Legal Counsel

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Why we're hiring:

An exciting opportunity for a commercially astute Legal Counsel to join WPP's global Legal team in London. You'll provide practical, focused legal expertise to our agency commercial and client teams worldwide. This role demands a proactive professional who can not only draft and negotiate complex contracts but also strategically support commercial negotiations, ensuring WPP's practices uphold both legal requirements and ethical obligations in a dynamic environment. Flexibility is key as assignments evolve, and some agreed-upon travel may be required.

You'll join a global WPP Legal team of around 70, with a core team of 20 based in London. We're looking for a passionate and energetic individual who thrives on autonomy and responsibility within a fast-paced in-house legal environment, working alongside exceptional lawyers.

What you'll be doing:

• Drafting, negotiating, and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts, including client agreements (creative, social media, production), IP licenses, vendor, talent, and influencer contracts, and developing user-friendly legal templates.


• Advising on advertising clearance and litigation risk mitigation.


• Actively supporting client pitches and contract renegotiations


• Providing global legal support and strategic advice to WPP agencies.


• Training stakeholders on critical legal issues impacting the media and marketing industry (IP, advertising, data privacy, AI).


• Collaborating with our global legal team to uphold high professional standards.

What you'll need:

• Qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with a minimum of 3 years’ post-qualification experience.


• Proven experience in contract drafting (commercial or M&A backgrounds welcome) is essential.


• Strong working knowledge of intellectual property, advertising, data privacy, and artificial intelligence law.


• Demonstrated ability to lead negotiations and develop strategic commercial approaches.


• Excellent collaboration skills, working effectively across multidisciplinary teams and jurisdictions.


• Fluent English is essential; additional European languages (especially French or Italian) are highly desirable.

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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