Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment
Interim Head of Legal
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Interim Head of Legal
12 Month FTC | Bedfordshire / Hybrid (once a week in office) | £100k
New opportunity in Bedfordshire for an energetic Head of Legal to join a growing, market-leading support services organisation on a fixed-term basis. This is a broad leadership role in a small team, working closely with CEO and CFO to provide strategic input across the UK and European business.
The Role
Reporting into senior leadership, you will oversee the day-to-day running of the Legal team, providing strategic and commercial legal support across divisions. You will act as a trusted adviser to stakeholders and the Board, helping the business manage risk, strengthen governance, and deliver its commercial objectives.
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Key areas of responsibility will include:
- Providing pragmatic legal advice across a broad range of business matters.
- Leading the drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial agreements.
- Managing legal risk, compliance, disputes, and relationships with external counsel.
- Overseeing corporate governance and acting as Company Secretary, including Board administration, statutory records, and Companies House requirements.
- Developing and embedding effective procurement strategies, supplier relationships, and managing supply chain risk.
- Supporting insurance claims and renewal activity, as well as providing input on data protection and GDPR matters.
- Working closely with external counsel to oversee ongoing M&A activity.
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About You
We are looking for a commercially minded legal professional with experience of overseeing a small function while still being active in the day-to-day detail. Broad experience across contracts, including procurement, is preferred. The business is undergoing significant growth, so this is guaranteed to be an action-filled 12 months steering the Legal function to ensure commercial aims are achieved.
Interim Solicitors will find this a rewarding 12-month assignment, but there is the potential for this role to be made permanent subject to certain growth, so candidates seeking permanent opportunities but currently in between roles are encouraged to apply.
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