Senior Company Lawyer (Maternity Cover) in Belfast

Lennoxvale is delighted to be conducting a market search on behalf of a prominent Northern Irish Public / Private Company for a Senior Company Lawyer to join their In House Legal team, for a maternity cover contract. The company’s Head Office is based in Belfast City Centre. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performance legal team, handle a broad array of legal matters and to get involved in critical capital projects right at the heart of Northern Ireland. A very competitive salary, a market leading pension and hybrid working are just some of the benefits on offer.

• 15.5% employer contributory pension
• Free travel throughout NI
• 28 days annual leave plus 9 stat days

In your new role as the Senior Company Lawyer, you will provide specialised senior legal support to General Counsel, Senior Legal Counsel, CEO, Executives, and senior managers, to ensure that the business receives the legal and related support necessary to enable the effective delivery of their objectives and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory frameworks.

Provide legal advice and support to senior managers and executives across all operational areas and divisions of the business. To provide practical advice on a diverse range of legal matters transecting multiple jurisdictions and in a highly regulated environment. Collaborating with the business to achieve positive commercial outcomes and avoid unnecessary risk. You will also be expected, where appropriate, to instruct and obtain specialist legal advice from external counsel and interpret and disseminate that advice in a practical and commercial way to aid business decisions.

Provide support to the General Counsel, Senior Legal Counsel and project teams on bespoke, complex and high value capital projects. Act as an integral part of project teams advising on novel and complex projects, cross jurisdictional projects with an annual capital spend of circa £280m. Develop policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance with relevant legislation and best practice. Develop strong relationships with staff across the business, including the Executive team, to ensure good understanding of their priorities and to encourage staff to work closely with the legal team to minimise risk. Support the General Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel in liaising with DfI on all matters pertaining to the Corporate Governance Framework and Partnership Agreement.

Be proactive and fully involved in risk management, advising the business on options and opportunities to mitigate risk. Promote legal compliance throughout the business. Consider risks and prepare and deliver training to the business to reduce the risks.

Drafting and negotiation of complex and high value commercial agreements.

Deal with complex, significant matters that cut across legal and related areas like the annual report and accounts, companies house submissions, budget management and contract management for the crown commercial services framework; Oversee work allocation across the team and take decisions as to how to resource the work (insourcing/outsourcing), balancing cost with expertise, obtain and negotiate budgets with external legal providers for complex capital projects.

As the Senior Company Lawyer you will:

• Be a qualified solicitor, holding or capable of holding, a Northern Ireland practising certificate, with at least 5 years post-qualification experience.
• Demonstrable experience (minimum of 2 years) of providing strategic and business orientated legal and risk mitigation advice and solutions, either in an in-house legal role, or as an external legal advisor to a large complex organisation.
• High value or high-profile legal disputes or challenges or complex and high value legal transactions.
• Experience in commercial property/developments/estates matters (not solely domestic conveyancing) is desirable.

As the Senior Company Lawyer, you will receive a very competitive salary and a double figure market leading pension.

Or, if you prefer to chat about the role confidentially before submitting a CV, please get in touch via the contact details provided.