Senior Commercial Counsel

As Senior Commercial Counsel, reporting into the Lucy Group Head of Legal, you will be a problem solving and solutions oriented senior legal professional, and, as a senior member of the in-house Legal Department, you will be an active business partner and trusted adviser to the businesses and Group functions, able to work with colleagues at a number of different levels of the business.

Lucy Group is a multinational private company based in Oxford, UK. Through our various businesses, we’re on a mission to enable the global shift to electrification and make the built environment sustainable. With around 1800 people across five continents and a turnover exceeding £400m, we’re growing rapidly, both organically and through acquisition.

Key Areas of Operation:

• Lucy Electric: electrical equipment, controls, and automation for medium and low voltage secondary power distribution.
• Lucy Controls: intelligent street lighting, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and smart city management solutions.
• Lucy Real Estate: sustainable living through residential property development, lettings and management, primarily in Oxfordshire.

Job Dimensions:

The role is hybrid, but the successful candidate will be required to attend the Lucy Group Head Office in Oxford at least 2 days per week.

Key Accountabilities:

• Advise the Lucy Electric and Lucy Controls businesses on a variety of legal matters including M&A, corporate, sales and purchasing commercial contracts, IP, IT and litigation, with minimal supervision.
• Advise the Lucy Real Estate business on a variety of commercial property legal matters (but excluding both conveyancing and complex specialist real estate matters, both of which are externally outsourced), with minimal supervision.
• Support the Group Head of Legal with a review of tenders and contracts (both sales and procurement) for the various Lucy Group companies.
• Apply business and legal judgment to proposed deals, relationships, and other issues requiring legal or compliance attention.
• Manage external legal counsel, where required, to ensure advice is given in a timely and cost-effective manner and within budgetary constraints.
• Provide advice to operational teams on appropriate strategies in relation to disputes that have not yet been formalised.
• Ideally, advise on regulatory including international trade controls and data privacy law.

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Must be UK (or common law equivalent) qualified solicitor or barrister with a minimum of 8 – 10 years post qualification experience, including in-house experience, preferably within an industrial setting.
• Knowledge of the specific laws and regulations that apply to the industry that the Group companies work in, such as treasury, transfer pricing, electricity distribution would be ideal.
• Knowledge of real estate law and commercial law are an absolute requirement.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and work independently or in a team environment as required, managing numerous and changing priorities effectively and efficiently.
• Knowledge and experience of relevant areas of law, including M&A, corporate, property, construction, sales and purchasing commercial contracts, IP, IT, data security and litigation.
• Strong structuring, drafting and negotiating skills.
• Ability to manage a sizeable workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to convey complex legal information in an understandable manner.
• Experience of finding risk-based solutions to ensure the businesses can undertake complex transactions efficiently.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise and to respond in a timely manner.
• Strong influencing and teamworking skills.
• Abides by our company values and displays integrity at all times.
• Excellent communication (oral and written) including negotiation skills.
• Ability to interact effectively and professionally with a number of levels of management, internal and external business partners.

Does this sound interesting? We would love to hear from you. Our application process is quick and easy. Apply today!