Head of Legal

Job Description

If you’re looking for a fast-paced, challenging yet rewarding role where no two days are the same and a role where you will be responsible for all legal matters, then this role will be of interest to you. This is a role with real scope that with give you an opportunity to drive the legal function forward.

Head of Legal – Responsibilities:

* Ensure that the company remains legally compliant while maintaining the commercial interests of the company.

* Property Lease experience is desirable.

* Oversight of the reviewing, drafting and negotiation of a variety of commercial contracts including supplier agreements, licensing agreements, distribution agreements and consumer facing terms and conditions.

* Ensuring commercial contracts comply with applicable legal requirements and company policies.

* Manage dispute resolution and litigation and represent the company in court as and when necessary to ensure commercially sound and cost effective outcomes.

* Drafting and maintaining internal and customer facing policies, terms and conditions and precedent documents as and when required.

* Protecting and enforcing the Groups IP rights.

* Researching and maintaining awareness of legal requirements for the Group in a range of areas such as data protection, IP, Advertising, Employment, Regulatory and corporate governance.

* Advise internally across the group on commercial, advertising and marketing, IP, Privacy and Data Protection, B2C and ad-hoc legal queries in relation to risk.

* Creating guidance and training materials for the other teams in the business.

Head of Legal – Person Specification:

* Qualified Solicitor with a current practicing certificate with over six years PQE or equivalent.

* Solid experience within commercial and dispute resolution – (The ability to run and defend claims with and achieve the optimum commercial outcome)

* Positive and enthusiastic and be able to communicate legal issues in a straightforward way.

* Robust and effective influencer on the senior team.

* Commercial and flexible in your approach and used to working in a high volume position.

* Capable of effectively managing and prioritising a large and variable workload.

* You will be responsible for keeping up to date on new areas of law, advising the CEO and Directors accordingly and acquire new skills as needed.

* Experience in Private Practice and in-house environments.

Head of Legal – Package:

* Salary – £95k

* Bonus Incentive

* On site parking

* On site gym

* On site restaurants

* Retail discount
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed