Legal Counsel

Job Description

YelllowBricks is an Executive Search firm working with scaling seed through to FTSE 50 organisations. We attract and hire professionals for our client’s essential business roles. Located in Marlow, we hire interim & permanent staff for our global clients.

We are hiring an experienced Commercial Lawyer for a high-growth tech company reporting to General Counsel. Our ideal candidate is currently working as an in-house lawyer within a software company and is used to being heavily involved in delivering multiple tasks related to commercial law. This is a hands-on, hybrid role, you will be asked to attend the office when the business requires it.

Duties:

• Creating, negotiating, and finalising commercial agreements across all business verticals
• Offering swift legal guidance within the business in the introduction of new suppliers
• Supporting the business on RFI/RFP documents
• Representing the business in the face to face negotiations with suppliers and customers
• Preparing support documents and advice aimed at informing colleagues of relevant regulations related to data privacy, corporate governance, and intellectual property
• Engaging and supervising external legal support where necessary
• Constantly review current processes and guidelines to make improvements where possible
• Developing compliance initiatives to be used across the business
• Work with the business leaders to ensure they are fully supported

Skills Required:

• A degree in Law allows you to practice law in England and Wales
• Experience working as an in-house lawyer
• Experience dealing with commercial law
• Excellent communication skills

This is an exceptional role delivering counsel at an impressive high-growth organisation, there is lots of opportunity to be involved in as well as lead exciting projects.

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