Senior Legal Counsel

Are you an experienced commercial solicitor looking to take a step away from private practice? Perhaps you're already working in-house, but you've hit a wall and feel like branching out to something more engaging. This Senior Legal Counsel role will enable you to utilise your experience in a new and progressive context.

Our client is a market-leading company with offices in Manchester, Haywards Heath, London, and abroad. As Senior Legal Counsel, you will support their General Counsel by dealing with all aspects of commercial contracts, demonstrating your project management skills, and advising various stakeholders in the business.

This is a business that thrives on people; they're focused on ensuring their clients experience first-class service from happy staff that benefit from real flexible working practices and a brilliant company culture. Help shape this company's legal function and play your own part in the trajectory of their success.

• Reviewing, negotiating, and drafting all manner of agreements, including investment deals (both loans and security), software agreements, data and service agreements, procurement contracts, and the occasional lease
• Dealing with sporadic queries from across the business
• Working closely with key stakeholders

• At least 5 years of post-qualification experience as a commercial or corporate lawyer
• A desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic team
• Strong communication skills and the ability to advocate across all levels of the organisation
• Familiarity working with a regulated market would be advantageous.

This company recognises that the boundary between home and work is often blurred, so their benefits reflect this. They're committed to celebrating their employees and encourage them to make the most of benefits such as private medical insurance, a performance-based bonus, and a wellbeing platform in order to bring their true selves to work.

Based outside of Sussex? They're true to their word when it comes to flexibility and are happy to discuss the possibility of working remotely with a couple of office days per month.

Harvey John recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.