McLaren Automotive Ltd
Legal Counsel - 12 month FTC
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What to Expect
We are seeking a commercially astute Legal Counsel specialising in Procurement and Commercial law to join our Legal & Compliance team.
The role has a broad commercial remit, spanning traditional procurement as well as strategically important projects such as connected car initiatives, property and capex initiatives, technology and digital partnerships, software and data-driven agreements, and brand-related matters.
The successful candidate will support and lead (as appropriate) on negotiations on commercial and technology contracts, advise on emerging legal and regulatory risks, and drive best-practice standards in procurement governance, intellectual property protection and brand integrity.
What You'll Do
- Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including supplier agreements, service contracts, licensing arrangements, partnership agreements.
- Support Senior Lawyers in the team with projects and team management and take ownership of allocated workstreams.
- Provide pragmatic legal advice to internal stakeholders across various business functions, balancing legal risk with commercial objectives.
- Support the legal team in managing legal risk and ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments relevant to the business and proactively advise on potential impact and mitigation strategies.
- Assist with contract lifecycle management and process improvements with the preparation of playbooks, templates, guidance notes and training materials
- Triage incoming legal requests and identify when matters should be escalated to senior lawyers.
- Conduct legal research and prepare concise, practical summaries for stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate contract records, approval trails and contribute to internal training and knowledge-sharing initiatives and liaise with external counsel as required.
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What You'll Bring
- Qualified solicitor with 1 – 4 years post-qualification experience, ideally gained in-house or at a reputable law firm.
- Strong grounding in commercial contract law and negotiation.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Proactive and solutions-oriented, with a commercial mindset.
- Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to build strong relationships and act as a trusted business partner.
- Good organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
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What We'll Do for You
We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- Structured career development framework
- 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
- Enhanced company pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus award
- Private medical insurance and health cash plan
- Life assurance benefit
- Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- Generous parental leave policies
- A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
Who Are We?
No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.
It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.
McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.
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