Renishaw Wotton-Under-Edge, England, United Kingdom
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Senior Legal Counsel (maternity cover – 1 year fixed term) – commercial contracts lawyer
Wotton under Edge / Hybrid working (office based 3 days a week, 45 minutes from Bristol and Cheltenham)
Salary in region of £90,000 & car allowance
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Legal Counsel for a one year maternity cover, to become part of our global 26+ legal, company secretarial and compliance team (“L&S”).
You will report to the Group Legal Director based in our head office in the UK and work closely with senior stakeholders, including divisional and functional heads.
Although this role is temporary, there may be other opportunities in the wider L&S team at the end of the fixed one year term for the right person.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as a key contact for senior stakeholders in a range of business units and corporate support departments to help influence and implement business strategy and direction.
* Review, draft and negotiate high-value, complex commercial contracts with customers, sales intermediaries, and other key business partners.
* Supporting on L&S change projects that underpin the business’s key objectives across multiple disciplines.
* Support operational and commercial functions with day-to-day legal queries and issues.
* Assist in maintaining the L&S team’s templates, precedents and other know-how materials.
* Provide practical solutions to complex legal problems in the manner of an experienced business partner.
* Procure and manage external specialist counsel (as required)
* Support the Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, Group Legal Director and other senior lawyers as required, both in the UK and internationally.
Key requirements
* Qualified solicitor (England and Wales) with 8+ years’ experience in delivering pragmatic, commercial legal advice in a demanding and evolving business environment.
* Excellent technical knowledge of commercial law and drafting skills.
* Superior analytical skills and a creative, flexible approach to problem solving.
* An ability to interact with people at all levels in the business.
* Display impeccable integrity and a willingness and ability to lead by example.
* A deep understanding of the challenges of a fast-moving, revenue generating business (ideally with experience in-house in the manufacturing and/or engineering sectors).
* An appetite to continually learn and share your experience and knowledge.
Preferred
Experience in any of the following:
* data protection and privacy
* real estate and property
* company secretarial, M&A and or corporate governance
* competition and antitrust
* software licensing
* working knowledge of intellectual property in commercial contracts
* fluency in another language
Person specification
As part of the L&S team, your focus will be providing pragmatic legal advice while supporting our core values of Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity and Involvement.
You will be adept at drafting and negotiating commercial contracts to reduce legal risk in a dynamic and complex business environment.
You will have superior interpersonal skills to influence and inform your stakeholders, both within the L&S team and wider business.
When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, subsidised onsite restaurants and coffee shops, free parking, car sharing scheme and 24 hour fitness centres.
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or recruitment@renishaw.com.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Temporary
Job function
* Job function
Legal, Engineering, and Manufacturing
* Industries
Automation Machinery Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, and Legal Services
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