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Legal Counsel (In-house)


  • £50000 - £65000 per annum
  • London
  • Posted: 08/09/2022
  • Permanent
  • Job Ref: 215289020

Job Details

Legal Counsel (In-house)
2 - 5 PQE
To £65K + car allowance + bonus

Our client is looking to recruit a qualified commercial Solicitor (2 to 5 years PQE) to join the highly respected legal team for the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) region. The person appointed to this role will have direct responsibility for any legal support required by the procurement function but will also provide a wide range of legal advice across all areas of the UKIME business.

The role will involve:

  • Assisting commercial, sales, and other key stakeholders with any legal and contractual requirements arising during the sales and bidding process for high-value customer contracts. This will include contract review and negotiation, providing solutions to mitigate risks, issuing mark-ups, attending and contributing on bid sign-off calls with senior stakeholders.
  • Providing legal advice to the Group's central Procurement function (including IT). This will include reviewing and negotiating major contracts, managing disputes and dealing with other legal issues as they arise.
  • Providing ad hoc legal advice wherever required within the UKIME business, this could include managing / advising on disputes, intellectual property, data protection, information technology etc.
  • Developing strong partnerships and becoming a trusted advisor within the Procurement team and throughout the UKIME business, from contract manager level through to senior directors.
  • Managing external lawyers and other professional advisers where necessary, with conscious effort to maximise value and control cost from any such appointments.
  • Helping to promote legal good practice and awareness throughout the business, both through the quality and clarity of advice you provide and delivering targeted training on legal, risk and compliance topics.
What you’ll need
  • You will need to be a qualified solicitor with 2 to 5 years PQE, with broad commercial and contractual law experience and some in-house experience.
  • You must have experience of supporting purchasing / procurement activity.
  • A grasp of TUPE is required, but skills in this area can be developed.
  • If you have experience in Facilities Management, Outsourcing, Public Procurement and IT / technology contracting, that would all be a considerable bonus
What will you get in return.
  • Salary – up to £65.
  • An enhanced pension scheme (above auto enrolment rates).
  • Life Assurance - to protect your family should the worst happen.
  • 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays on top.
  • Private Medical Insurance - to protect you.
  • Access to 100s of high street discounts
HOW TO APPLY:
Contact Pasquale Agatiello at eNL on 020 7183 8586 or email pasquale.agatiello@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion. eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.

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