In House Solicitor

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Up to £75,000

Venari Legal are once again delighted to be recruiting for our outstanding client who are looking to recruit a Senior In House Solicitor to join their team. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an excellent lawyer to join as a Managing Lawyer. This is an opportunity to work in innovative new ways for one of the UK's best loved and most iconic brands.

You will be managing their commercial contracts requirements and enter into a genuine long term partner relationship. Given the extensive nature of the client's business and its innovative and dynamic approach, the work (which will encompass commercial contracts, technology and outsourcing agreements, third party supplier arrangements and other contracts relating to its business operations) will undoubtedly be varied, challenging and engaging. This is a unique role which will see you supervising a team of lawyers and paralegals as well as working directly with business partners and helping to develop and grow the service offering.

The client has built a dedicated team to support this work, which will work alongside the client's in-house legal function. This opportunity will be ideal for experienced lawyers who are looking to join and be a part of an extension of a clients in-house legal team to:

• Manage and supervise a team of lawyers and paralegals;
• Be involved in shaping a business model that seeks to innovate the way law firms deliver legal services
• Drive efficiency in legal process;
• Work with one client as a core part of its legal function, enabling the successful candidates to gain a deeper understanding of the client's business and a closer working relationship with the client's in-house team;

We are looking for a senior lawyer with experience supervising other lawyers as well as experience with general commercial contracts, media, technology/outsourcing and intellectual property experience. This is a great opportunity to join one of the leading teams in the UK and work with a really exciting client. The role offers excellent experience, training and genuine career development prospects.

Responsibilities

You will lead a team of high performing individuals to deliver the full spectrum of commercial contract requirements for our client. This will include drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts as well as providing advice on contract or other queries. Through newly established ways of working, including an increased emphasis on technological solutions, you will support your team in taking full ownership for contracts.

You will work closely with other members of this dedicated team as well as the in-house legal function of the client. A determination to deliver high-quality focused services to the client is essential, as is maintaining and developing client relationships.

Successful candidates will be people with energy and enthusiasm who want to become one of the top teams in the region, working hard to provide the highest levels of client service whilst at the same time valuing having fun being part of a supportive and collegiate team.

Summary of key responsibilities :

• Become the key contact and build a close working relationship with the Client.
• Allocate incoming legal work from the client to team members.
• Supervise and manage team capacity, quality and availability.
• Set and manage personal objectives with your team.
• Input to financial and operational reporting.
• Work closely with clients to manage work allocation across the in-house and Dentons teams.
• Attend key client and internal meetings.
• Facilitate quoting for certain work types.
• Provide on-boarding training to new members of the team.
• Support the development and update of precedents and playbooks.
• Input to and support improvement initiatives across legal, technology and operations work-streams.
• Advise and work on commercial contracts and client legal queries.

Required experience, skills, and attributes

• Having experience working on media contracts.
• Having experience managing the time and workload of others.
• Candidates are expected to have technology awareness.
• Having experience working on similar work for sophisticated clients is desired.
• Exceptional drafting skills and legal research ability.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an iconic UK brand and become part of a successful team. You will be rewarded with a role which offers full remote working, a competitive salary as well as benefits and bonuses. For more information on this great role then please apply or get in touch on

Seniority level

• Seniority level
• Associate

Employment type

• Employment type
• Full-time

Job function

• Job function
• Legal
• Industries
• Legal Services and Law Practice

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