McKinlay Law
Senior Legal Counsel
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Job Title: Senior Legal Counsel
Location: Flexible as to which UK office: London, Newcastle, Edinburgh, or Manchester
Salary: £110,000 - £150,000+ (negotiable depending on experience)
Major, award-winning global professional services consultancy are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join their UK operations. The role involves leading complex legal matters and negotiations, reporting directly to the COO. The successful candidate will shape risk positions and outcomes, effectively influencing senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contract and Commercial Work: Leading the review, drafting, and negotiation of complex, high-value commercial agreements across multiple jurisdictions, including professional services appointments, framework agreements, Joint Venture structures, and consortium arrangements.
- Corporate Governance: Leading corporate housekeeping and governance across group entities in multiple jurisdictions.
- Compliance, Risk, and Assurance.
- Strategic Commercial Advice: Providing senior legal and commercial advice that actively shapes business strategy and risk appetite.
- Disputes, Claims, and Insurance.
- M&A and IP.
- People Development: Mentoring junior members of the legal team.
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Essential Requirements:
- Qualified lawyer coming from another in-house team.
- Experience across multiple jurisdictions, particularly in the UK and Europe.
- M&A and corporate transaction experience.
- Proven experience in complex commercial contract negotiations and risk management.
- Experience in a private equity-backed business is beneficial.
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The firm is open to this position being based in any of their UK offices: London, Edinburgh, Manchester, or Newcastle. However, you must also be willing to travel domestically and internationally.
This is an ambitious company with extensive future plans, seeking a driven and dynamic legal professional who can guide them through their growth plans and strategy. This is an extraordinary role in terms of development and progression opportunities.
McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that they receive, they are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from them within 24 hours, your application has been unsuccessful, and they have not retained your details.
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