Corporate Lawyer (In-house)
Contract: Permanent, Full or Part time (5 or 4 days per week)
Location: UK (Home working with some UK travel. Ideally a commutable distance to London and/or Port Talbot, South Wales.)
Salary: Circa £100k, negotiable based on experience. Benefits include a car or car allowance, Private Medical cover, Pension
Closing Date: November 5th 2025
What you will do
The legal team is involved in all aspects of the company’s business, providing legal advice to and managing legal risk for the company on all matters (with limited exceptions e.g. employment and property matters) in the UK and globally as well as advising the Tata Steel Group on raw material procurement.
An example of the legal team’s involvement in the company’s key strategic activities relates to the company’s transformation programme which includes a £1.25billion investment to build a new electric arc furnace (EAF) and upgrade associated assets where the legal team are engaged in negotiating the capital contracts, associated services agreements as advising on other commercial arrangements to ensure the business continues to service its customers in the intervening period until the EAF is commissioned. This is one of the biggest investment projects in the UK supported by Government.
As a corporate commercial lawyer for Tata Steel UK you will be confident in providing legal advice in a commercial setting covering all corporate/commercial activities and all aspects of legal mitigation. You will be reviewing and/or preparing a range of documents covering various topics and managing external advisers where appropriate. You will also be supporting compliance activity and advising on changes in relevant law and regulations.
The Tata Steel UK Legal Team is managed by the Director Legal Services who reports to the company’s Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary.
Reporting to the Director Legal Services is the Head of Legal, HR Services, and three corporate commercial lawyers, namely the Head of Legal Commercial and two other corporate commercial lawyers. Due to the current level of work there are two additional temporary roles - an addition corporate commercial lawyer and a paralegal.
This is a remote working role, but some UK travel will be required. You will also be required to attend monthly meetings in London where Legal Training also occurs. We will consider applications from individuals who are looking to work Part Time hours, 4 days per week.
What you will need
We are looking for a UK based qualified Solicitor with 5+ years of Post Qualified Experience. Some in‑house experience is preferred (this could be via a secondment from private practice).
We are looking for a team player willing to work in a flat structure with a high level of enthusiasm and cultural intelligence. You should have the ability to manage and prioritise a large portfolio of matters whilst facing competing demands and addressing ambiguity but still achieving outcomes and having a drive to understand the commercial context. You must also have the ability to communicate legal advice robustly and clearly in a commercial setting.
You will have:
* Sufficient experience in core areas of contract, tort, company and commercial law
* Broad commercial practice with experience in as many of the following elements as possible:
* International sale of goods
* Procurement, including capital project or commodity procurement
* R&D/IP development agreements (not necessary to be an expert in registered IP)
* IT agreements
* E-commerce
* Competition Law, GDPR and Sanctions (not as a specialism but within commercial practice)
* M&A and other Strategic Projects
* Corporate reorganisations
* Contentious/pre-litigation experience in relation to any of the above
* The role does NOT include advice on property law or employment law.
What we can offer you
Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:
* A market competitive salary
* 35 days holidays per annum
* Annual Pay Review
* Annual Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
* Private Healthcare Scheme (Individual and family)
* One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (Up to 10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)
We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as discounts with local and national retailers and services.
Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.
Why us?
Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.
For further information on our transformation journey, please visit Green Steel Future | Tata Steel UK.
If you would like further information or an informal chat, we would love to hear from you. Apply now or email Ruth.Knoyle@tatasteeleurope.com.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal and Management
Industries
Manufacturing, Legal Services, and Mining
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