Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial, Greater Manchester
Client: JD Group
Location: Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 5ba8e2badeda
Job Views: 7
Posted: 03.03.2025
Expiry Date: 17.04.2025
Job Description:
Responsible to: Head of Legal
Department:
Location: Bury Head Office
Role Overview: Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial for the JD Group (6+ years PQE)
Term: Permanent
The Role:
This is a senior role within the JD Legal Team focusing on commercial contracts with a consumer law focus, where you will be working on a wide variety of commercial contracts. We are looking for candidates with significant experience of reviewing, marking up and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, ideally with specific consumer law and advertising and marketing experience. You will have some experience of working for a retailer, FMCG or consumer facing business.
The Legal Team is dynamic and hard-working. As a senior member of the Legal Team, you will work across the whole JD Group, supporting our business globally, as well as supervising and developing more junior members of the team.
Key Duties/Responsibilities:
You will advise and support the JD Group on all types of commercial contracts with a consumer or advertising and marketing focus as well as support more junior team members. In addition, you will create standard template agreements, always look to create or improve working processes and provide training to the business and the Legal Team to develop their skills. You will also work closely with our Compliance team and in particular the Group’s Data Protection Officer, so experience in data protection and other regulations is an advantage.
Day to day you’ll work closely with business stakeholders from across the JD Group on various commercial contracts. You will have the chance to work on global projects with cross functional teams and will play a key role in rolling out training, policies and guidelines across the JD Group.
Skills/Experience/Knowledge Needed:
* UK qualified solicitor – 6+ years PQE.
* Training and previous experience in reviewing, drafting and advising on a wide range of commercial contracts within a respectable in-house role or law firm.
* Demonstrable experience of working with all levels of stakeholders in a large global corporate (including the executive leadership team).
* Good understanding of the evolving regulations particularly relating to consumer law, data privacy, competition law and advertising/marketing standards to be able to provide effective advice to the business.
* An effective communicator with demonstrable negotiating and drafting skills.
* Self-motivated, ambitious, team player with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Strong attention to detail as well as a commercial mindset with an ability to explain matters clearly and simply to non-legal stakeholders.
* Ability to think outside the box and support the Legal Team and the business in finding effective solutions.
* Evidence of previous project management skills to successfully deliver projects (including cross jurisdiction) and initiatives would be highly desirable.
* Experience of working in retail/FMCG/customer facing industry sector.
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