Interim Senior Legal Counsel (Luxury Retail)

Taylor Root

  • London
  • £70,000-105,000 per year
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 17 days ago
Picture this… You are a legal counsel for…
  • A home to 1000’s of international iconic brands.
  • A world-famous luxury department store and one of the many places people come to visit when touring London.
  • An iconic British brand who excel in offering world class shopping experiences – whatever you need, they can offer the very best services and the very best quality of goods!
  • When you walk through the doors of this iconic department store, you can’t help but be mesmerised!!
Working with this client is a rare and exciting opportunity and not to be missed! We are exclusively working with this business due to up-coming maternity leave.This is a 12 month FTC to start in June 2024.The Role:As a Senior Legal Counsel OR Legal Counsel (note: the client is open to looking at 2 different levels for this role), you will work in a well-established and collaborative legal function of 4.The Senior Legal Counsel/ Legal Counsel will provide the business with effective and wide-ranging legal and strategic advice on a variety of matters including commercial, corporate, compliance, employment, company secretarial, pensions, IP, IT, property, litigation, marketing and customer-related issues. Of these, the key skill sets will be commercial, consumer, advertising and marketing, IP, employment and company secretarial.The Senior Legal Counsel will report into Group General Counsel, will work with and will obtain and oversee the work of external legal advisers when required.You will be directly involved in advising the business on how to conduct itself in compliance with the law, in corporate and commercial transactions, drafting and negotiating contracts, dispute avoidance and resolution when applicable.The Ideal Candidate:
  • Must be a qualified solicitor (or equivalent qualified lawyer) permitted to practise law in-house in England and Wales.
  • You will need to have well-rounded experience and considerable experience as a qualified solicitor/ legal counsel in order to undertake the senior legal counsel role, ideally to include previous in-house experience within Retail, FMCG or consumer facing business.
  • As a Legal Counsel, You will need to have 2-6 years of experience working in commercial law and ideally in-house exposure.
  • You must be engaging, personable and have excellent communication skills in order to build meaningful stakeholder relationships
  • Strong customer service focus when dealing with both internal and external parties.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Excellent time-management skills and the ability and willingness to multi-task.
  • Flexibility and readiness to adapt to changing priorities.
  • Good attention to detail which will be evident through paperwork completed and organisation of department.
  • You will be a creative and solutions focused individual
Salary bandings:Bandings will highly depend on experience and the development required, PQE level and industry exposure.For Legal Counsel: £70,000-90,000 + benefitsFor Senior Legal Counsel: £95,000-105,000 + benefitsBenefits:
  • Rewards Card & Staff discounts – up to 50% on selected lines/ 33% discount for others
  • Private medical
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Up to 10% pension contributions (employee must contribute 6%)
  • 25 days Annual leave + Bank Holidays + Your Birthday off!
  • Plus much more to support you in every day life!
Part-time/ Full TimeFor the senior legal counsel role: The client will be open to considering Full time & Part time applicants.For the Legal Counsel role: The client is seeking Full-time onlyWorking Arrangements/ Location:
  • London
  • 2 days a week in the office required
If you are a commercial lawyer (ideally with retail/consumer sector experience) and see yourself working in one of the most iconic department stores in the world as a legal counsel OR Senior Legal Counsel, apply now!Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.Please note that your personal information will be treated in accordance with our .

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