Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel 1+pqe guide

Our client is a global leader operating within the industrial and manufacturing sector.

As part of an established in house legal function, you will provide a wide variety of commercial legal advice within a dynamic and complex business environment.

We are looking for a versatile Commercial/Corporate lawyer with a commercial approach.

Key responsibilities

• Act as a key contact for stakeholders in a range of business units and corporate support departments to help influence and implement business strategy and direction.

• Act as a primary contact for the UK sales subsidiary providing day‑to‑day advice to sales and marketing colleagues.

• Review, draft and negotiate high-value, complex commercial contracts with customers, sales intermediaries, suppliers, service providers and other key business partners.

• Corporate Support/Assist with M&A

• Support the business with responses to tenders and customer queries.

• Support on L&S change and process improvement projects that underpin the business’s key objectives across multiple disciplines.

• Support operational and commercial functions with day-to-day legal queries and issues.

• Work with product development teams to ensure compliance with commercial and IP frameworks.

• Assist in maintaining the L&S team’s templates, precedents and other know-how materials.

• Provide practical solutions to complex legal problems as a key business partner.

• Support senior lawyers as required, both in the UK and internationally.

Key requirements

• Qualified solicitor (UK) with 2 – 5 pqe and experience in delivering pragmatic, commercial legal advice in a demanding private practice or in-house environment.

• Excellent drafting commercial contracts experience

• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills

• Corporate Experience

• High quality training in a UK Private Practice

Desirable

• Working in house – ideally within the manufacturing or industrial sectors

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Real estate and property

• Construction

• Software licensing and AI

• Contract management and other legal tools

**This is a role requiring office presence 3 days per week. The offices are easily commutable from Bristol.

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