Lead Legal Advisor
Posted Today by Elevate
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Lead Legal Advisor role is a senior position within a rapidly expanding technology business, focusing on providing comprehensive legal support across various operational and strategic matters. The advisor will be responsible for employment law guidance, dispute resolution, and commercial contract management in a dynamic environment. This interim position offers a unique opportunity to influence legal practices while collaborating with senior stakeholders. The role requires a UK-qualified solicitor with significant experience in employment law and corporate governance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the primary legal advisor to the business, supporting senior stakeholders across operational and strategic matters.
- Provide expert guidance on employment law, including advice on workforce structures, contractor arrangements, and general HR-related issues.
- Oversee dispute resolution matters, managing contentious issues from initial assessment through to resolution and liaising with external counsel where required.
- Lead on commercial and corporate legal work, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a range of contracts.
- Support corporate governance requirements and ensure ongoing regulatory and compliance alignment.
- Identify legal risks proactively and deliver pragmatic, business-oriented solutions.
Key Skills:
- UK-qualified solicitor with significant post-qualification experience.
- Strong background in employment law and dispute management.
- Demonstrable experience handling commercial contracts and corporate governance matters.
- Commercially minded with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, practical advice.
- Comfortable operating in a high-growth, technology-driven environment.
- Able to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Title: Lead Legal Advisor
Location: London (Hybrid Working)
Duration: Interim (3-6 months)
About the Opportunity
Our client, a rapidly expanding technology business, is seeking a Lead Legal Advisor to take ownership of a broad and varied legal remit. This role offers the opportunity to operate as a senior legal contact within a dynamic, fast-paced environment, providing commercially focused advice across key areas of the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the primary legal advisor to the business, supporting senior stakeholders across operational and strategic matters.
- Provide expert guidance on employment law, including advice on workforce structures, contractor arrangements, and general HR-related issues.
- Oversee dispute resolution matters, managing contentious issues from initial assessment through to resolution and liaising with external counsel where required.
- Lead on commercial and corporate legal work, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a range of contracts.
- Support corporate governance requirements and ensure ongoing regulatory and compliance alignment.
- Identify legal risks proactively and deliver pragmatic, business-oriented solutions.
Candidate Profile
UK-qualified solicitor with significant post-qualification experience. Strong background in employment law and dispute management. Demonstrable experience handling commercial contracts and corporate governance matters. Commercially minded with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, practical advice. Comfortable operating in a high-growth, technology-driven environment. Able to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
About Elevate
Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia. ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category. Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together. Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business. As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.