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About The Role
This role plays a crucial role in supporting the General Counsel developing and maintaining a high quality legal/commercial function and contributing to the delivery of exceptional legal and commercial services to your internal clients. Key responsibilities include drafting and reviewing contracts and other legal documents, assisting with company secretarial matters and legal research.
About The Role
This role plays a crucial role in supporting the General Counsel developing and maintaining a high quality legal/commercial function and contributing to the delivery of exceptional legal and commercial services to your internal clients. Key responsibilities include drafting and reviewing contracts and other legal documents, assisting with company secretarial matters and legal research.
Job Duties And Responsibilities
* Conduct horizon scanning and other legal research to gather relevant information on case laws, statutes, and regulations, potentially across multiple jurisdictions.
* Draft, review, and negotiate client and supplier contracts.
* Instruct and work with external legal counsel.
* Assist with company secretarial tasks.
* Assist with gathering data for internal reports.
* Triage of legal and commercial queries.
* Perform other duties as assigned
About You
Skills and Attributes
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong analytical and research abilities.
* Ideally knowledge of legal software and document management tools.
* Attention to detail and good organisational skills.
* Confident working in a fast-paced environment.
Experience And Education
* Batchelors degree, or equivalent, in any subject.Law degree and/or paralegal qualification preferred.
* Ideally strong experience in commercial contracts with knowledge of legal and business, terminology and processes.
* Experience as part of an in-house legal and commercial team desirable.
About Us
Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) is an end-to-end innovation partner, propelling global brands and ambitious start-ups to success. We build breakthrough products and services – from insight to ideas, prototypes to production – bringing innovation to life. Our teams are multi-disciplinary, uniting scientific rigor, design ingenuity, and engineering excellence for consumer and healthcare clients. People-centred, deeply collaborative, and – above all – expert, we’re uniquely positioned to shape the future for consumers, patients, and industry. Even our ownership model is innovative: We’re 100% owned by our employees, ensuring an open culture and a total commitment to our projects’ success. As part of our benefits package we offer:
* flexible working
* a discretionary bonus
* excellent learning and development opportunities
* a 12% non-contributory pension
* private healthcare
* electric vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme
* share incentive plan
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Sales and Management
* Industries
Design Services
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