Commercial Counsel (EMEA Region)
- Employer
- Actis Recruitment
- Location
- Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Salary
- £excellent commercial rates + benefits
- Closing date
- 31 Aug 2019
- Reference
- 57298/2TML
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- Practice area
- Company and commercial, Corporate/Mergers and acquisitions, Public law
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years, 7 years+
- Position
- Legal counsel, Solicitor
- Sector
- In-house
Job Details
New In-house Opportunity - UK arm of a global company is looking to appoint a Commercial Lawyer.
Our client is a market leader in its sector, with a $multi-billion turnover and operating from a number of international sites. Supporting General Counsel and reporting to the UK based management team, this opportunity provides scope to work on a diverse range of legal matters.
You will be responsible for contracts and documentation to cover commercial operations and trade; working as part of a wider counsel team on global projects; and advising and supporting colleagues in HR, Sales, Customer Services and Finance on legal issues.
Typical instructions might include:
- Contract review, drafting and negotiation covering sales, distribution, supply and procurement;
- Advising on corporate procedures and policy;
- Trading, export and import issues;
- Compliance and Data protections;
- Regulatory matters;
- Assisting with enquiries from management team, trade bodies and regulators;
- Assisting on global projects and corporate transactions.
The role requires a commercially astute and pragmatic lawyer, with not less than 3 years’ relevant experience of handling a diverse range of non-contentious company and commercial instructions.
Ideally, you will offer experience of working on large scale, government contracts in sectors such as defence, aerospace, infrastructure and energy.
Applications welcome from those looking to move away from private practice as well as those with in-house experience.
Further information can be provided on application with all enquiries being treated in the strictest of confidence.
Company
Actis Legal Recruitment is an independent, specialist consultancy, niche in its market and covering the North West legal business sector.
We have an outstanding reputation for offering law firms and lawyers a high quality service and sound advice in solicitor and legal recruitment. All our Senior Consultants have practised as qualified Solicitors and bring with them real life experience working as a lawyer before becoming professionally trained, legal recruitment consultants. This combination of experience and skills means that our consultants have extensive contacts and networks that open doors into the market that may otherwise remain closed. By sharing these networks and our expertise, we are able to add real value whether you as an individual or part of a team are seeking a new opportunity, or a law firm looking to appoint.
By focusing specifically on the legal sector within the region, our team is uniquely positioned to offer relevant and expert advice. We know the legal recruitment market inside out and we are in touch with firms of varying size and disciplines, Lawyers of all levels of experience and seniority. Based in Manchester, we are well positioned to cover all of the North West legal sector.
We thoroughly enjoy the business we’re in and the lawyers we get to meet. We’re proud of our reputation too.
Our mission statement is “Professional recruitment with integrity”, which extends across every element of our business.
- Website
- http://www.actislegal.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 07855 312401
- Location
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Barnet House
53 Fountain Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M2 2AN
GB
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