As a newly created senior leadership role, the Head of Legal will oversee day-to-day legal operations and support the General Counsel in providing strategic legal advice across the organisation. This high-profile position in Central London offers the opportunity to lead and develop a small team of legal professionals in a globally recognised professional institution and regulator.
Key responsibilities:
1. Leading, mentoring, and developing the legal team comprising Legal Counsel, NQ Legal Counsel, Paralegal, and Legal Administrator, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
2. Overseeing legal team resourcing, training, and performance management, supporting new hybrid working arrangements for greater collaboration and efficiency.
3. Providing pragmatic, solutions-focused legal advice on commercial, regulatory, corporate governance, and litigation matters.
4. Supporting the General Counsel and Executive with strategic legal advice on key risks and developments.
5. Managing negotiation, drafting, and review of major commercial agreements, including potential outsourcing projects, alongside Procurement.
6. Ensuring consistency and quality of legal documentation and managing the organisation’s international intellectual property portfolio and brand strategy.
7. Identifying and mitigating global legal and regulatory risks, supporting compliance reviews in alignment with international market strategies.
8. Providing corporate governance and regulatory support, including legal entity management and advising on data protection and privacy law, especially GDPR compliance.
9. Fostering strong stakeholder engagement within the business and with external legal advisors, ensuring tight cost control and service delivery management.
10. Leading or supporting major strategic projects, transactions, litigation, and corporate initiatives.
Skills and experience required:
11. Qualified solicitor with a minimum of 10 years’ PQE and previous in-house experience preferred.
12. Proven track record managing legal teams and providing counsel at senior leadership levels.
13. Strong commercial legal knowledge, especially in commercial law, intellectual property, data protection, procurement, IT contracts, and litigation.