General Counsel, GET STAFFED ONLINE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Posted 1 week ago by Guardian Jobs
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Wales, United Kingdom
Summary: The General Counsel role at a leading wood products company in Wrexham, Wales, involves overseeing commercial legal matters, litigation claims, and compliance within their European operations. The position requires a qualified solicitor with significant experience in corporate and commercial law, particularly in the manufacturing sector. The successful candidate will provide strategic legal guidance to the European leadership team and manage disputes effectively. This role offers excellent career development opportunities within a growing global organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Structure, negotiate and draft strategic commercial agreements including customer, supplier and distributor contracts.
- Provide clear direction and strategic know-how to the European leadership team on commercial matters.
- Manage disputes and litigation to achieve a practical and cost-effective result.
- Advise on legal risk and ethical compliance in Europe including anti-corruption laws, EUDR and Code of Conduct.
- Oversee Mergers and Acquisitions.
- Monitor legal changes within the industry and implement necessary changes or challenge prospective changes impacting operations.
- Provide support to internal and external audit.
- Oversee the hiring of internal legal staff, leading the team by example.
Key Skills:
- Qualified Solicitor with at least 8 years PQE, including experience in a General Counsel or Deputy GC role.
- Demonstrated experience in European corporate and commercial law.
- 1st class English is essential; additional language skills are desirable.
- Experience in the manufacturing sector is ideal.
- Prepared for significant travel.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Wrexham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
General Counsel Chirk, Wrexham Full-time
About Our Client
Our client is the global leader in the production and distribution of wood products used in everything from furniture and flooring to timber-framed houses, building facades and construction. In doing so, they help to build a better world. They are focused on achieving operational excellence with relentless attention to safety and sustainability.
To support our client’s global operations, they are looking for an ambitious and committed General Counsel for a predominately commercial role, but you will have oversight of litigation claims, competition law and other legal issues affecting their European operation.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Structure, negotiate and draft strategic commercial agreements including customer, supplier and distributor contracts.
- Provide clear direction and strategic know-how to our client’s European leadership team on commercial matters.
- Manage disputes and litigation to achieve a practical and cost-effective result.
- Advise on legal risk and ethical compliance in Europe including anti-corruption laws, EUDR and Code of Conduct.
- Oversee Mergers and Acquisitions.
- Monitor legal changes within the industry and implement any necessary changes or challenge any prospective changes that may impact the organisation's operations.
- Providing support to internal and external audit.
- Oversee the hiring of internal legal staff, leading the team by example.
Requirements:
You will be a qualified Solicitor with at least 8 years PQE, some of which will have been in a General Counsel or Deputy GC role. You will have excelled academically when achieving your law qualifications. Demonstrated experience in European corporate and commercial law. 1st class English is essential and additional language skills are also desirable. Ideally, you will be experienced in the manufacturing sector. Operating from a local manufacturing site, you will need to be prepared for significant travel.
What They Offer
As a highly successful global industrial organisation with strong growth plans, career development opportunities are excellent and a move to a broader role will not be an obstacle to the right candidate. They are committed to rewarding achievement with an attractive performance-based salary package. The role provides the ideal opportunity for a career with a very successful business that achieves outstanding results.
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