Senior Legal Counsel (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract)
Hybrid Working – Cheshire | 2 Days Per Week in Office
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced commercial lawyer to join a well-established organisation operating at the forefront of a highly regulated and strategically significant industry. Supporting major UK and international operations, this role offers the chance to work on complex commercial matters that have a direct impact on business performance, governance, and long-term growth.
Working as part of a respected in-house legal team, you'll partner with senior leaders across the organisation, helping to navigate legal risk while enabling commercial objectives. This is a varied and visible role, ideal for a lawyer who enjoys building relationships, influencing decision-making, and contributing to high-profile projects.
The Role
Reporting into the Head of Legal, you will provide commercially focused legal advice across a broad range of strategic and operational matters. You'll play a key role in supporting significant commercial transactions, procurement activity, governance initiatives, and business-critical projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of complex commercial agreements, including international contracts.
- Providing legal support on major business projects, transactions and transformation initiatives.
- Advising on procurement and tendering activities, supplier agreements and contractual frameworks.
- Supporting the organisation's governance arrangements and compliance programmes.
- Delivering practical, commercially focused legal advice to stakeholders across multiple business functions.
- Identifying and managing legal and commercial risks while facilitating business objectives.
- Building trusted relationships with senior leaders and acting as a key legal advisor.
- Contributing to board, committee and corporate governance matters.
- Managing relationships with external counsel, suppliers and other key stakeholders.
- Monitoring legislative and regulatory developments and providing guidance to the wider business where required.
About You
You will be a confident and commercially minded legal professional with strong contract negotiation experience and the ability to operate effectively within a complex business environment.
- Qualified Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive in England & Wales.
- Approximately 8+ years' post-qualification experience.
- Significant experience negotiating and drafting complex commercial contracts.
- Strong knowledge of procurement and commercial legal issues.
- Experience advising senior stakeholders on business-critical matters.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
- Pragmatic approach to problem-solving and legal risk management.
- Ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Previous experience within an in-house legal function.
- Exposure to regulated sectors such as infrastructure, engineering, transport, logistics, energy or related industries.
- Understanding of corporate governance and compliance frameworks.
- Knowledge of wider legal disciplines including competition, intellectual property and employment law.
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