Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial

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Interim Senior Legal Counsel - 6-Month Contract

Contract: Initial 6-month day-rate contractStart: ASAPLocation: Fully remoteAn established UK business is seeking an experienced Interim Senior Legal Counsel to join its lean and collaborative legal team.Working closely with the General Counsel, you will take ownership of a broad range of business-as-usual legal matters, providing pragmatic and commercially focused support across the organisation. This is a hands-on role requiring someone who can quickly understand the business, build strong stakeholder relationships and operate autonomously within a fast-paced environment.

Key responsibilities

• Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice across the business
• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements
• Manage a varied BAU legal workload with minimal supervision
• Support stakeholders across multiple functions and business areas
• Advise on governance, compliance and general corporate matters
• Identify legal and commercial risks and drive matters through to completion
• Act as a trusted business partner to senior stakeholders
• Provide additional capacity within a busy and lean legal team

About you

You will ideally:

• Be an experienced in-house lawyer operating at Senior Legal Counsel level
• Have broad commercial contracts and general BAU legal experience
• Be comfortable wearing multiple hats within a lean team
• Take a proactive, practical and hands-on approach
• Work autonomously and manage competing priorities effectively
• Be commercially minded, solutions focused and comfortable working at pace
• Communicate confidently with stakeholders at all levels
• Value collaboration, teamwork and cultural fit alongside technical expertise
• Available to start at short notice

Experience gained within logistics, manufacturing, industrial, engineering, infrastructure or another operationally focused business would be advantageous but is not essential.The successful candidate will be personable, down to earth and adaptable, with the resilience and judgement needed to support a busy operational business. Cultural fit is particularly important. You should enjoy working collaboratively while being confident taking ownership and progressing matters independently.

What's on offer

• Initial 6-month day-rate contract
• ASAP start
• Fully remote working
• Broad and varied legal workload
• Significant autonomy and stakeholder exposure
• Supportive, collaborative and down-to-earth team
• Opportunity to make an immediate impact within an established UK business

To be considered, you should be available to start at short notice, based in the UK and able to commit to the initial six-month contract.Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.Please note that your personal information will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy.