In House Legal Counsel

Job title:

In House Legal Counsel

Company

BCL Legal

Job description

I am delighted to be once again working with a business that is integral to the success of the North East community. Our client is a well established and loved transport institution interacting with millions of you annually.Amongst the 1000+ strong workforce they have a high calibre and well led legal function which is integral to the success of the organisation. This team is currently looking to recruit an additional lawyer with a to help them continuing their successes and achieve their commercial and legal objectives.THE ROLE
The workload is incredibly diverse. On a daily basis the legal team deals with a range of complex issues which could comprise legal advice pertaining to procurement, contracts/commercial, technology and IT matters , property, construction, civil litigation, information governance, health and safety and employment issues. As you can imagine, a highly varied and interesting role. You would instruct external solicitors on a range of matters, conduct internal training, draft policies and proceduresABOUT YOU
Given this diversity of matters coming into the team, we will be interested to speak to lawyers from a diverse range of backgrounds. Your technical background might be commercial contracts, corporate, commercial litigation, projects, construction or technology – all could be useful. What is key to will be your strong ability in drafting, advising and negotiation, (in any of the above related disciplines), your commerciality beyond understanding balck letter law, and your confidence to operate with limited supervision. This is a highly complex business with many legal issues requiring an agile and enquiring mind.ADDITIONAL
With a superb benefits package including 27 days holiday, flexible / hybrid working, and a market beating pension, this is a business which looks after its employees. This is a rare opportunity to join a business contributing daily to the success of the region, Joining a legal team with a fast array of adjusting work to tackleIf you are interested to learn more or read a full job spec, please do get in contact as soon as possible.CompanyBCL Legal – we are 100% focussed on finding the best lawyers on the market for leading companies based in England

• Every day since 2003 we have been building our knowledge of which lawyers exist in the market for permanent and temporary requirements.
• Over 8,000 ‘commercial lawyers’ have asked us to assist them with their career- our expertise is knowing who to call upon for each role that we assist.
• True experts in our field, with over 2,200 lawyers, company secretaries and compliance professionals placed in-house across the UK since 2003.
• Each consultant focuses on a particular location, which allows us to truly get to know the lawyers, legal teams and businesses in great detail.
• Unique involvement with the in-house legal community through free CPD seminars

and other added value products. * Professional and caring consultants who look to build long term relationships with both clients and candidate lawyers.Some of the organisations we have assisted:

• Arriva
• Asda
• BAE Systems
• Bannatyne
• Bet365
• Bupa
• DHL
• Elior
• Hermes Parcelnet
• Holland & Barrett
• Ilke Homes
• LEVC
• London Luton Airport
• Mercedes Benz
• Michelin
• Molson Coors
• Rolls Royce
• Sodexo
• Zuto

To discuss your career in more detail and to find out about the positions we’re working on, please contact Mark Levine, Craig Wilson, Alison McKee, Tom Fleet, Tom Shaw or Josh Mcconnell.Offices in Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.Company info Website Telephone 0161 819 7475 Location Lancaster Buildings
3rd Floor, 77 Deansgate
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 2BW
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Location

Newcastle

Job date

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 22:13:29 GMT

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