What's involved with this role: Interim Senior Company Solicitor Bournemouth 5265845 Remote working Key Requirements: Qualified Solicitor (or equivalent) with a valid practicing certificate. Experience in company law, public sector law, or advising on matters related to local authority-owned companies. Strong expertise in Teckal arrangements, public sector procurement law, and company governance, with a deep understanding of local authority structures and regulatory requirements. Proven experience in drafting and negotiating members' agreements, funding arrangements, and governance documentation for local authority-controlled entities. Ability to provide high-level strategic legal advice to senior stakeholders on complex legal matters affecting local authority-owned companies. We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Expert Company Lawyer to provide legal expertise and guidance on matters related to companies owned by local authorities. The successful candidate will be responsible for advising on Teckal arrangements, control aspects, members' agreements, funding, and governance structures, ensuring compliance with all relevant legal and regulatory frameworks. This is a unique and impactful role for a lawyer with a deep understanding of public law, corporate governance, and local authority structures. Key Responsibilities: Provide expert legal advice on Teckal arrangements (i.e., the exemption for local authority-controlled companies under procurement law), ensuring compliance with the regulatory framework and advising on the control aspects of these companies. Draft, review, and negotiate members' agreements for companies owned by local authorities, ensuring clarity in roles, responsibilities, and governance, and ensuring they align with public sector objectives and legal requirements. Advise on and structure funding arrangements for local authority-owned companies, including the legal implications of financing and operational governance arrangements. Ensure that all legal arrangements, including company governance, control mechanisms, and funding models, comply with public sector regulations, local authority guidelines, and relevant case law. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. S Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.