising the difference you bring to our business and together we share the pride of building one of the largest world leaders in logistics and supply chain.

DHL Legal Services offers all business partners worldwide solution-oriented legal advice. We provide comprehensive support in contracts, negotiations, and processes with customers and suppliers as well as in general litigation and commercial law matters.

Location: The role can be based anywhere in England. However, bi-weekly office attendance is required in Birmingham or Staines.

Job Purpose: We are looking for a Legal Counsel to support our freight forwarding and logistics businesses across the UK and Ireland. You will play a key role in identifying and mitigating legal risk, supporting commercial objectives, and providing pragmatic legal advice across a wide range of contractual, compliance, and dispute-related matters. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will help protect the business while enabling growth in a fast-paced, international environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day legal support across freight forwarding and logistics operations in the UK and Ireland.
• Draft, negotiate, and manage customer, supplier, customs, and freight forwarding contracts from opportunity through to implementation.
• Advise on legal risk, compliance, and governance matters in line with group policies and applicable laws.
• Support commercial strategies by delivering clear, practical legal advice to business stakeholders.
• Manage claims and disputes, including liaising with external counsel where required.
• Support compliance initiatives, including ESG-related matters and due diligence requests.
• Collaborate with internal teams including commercial, finance, credit, customs, risk, and compliance.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of legal processes and procedures.

Your Profile:

• Qualified lawyer with 2–5 years’ post-qualification experience.
• Strong grounding in English contract law; experience across multiple jurisdictions is an advantage.
• Knowledge of freight forwarding, transport, logistics, or customs law is highly desirable.
• Commercially minded, with the ability to balance legal risk and business priorities.
• Comfortable working independently and managing a varied workload to tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Pragmatic, solution-focused, and able to thrive in a dynamic, fast-moving environment.

We offer:

• Great opportunity to work for the biggest logistics company in the world.
• International and virtual environment.
• Flexibility and great opportunity to learn.
• Tempting compensation and benefits.
• Remote/hybrid working mode.

DHL is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. If this is something you would like to do, don’t hesitate, and start your application.