Job Description - Legal Counsel (00122663)
Job Title: Legal Counsel
Location: Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Circa £70,000 commensurate with skills and experience.
What you’ll be doing:
* Provide in-depth, professional, timely, and proactive legal support and advice to all functions within the Maritime Services business.
* Ensure, in conjunction with colleagues in the relevant business/specialist legal team, that the Maritime Services business is consistently compliant with applicable legal and business policy requirements including health and safety, procurement law, product safety, compliance, export control, and ethical business conduct.
* Draft, negotiate, agree, and manage a wide range of contractual arrangements with customers, suppliers, and industry partners.
* Assist in the identification and development of legal solutions to support the execution of business plans.
* Participate from an early stage in disputes and assist in developing appropriate strategies for their effective resolution.
* Manage and ensure the efficient use of external counsel and provide training on matters of law, know-how, and policy.
* Liaise with Legal colleagues in other BAE Systems businesses and internal BAE Systems Group Legal specialists in matters such as intellectual property, data protection, and employment law.
* Provide training on matters of law and policy to various functional and business areas.
* Contribute to the wider BAE Systems legal function as a member of the global legal community and leverage/share knowledge and capability accordingly, including engaging in effective collaboration across the function and business.
Your skills and experiences:
* Qualified solicitor or barrister with relevant commercial or corporate law experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house experience. Circa 5 years PQE.
* Ability to provide expert, pragmatic, commercial legal advice.
* Knowledgeably, thoroughly, but succinctly draft standard legal documents in plain English.
* Apply subject matter knowledge to commercial and business problems and issues.
* Commercial understanding of government contracting processes.
* Some knowledge of competition law, intellectual property, and software licensing would be advantageous.
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance, and a Company-contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work, and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Legal Team:
Would you like to work within an interesting and challenging in-house legal role, supporting our Maritime Services business? We currently have a vacancy for a Legal Counsel at our site in Portsmouth, with flexible/hybrid working, subject to business needs.
In this role, you will grow to understand the needs of our business and provide legal solutions that enhance and protect the business and support its objectives. You will provide generalist and, over time, specialist legal advice, managing a broad range of legal risk and opportunity.
You will work closely with key stakeholders, developing strong business relationships and acting as a true business partner involved with transactions throughout their lifecycle. You will be joining a business that is both interesting and diverse and plays a key role in the UK’s defence sector with customers worldwide.
The Flexible Working Statement:
As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on-site, and life at home.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
We also want to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example, dyslexia, autism, or an anxiety disorder that may affect your performance in certain assessment types), please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must, as a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 6th January 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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