In-House Commercial Counsel / Legal Associate (c.NQ - 5 PQE)

Location: Hybrid Wfm + Crawley/Gatwick
Salary: £40,000.00 - £65,000.00
Ref: 26264
Type: Permanent
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A market-leading and high growth software, data analytics & technical services business seek a UK qualified solicitor to join their established in-house legal & commercial contracts management division as their first fully qualified In-house Commercial Counsel / Legal Associate.

Salary - c.£40000-£65000 (neg. DOE) + benefits
Type - Permanent
Location – Hybrid: Remote home working + Crawley / Gatwick office-based mix
c. 1/2 days p/w in office or more at your preference (rail station within short walking distance & parking available)

This is an opportunity for a UK qual solicitor to take up the first fully qualified position within a wider legal & commercial team for a truly innovative c.£40m t/o and continually expanding business group.

Potentially an ideal for an NQ or 1-5PQE solicitor seeking to make a 1st or 2nd in-house step for broader and more commercial engaged in-house career focus with particular interest/advantage for a candidate with existing experience in B2B contracts, IP, M&A and related commercial matters.

Joining a hugely successful technology & technical services group within which the Commercial & Legal team sit at the heart of the organisation, the Legal Associate will be offered extensive business & product training to be able to fully integrate and engage to work in close support/advisory position to directors, senior management, technical and sales departments.

Alongside being the appointed Legal Associate for the business and having broad engagement across a variety of commercial B2B legal matters, this position will also have a role to play in the legal digitization of the business through an CLM implementation and take the lead in being a potential signatory support for other existing team members who are LPC qualified and may be sponsored to follow the SQE/QWE route.

Core workload engagement & focus:

• B2B contractual arrangements - contractual T&C's review, negotiation, drafting and amendment at tender/proposal, execution and renewal stages.
• M&A
• Business IP & Data privacy
• Involvement in the implementation and roll-out of a digitized contracts management system (CLM)
Wider business commercial project work, defining and implementing commercial process from a legal perspective: risk, governance, regulatory policy ++..
Key qualification & experience required for In-house Commercial Counsel / Legal Associate application:

• UK qualified Solicitor with current SRA practising certificate (most likely suited to an early career NQ – 5PQE but open to experience levels)
• Either experience within or demonstrable desire to move to an in-house B2B focused legal career path
• Some existing experience in B2B commercial matters – particularly B2B commercial contracts review, negation & drafting, M&A, IP, Data Privacy etc.
• Analytical and inquisitive in approach – wishing to become an expert within and representing the business product BU's / group companies (this is a fully embedded in-house role, not just legal support)
• Able to demonstrate wider ‘commercial business’ awareness and the correct positioning of legal advice/operation/negotiation/drafting within to mitigate business risk, ensure legal compliance is balanced with commercial advantage on a mutually agreeable basis
• Commercial communication approach with the ability to converse, build rapport and relationships with a diverse range of commercial and technical (non-legal) internal and external stakeholder groups.
• An interest in technology and technical engineering services sectors would be an advantage

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Contact: andrew@ag-search.co.uk