Head of Legal (Sole Counsel) role
West Midlands based
Salary c.100k+ plus car plus bonus
We are exclusively supporting an international manufacturing business as they look to recruit their first dedicated legal counsel to manage legal and commercial risk, regulatory compliance and create a robust operating environment to support continued business success.
This is a key management appointment and offers significant scope to gain experience across an international organisation at an exciting time of strategic growth. Reporting to the hugely personable and commercial CFO, the Head of Legal will support the overall strategy from a legal perspective and minimise legal risk.
You will embrace managing a wide variety of areas including commercial contracts, IPIP, M&A, employment, real estate agreements, as well as overseeing strategy and providing advice on litigation activities, risks/ controls, taxation and other related activities. You will also ensure a strong working relationship with external advisers across various jurisdictions.
As the first Head of Legal you will
- Design, roll out and manage new process and policy
- Develop long term risk strategies
- Handle a broad spread of in-house commercial work
- Train and develop key leaders across the business
- Support moves in to new markets and regions
- Identify and manage external advisers across the regions
- All whilst act...