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Legal Counsel

Job purpose:

• Act as in-house legal adviser working with the Senior Legal Advisers and provide support to the Head of Legal Services.
• Provide high quality specialist legal advice, assistance and representation to the business.
• Assist in identifying and minimising legal, corporate and commercial risks .
• Take on additional tasks as required by Head of Legal.

Key Accountabilities:

• Provide accurate, well researched and clearly expressed written and oral legal advice in a wide range of corporate, commercial and strategic policy areas.
• Provide accurate and concisely drafted legal advice and agreements, and internal reports.
• Follow processes to provide compliance support.
• Assist with providing timely, effective and active case management of corporate litigation
• Assisting with the renewal of the business' professional indemnity and director and officers’ insurance policies.
• Support the management and protection of the intellectual property portfolio.
• Draft correspondence on complex and sensitive matters.
• Actively demonstrate a solutions-focused awareness and an understanding of major issues affecting the solicitors' business objectives and priorities, and corporate compliance issues.

Knowledge, skills and experience Essential:

• A qualified solicitor (NQ to 3 years PQE) or barrister with a current practising certificate.
• Experience of working as a lawyer in the private, public or voluntary sectors, including strategic management of complex legal and commercial issues.
• Demonstrable knowledge of at least two of the following (with a desire and commitment to developing knowledge and skills in the areas below that are less familiar): - Corporate and commercial law - Contract law - Intellectual property law - Internal and external stakeholder support and management.
• Excellent analytical and drafting skills and ability, and a high level of attention to detail.
• Very good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to influence others, command respect and create a good first impression.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for workloads, plan and prioritise to meet deadlines and work well under pressure.

Desirable:

• Good demonstrable knowledge and experience of:
• contract drafting and negotiations
• providing practical and legal advice based on legal research and the instructions given
• Experience working in-house