Job Description
Taylor Root is working with a national distributor and merchant of building products. They're looking to take on an Interim Senior Legal Counsel, who can be with them from October for a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.
This is a role which is providing general corporate and commercial legal support across the UK business. Responsibilities will include:
1. Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a range of commercial contracts;
2. Developing contract templates and policy documents and keeping these up to date;
3. Providing timely and accurate legal advice and support to the business on a range of matters, including liaising with colleagues from other functions within the UK business such as IT, Finance, Property, HR and claims management;
4. Ensuring T&Cs are reviewed and are aligned throughout the business;
5. Managing a number of contentious matters, including liaising with external counsel;
6. Identifying risk to the appropriate internal stakeholders and proactively helping to manage and mitigate that risk;
7. Assisting other functional leads in maintaining legislative and regulatory compliance throughout the various business units, including construction products, data protection, health and safety, business ethics, and anti-corruption and bribery;
8. Keeping up to date with changes to law and regulation, conducting research into these changes, and co...