Senior Legal Counsel
hace 16 días
Redhill
Location: Redhill / Hybrid Salary: £95,000–£120,000 Experience: 5–8+ years PQE An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join a growing, consumer-focused business based in Redhill. This is a broad, high-impact in-house position offering the opportunity to become a key legal adviser to the business and work closely with senior leadership and stakeholders across multiple functions. The successful candidate will provide commercially focused legal advice across a diverse range of matters, including commercial contracts, consumer and marketing law, intellectual property, regulatory issues, product development, disputes and data protection. This role would suit a commercially minded solicitor who enjoys operating in a fast-paced environment and wants genuine ownership, autonomy and exposure to senior decision-makers. • Act as a trusted legal adviser to senior management and key business stakeholders., • Provide practical advice on commercial, regulatory and operational legal matters., • Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including supplier, technology, SaaS, partnership, marketing and licensing contracts., • Advise on contractual risk, including liability, indemnities, termination, intellectual property, data protection and service levels., • Own and maintain customer-facing Terms & Conditions, promotional terms, policies and other legal documentation., • Advise on consumer protection, advertising and promotional requirements., • Review marketing campaigns, customer communications, website content and promotional activity from a legal perspective., • Provide legal input into new products, services, technology and business initiatives, applying a legal-by-design approach., • Advise on intellectual property matters, including trade marks, licensing, brand protection and potential infringements., • Manage disputes, threatened claims and pre-action matters, instructing external counsel where appropriate., • Provide legal support on complex UK GDPR and privacy matters., • Identify material legal risks and work with relevant stakeholders to ensure appropriate mitigation., • Instruct and manage external legal advisers where specialist expertise is required., • Provide legal training and guidance to teams across the organisation., • Help develop efficient processes for managing legal risk and reducing unnecessary reliance on external counsel. You will be an England & Wales qualified solicitor with approximately 5–8+ years PQE, ideally with a strong commercial and in-house background. • Strong commercial contracts experience., • Previous in-house experience, ideally within a consumer-facing, digital or regulated environment., • Experience advising on consumer law and marketing/advertising requirements., • Good knowledge of intellectual property and data protection., • Excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder management skills., • The ability to provide clear, practical and commercially focused advice., • Confidence working independently and managing a varied legal workload., • The ability to engage effectively with senior management and non-legal stakeholders., • Experience within promotional activity, competitions, gaming, lotteries or similarly regulated consumer sectors would be advantageous, but is not essential., • £95,000–£120,000 salary, depending on experience., • Hybrid working arrangement., • Broad and varied in-house legal remit., • Significant exposure to senior leadership., • Genuine opportunity to influence the development of the legal function., • High level of autonomy and responsibility., • Opportunity to join a growing and commercially ambitious organisation. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. #J-18808-Ljbffr