Legal Counsel

Incredible opportunity for a lawyer with at least three years PQE to join this well established legal function with a positive team culture.

Your role as Legal Counsel will be extremely varied and you will be involved in supporting a broad range of internal stakeholders across various departments.

Your duties will be centred on advising on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious commercial legal matters including in the areas of technology, marketing, data protection, corporate, etc. On a day to day basis the legal team advise and partner on a broad range of matters and projects, including drafting and negotiating contracts for services with key suppliers and clients, assisting and leading on the resolution of disputes, supporting with corporate matters, data protection, competition law, intellectual property and much more.

Duties will include:

• Reviewing, negotiating and drafting a broad range of commercial contracts—large and small—including B2C terms, content, sponsorship and digital agreements, joint venture arrangements, procurement, distribution, advertising and technology agreements
• Advising on new and existing law, including commercial, intellectual property, regulatory/compliance areas such as competition, advertising and sales promotions, distance selling and consumer regulation
• You will become a trusted and pragmatic adviser to the business, leading and assisting with the resolution of dispute matters, advising on intellectual property queries, data protection, as well as playing a key role in technological and digital projects and other strategic business wide projects
• You will have the opportunity to get involved in matters affecting our global offices, the establishment of new office openings, disposals and acquisitions, alliances and partnerships.

The legal team are 12 people in London with a long-standing General Counsel, two Heads of Legal and then a range of seniorities in the wider team. They are extremely supportive of one another and will provide someone with stability and support whilst they transition from private practice to in-house. Candidates who are already in-house and/or who have trained in-house would also be excellent candidates for this role.

To find out, please get in touch with Victoria Pomfret at Robert Walters.

Victoria.pomfret@robertwalters.com

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