Legal Counsel (9 month FTC) - Part time
Posted 1 day ago by Taylor Root
£65,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: This role is for a Legal Counsel on a 9-month Fixed Term Contract to cover maternity leave within a collaborative legal team at a hospitality brands business. The position involves supporting commercial contracts, providing legal advice across various business units, and assisting with legal research and inbox management. The ideal candidate will be a qualified lawyer with expertise in English commercial law and strong organizational skills. The role offers flexible/hybrid working arrangements and is based in London or Reading.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the business with commercial contracts, including drafting and negotiating client contracts.
- Provide general legal support on a wide range of matters.
- Assist the AI, Tech and Privacy lead as needed.
- Monitor and manage legal inboxes, providing organizational support.
- Conduct horizon scanning and ad hoc legal research, including contract law and relevant regulations.
- Provide support to the senior counsel and other stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- Qualified lawyer with 4 years’ PQE+ in the UK or other jurisdiction.
- Excellent knowledge of English commercial/contracts law.
- Organized with attention to detail and ability to work under time pressure.
- Ambitious and capable of taking ownership of projects independently.
- Strong time-management and prioritization skills.
- Problem solver with a goal-oriented approach.
- Expertise in office management systems and cloud-based applications.
- Confidence in advising stakeholders and negotiating with clients.
- Collaborative with a proactive working style.
- Ability to develop strong relationships within the team and across the business.
Salary (Rate): £60,000 - £65,000 for working 3-4 days a week
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Legal
If you are seeking to join a fun, friendly and a highly collaborative legal team and a broad but commercially focused in-house role, then this role could be for you! This is a 9 month Fixed Term Contract to cover up-coming maternity leave in the team.
The Team & Business: Our client is a thriving hospitality brands business with multiple well known brands under their name. They have an influential and collaborative legal team of 4 and are instrumental in aiding the business success. You will report into the senior counsel of the business and work with a range of stakeholders including sales, marketing, technology teams). The team is lean but highly efficient and deliver legal and commercial solutions to all business units.
The role and key accountabilities: Your main focus will be to support the businesses with commercial contracts (including in particular drafting and negotiating client contracts) and working with sales teams across the business. Providing general support to the business on a wide range of legal matters. Assisting the AI, Tech and Privacy lead as needed. Helping to monitor and manage legal inboxes. At times it can be high traffic and organisational support will be required. Horizon scanning and ad hoc legal research, including contract law and related regulations and new European legislation relevant to our businesses. Provide support to the senior counsel and other stakeholders
Knowledge and skills required: Qualified lawyer (4 years’ PQE+ in UK or other jurisdiction) Excellent knowledge and expertise in English commercial/contracts law with qualifications in England and Wales or equivalent commonwealth jurisdiction Organised with a structured way of working and considerable attention to detail, especially under time pressure. Ambitious and willing to take ownership over projects and matters, and work independently with little or no supervision from time to time. Good time-management and ability to prioritise and get the job done. Being a “problem solver” or "solutions focused" with a goal-oriented way of working. Strong expertise in office management systems (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel), use of file sharing/cloud-based applications (e.g. SharePoint). Confidence in advising a variety of stakeholders and negotiating with external clients. A collaborative individual with a proactive style of working. Willingness to support with different areas of law / new jurisdictions as the business’s needs change. Ability to forge and develop strong relationships within the team and across the business. Must align with team values: To be trusted, authentic & entrepreneurial
Location: London or Reading (flexible/hybrid working) Start date: February 2026 (likely mid to late Feb) Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 for working 3-4 days a week & dependent on PQE (FTE Salary of £90,000-£100,000) Duration of contract: 9 month Fixed Term Contract (may extend to 12 months)