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Group Legal Counsel 9 month FTCValeo Foods • London, England, UK
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Group Legal Counsel 9 month FTC

Group Legal Counsel 9 month FTC

Valeo Foods • London, England, UK
2 days ago
Job description

A role built for someone who wants to grow fast with ownership impact and the opportunity to help shape a Group legal function from the ground up.

Youll join Valeo Foods Group at a pivotal moment in our growth journey working at the heart of a fastmoving international consumer business.

This role gives you the opportunity to grow alongside the function youll help build. Rather than stepping into a legacy structure youll be part of shaping how Legal operates as the Group scales contributing ideas creating tools and processes and helping define what great looks like for years to come.

Youll work closely with central teams across Procurement IT People Finance/Treasury and ESG gaining exposure to a wide range of work streams and senior stakeholders early on. The day to day is hands on and varied: drafting and negotiating commercial procurement and technology contracts and helping teams move quickly with clear practical guidance.

  • Commercial Contracts & Central Function Support
    • Draft review and negotiate commercial procurement IT and HR contracts.
    • Establish and maintain clause banks and guidance to enable self-serve for low-risk matters and track key terms.
    • Help create the legal front door.
  • M&A Enablement & Integration
    • Support legal workstreams across acquisitions/divestments as well as restructurings.
    • Coordinate legal post-close integration.
  • Governance Company Secretarial & Litigation Oversight
    • Maintain and help create corporate governance frameworks.
    • Maintain the Group litigation/claims tracker and help create supporting processes.
    • Support and design delegations of authority and power of attorney mapping and implementation.
  • Brand & Regulatory Protection
    • Support global IP strategy execution.
      • Assist in regulatory horizon scanning (EU/UK and industry updates) and convert into actionable guidance.
    • Compliance Privacy & Training
      • Support the rollout of Group compliance frameworks.
      • Help build data protection operational frameworks with People/IT.
    • Ways of Working
      • Help create template/playbook library and help implement core legal tech (CLM trackers dashboards).

Qualifications :

  • Qualified lawyer in England & Wales (or EU/Commonwealth equivalent) with commercial contracting experience.
  • 35 post qualification experience or equivalent this is provided as a guide and other PQEs may be considered.
  • In-house exposure preferred but private practice candidates considered.
  • Proven commercial contracting experience.
  • Experience with procurement/IT contracting M&A support governance basics and privacy operations is advantageous.
  • Exposure to corporate M&A transactions.
  • Familiarity with governance and Company Secretarial basics.
  • Working knowledge of privacy/GDPR operations and compliance program elements.
  • Process orientation: able to create templates SOPs and simple dashboards; interest in legal tech (CLM trackers MS 365 Sharepoint).
  • Strong communication and stakeholder skills; ability to present clear recommendations to non-lawyers.


Additional Information :

  • The opportunity to work on Grouplevel strategic priorities with significant visibility
  • Exposure to M&A integration divestments operating model work and commercial/operational transformation
  • A role where your work will genuinely influence the future direction of the business
  • A culture built around accountability agility discipline transparency and teamwork
  • The chance to shape how a growing international organisation works together


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Contract


Experience: years
Vacancy: 1

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Group Legal Counsel 9 month FTC • London, England, UK