Legal Counsel or Experienced Paralegal

Legal Counsel or Experienced Paralegal

• Type: Permanent, Full Time
• Location: Gloucestershire/Hybrid

Are you a qualified solicitor, legal executive or experienced paralegal with a knack for providing commercially astute legal advice? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where your expertise in contracts, company law, intellectual property, and procurement can make a real impact? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Job Purpose: You will support our client by delivering timely, outcomes-focused legal advice. You will work closely with the legal & governance teams to ensure robust and pragmatic legal solutions.

Key Accountabilities:

• Legal Risk Management: Identify and mitigate legal risks within the company.
• Contract Management: Prepare, negotiate, draft, revise, and finalize various contract documents.
• Commercial and Procurement Advice: Provide guidance on non-contentious contract, commercial, and procurement issues, including NDAs.
• Intellectual Property: Advise on intellectual property matters and support external advisers managing the trademark portfolio.
• Information Governance: Assist the Information Governance team with data governance and FOI matters.
• Liability and Insurance: Advise on matters relating to liability, including company insurance.
• Commercial Activities: Support commercial activities such as prize draws, gambling, Advertising Standards, Equality Impact Assessments, and complaint escalations.
• Corporate Legal Precedents: Develop and maintain corporate legal precedents.
• Training: Prepare and deliver training in legal matters across the business.
• External Counsel Management: Collaborate with the Head of Legal and Governance to instruct and manage external counsel and third parties.

Skills, Qualifications, and Experience:

• Qualified solicitor or legal executive with a proven track record in drafting and advising on commercial contracts and procurement.
• Experience in identifying and managing legal risk across a diverse legal portfolio.
• Ideally, experience in an in-house environment.
• Strong technical skills and attention to detail, particularly in contractual matters.
• Team player with a positive and proactive approach, focused on outcomes.
• Can-do attitude and willingness to work flexibly with colleagues of differing skills and experience.
• Approachable and able to present legal advice in a plain and concise manner.

For more details about this position and to discuss your background please contact Sophie Clarke at Reed (on Linkedin) today!