Legal Counsel in St. Albans

Legal Counsel

Based in St Albans/50% WFH

Permanent

We\’re one of Britain\’s biggest food companies with a broad stable of leading brands; brands which you can find inaround 94% of British households, as well as a growing number of international markets. We are listed on the UK Stock

Exchange, have annual revenues of in excess of £1bn and employ over 4,000 colleagues across our 14 locations.Our brands include Mr Kipling, Merchant Gourmet, Cadbury (under licence), Bisto, Batchelors, Ambrosia, Sharwood\’s,Oxo, Loyd Grossman, Homepride, Saxa, The Spice Tailor, Fuel 10k and McDougall\’s.

Our UK Business Unit is responsible for developing our portfolio of leading brands in the following key categories:Flavourings & Seasonings, Cooking Sauces & Accompaniments, Quick Meals & Soups, Ambient desserts, Sweet Treats.

Our International Business Unit is focused on developing new markets for our brands around the world, including keystrategic markets in Australia, USA, and Republic of Ireland, and other markets such as Middle East, South Africa and

Canada.

The Legal and Secretarial Department\’s role is to ensure that Premier Foods plc, and its subsidiaries, comply with theirlegal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations. This is a small central team that is highly-regarded, impactful

and moves with pace and has a focus on business partnering. The job offers a great opportunity to gain a wide variety ofexperience in the domestic and international markets. We will provide support for continued development of your legal

skills

What we need from you…?

• Admitted as a solicitor in England (or an equivalent international qualification)(ideally NQ-4 PQE)
• Must thrive and enjoy working in a fast moving environment
• Ideally Procurement experience
• Must act in a professional manner at all times
• Must be proactive, show initiative, with a hands-on attitude
• Must be able to multi-task and instinctively be able to deal with a wide range of contacts (internal colleagues, external suppliers, key stakeholders);
• You will be someone who has high standards and attention to detail and who continually seeks a better way to do things
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills

What you\’ll be doing…?

Commercial

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of legal documents (e.g. NDAs, letters of variation, extensions, procurement contracts, sales contracts, distribution agreements, terms and conditions of sale and purchase, letters of termination etc)
• Provide advice to the commercial teams on interpretation of contracts with a view to delivering the desired Premier position

Marketing and Advertising

• Review of product packaging and liaising with the brand and regs teams, as necessary, to ensure product packaging is compliant
• The drafting and review of promotional terms and conditions and advertisements for legal compliance and creating solutions to change advertisements etc to ensure compliance with the Code of Advertising Practice and other relevant laws

Compliance

• Support the implementation and ongoing monitoring of Premier\’s compliance programme including Competition, Anti-Bribery, Sanctions and Data Protection laws
• Organising and creating training materials, monitoring attendance and spotting compliance issues, when dealing with other matters, and answering questions raised by the business

Intellectual Property

• Drafting NDAs/reviewing NDAs received from third parties
• Undertaking trade mark clearance searches for UK and Intentional, including assessing when external counsel will be required to conduct full clearance searches, and managing external counsel with the clearance searches
• Reviewing trade mark watch notices and escalating any which may be an issue to the relevant member of the legal team
• Handling ad hoc queries from theInternational team on whattrade markswe have registered and where
• Drafting letters of consent to use our brands
• Drafting trade marklicences

What we offer you in return…?

• Competitive salary
• Car Allowance
• Bonus
• Up to 7.5% pension
• Life assurance
• Wide range of online and in-house training
• Access to an employee discount scheme, with access to hundreds of nationwide retailers

Ready to apply…?

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV tailored to this opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you.

A great British food company

Premier Foods is one of Britain\’s biggest listed food companies, employing over4,000 colleagues at 13 manufacturingsites and offices up and down the country.

Many of our brands have been part of UK lifefor more than a century and you\’ll find them in 90% of British households.

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticityandindividuality.We aim to ensure all existingand futurecolleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to workno matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in.Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.