Senior Legal Counsel
hace 4 días
Cheltenham
Senior Legal Counsel 📍 Cheltenham (2 days per week in office – Monday & Wednesday) 💷 £60,000 - £65,000 (DOE)+ excellent benefits 🏡 Hybrid working | 🤝 Supportive culture | 🚀 Broad in-house exposure The Opportunity ✨ An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join a highly collaborative and commercially focused in-house legal team. Reporting directly to the General Counsel & Company Secretary, this is a genuinely broad role offering exposure across commercial contracts, technology, data protection, strategic projects, and regulatory matters within a complex and fast-paced environment. This is far more than a traditional contracts role. The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders across the business, sit on project boards, advise on legal and commercial risk, and become a trusted business partner across multiple functions. The organisation is looking for someone who thrives in a fluid in-house environment where priorities evolve quickly and no two days look the same. Key Responsibilities 📌 • Provide commercially focused legal advice across the organisation, • Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial and technology contracts, • Support strategic business projects and represent legal on project boards, • Advise on GDPR, data protection, and data-sharing matters, • Support procurement and supplier contract negotiations, • Advise on marketing consents, customer data usage, and ICO guidance, • Provide legal support on complaints, fraud, and verification matters, • Advise on consumer law, competition considerations, and data ethics, • Review contracts relating to events, surveys, digital products, and customer services, • Build strong relationships across the business as a dependable and pragmatic advisor About You 👀 We’re looking for a qualified solicitor with strong in-house legal experience and the confidence to operate autonomously within a broad commercial role. You will likely bring: • Around 6–7 years PQE, • Strong commercial contracts experience, • Hands-on exposure to technology and SaaS agreements, • Excellent GDPR and data protection knowledge, • Experience advising within a fast-moving, commercially focused environment, • The ability to balance legal risk with practical business outcomes Experience working with cloud and technology agreements involving providers such as AWS, Microsoft, or Salesforce would be highly beneficial ☁️ The Ideal Candidate 🌟 You will be: • Pragmatic and commercially minded, • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and managing competing priorities, • Confident making judgement calls independently, • Calm under pressure and highly dependable, • Collaborative and relationship-driven, • Curious, proactive, and solutions-focused, • Someone who enjoys being embedded in the business rather than working in silos This role will particularly suit someone who values meaningful work, strong culture, and work-life balance alongside high-quality legal exposure. What’s on Offer? 🎉 • Excellent work/life balance ⚖️, • Flexible and trust-based working culture 🤝, • Free gym access 💪, • Subsidised canteen and barista coffee ☕, • Modern refurbished offices 🏢, • Team socials and company events 🎊, • 5 volunteering days per year ❤️, • Mental health and wellbeing initiatives 🧠 The wider legal team is known for being collaborative, supportive, and down-to-earth, with a strong emphasis on teamwork and shared success. Additional Information 📋 • Hybrid working: 2 days per week in the Cheltenham office (Monday & Wednesday – non-negotiable), • Salary: £60,000–£65,000 depending on experience