Legal Advisor

Build your in-house legal career within the respected team of this leading rail infrastructure business in London. Take on a broad commercial role encompassing commercial contracts, industry regulatory and legal ethics/compliance work, reporting into a fantastic General Counsel. Hybrid working on offer.

Your New Company:

A well-known rail infrastructure business with a fantastic market reputation, leading ESG programme and celebrated internal culture. Offering hybrid working and good work-life balance, the business is evolving its market offering as it enters an exciting new era in its history. With excellent leadership, high-quality work and an attractive benefits package, this is a wonderful business within which to progress your career for the long term.

Your New Job:

A generalist in-house legal role reporting into the General Counsel, within a pervasive legal function, seen as a centre of excellence within the business. You'll be working closely with stakeholders within the business, including ops, HR, compliance and procurement, while managing external third parties such as regulators and external counsel. As a valued member of the team, you'll work on varied commercial contracts negotiations, procurement matters, industry-specific regulatory advisory work and other ad hoc matters that will ensure each day is stimulating. You'll need to be able to work from the Central London offices c. three days per week.

Who You Are:

You will be an England & Wales qualified commercial lawyer with no working restrictions and c. 3-4 PQE (as a guide only). The organisation is open to both private practice and in-house backgrounds, as long as candidates can demonstrate a rich tradition of commercial contracts negotiation and the ability to manage stakeholders at all levels. Any exposure to (public) procurement matters will be a bonus. The willingness to get involved in varied workstreams and to collaborate proactively with the business will be key. You'll need to be able to commute to the London office on a hybrid basis.

This organisation is well-known for its exceptional benefits package and strong track record for progressing careers. Embracing the broad range of work on offer will guarantee that you will expand your skill set.

If this role is of interest, apply through the link or contact neel.mehta@robertwalters.com for more information.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates