At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide legal advice on corporate matters and negotiate complex contracts.
- Company: Join Renishaw, a leader in precision engineering and technology innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, hybrid working, and a fantastic benefits package.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive culture with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make an impact in a dynamic environment while developing your legal skills.
- Qualifications: Qualified solicitor with 2-5 years PQE and strong negotiation skills.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 85000 £ per year.
Wotton under Edge/Hybrid working (office based a minimum of 3 days a week, 45 minutes from Bristol and Cheltenham) £70-£85,000, depending on experience.
Renishaw is a global leader in precision engineering, manufacturing, and technology innovation. With a strong heritage in advanced manufacturing and metrology, we deliver cutting‑edge solutions across industries including aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and electronics.
We are currently recruiting for a Legal Counsel at our UK head office to become part of our global legal, compliance and secretarial team (“L&S”).
Person specification
As part of the L&S team, your focus will be providing pragmatic legal advice and support across a wide variety of corporate and commercial matters, while supporting our core values of Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity and Involvement. You will have superior interpersonal skills to influence and inform your stakeholders, both within the L&S team and the wider business.
Key responsibilities
- Support the business on range of corporate legal matters, including corporate and strategic transactions.
- Review, draft, and negotiate high‑value, complex commercial contracts with customers, sales intermediaries, suppliers, service providers, and other key business partners.
- Support the business with responses to tenders and customer queries.
- Support on L&S change and process improvement projects that underpin the business’s key objectives across multiple disciplines.
- Support the business with day‑to‑day legal queries and issues.
- Assist in maintaining templates, playbooks, procedures, and other know‑how materials.
- Provide practical solutions to complex legal problems as a key business partner.
- Procure and manage external specialist counsel (as required).
- Support more senior lawyers as required, both in the UK and internationally.
- Contribute to the growth of the L&S team by sharing knowledge, delivering training, mentoring the legal graduate and legal apprentice, and supporting the onboarding of new colleagues.
- Conduct legal research as necessary.
Key requirements
- Qualified solicitor with 2 – 5 years PQE and experience in delivering pragmatic legal advice in a demanding environment.
- Experience of corporate and strategic transactions.
- Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and drafting skills.
- Superior analytical skills and a creative, flexible approach to problem solving.
- An ability to interact with people at all levels in the business.
- Impeccable integrity, a ‘can do’ attitude, and a willingness and ability to lead by example.
- An appetite to learn continually and share your experience and knowledge.
Desirable
- Experience in any of the following areas of law: Real estate and property, Construction, Employment, M&A.
- An understanding of the challenges of a fast‑moving, revenue generating business (ideally with experience in‑house in the technology, manufacturing and/or engineering sectors).
Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we’re committing to your future career. That’s because we believe in developing our people’s skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that’s highly desirable; including a 9% non‑contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, subsidised onsite restaurants and coffee shops, free parking, car sharing scheme and 24 hour fitness centres (not available at all sites). We also want to promote a healthy work‑life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or recruitment@renishaw.com.
Employment Type: Permanent
Time Type: Full time
Requisition Number: R9019 Legal Counsel (Open)
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Renishaw is an exceptional employer that prioritises the growth and development of its employees, offering a robust benefits package including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary bonuses, and a hybrid working model to support work-life balance. Located in Wotton under Edge, just a short commute from Bristol and Cheltenham, Renishaw fosters a culture of innovation and inclusivity, ensuring that all team members can thrive while contributing to cutting-edge solutions in precision engineering and technology.
