Legal Counsel - Sales and Marketing
Posted 7 days ago by Robert Walters
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Legal Counsel - Sales and Marketing role involves providing legal advice and support to the Sales & Marketing teams, focusing on commercial agreements and compliance. The position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to align legal practices with organizational goals. The role also includes enhancing contract templates and advising on dispute resolution while staying updated on legal developments. This is a full-time position based in Northamptonshire, operating under a hybrid working model.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serving as a key legal advisor to stakeholders, offering guidance and support to the Sales & Marketing teams across various projects.
- Preparing, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements to safeguard the organisation’s legal and commercial interests while mitigating risks.
- Partnering with cross-functional teams within the business to drive organisational goals and initiatives.
- Enhancing standard contract templates and guidance materials to align with evolving processes and legislative changes.
- Providing strategic advice on dispute avoidance and resolution, including conducting risk assessments, negotiating settlements, drafting correspondence, and preparing for potential litigation.
- Overseeing and advising on miscellaneous matters as they arise, such as employment-related issues, customer care concerns, incident management, and company secretarial tasks.
- Staying informed about legal developments and delivering relevant updates to the team and stakeholders through training sessions, written guidance, or other resources.
- Championing legal best practices and fostering compliance across all areas of the organisation.
Key Skills:
- 0-2 years PQE with non-contentious commercial experience.
- Experience in commercial contracts, IP, labelling, advertising, promotions, and sponsorship.
- Awareness of competition law, data protection, business ethics, employment, product liability, and licensing issues.
- The ability to simplify and effectively communicate complex legal information.
- Ability to interpret contract documents and applicable legislation, regulations, and codes of practice.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Northampton
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Title: Legal Counsel Contract Length: 12 Month FTC – Full Time Location: Northampton Salary: Competitive Working Pattern: Hybrid working model
Key Responsibilities of a Legal Counsel - Sales and Marketing:
- Serving as a key legal advisor to stakeholders, offering guidance and support to the Sales & Marketing teams across various projects
- Preparing, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements (including customer contracts, licenses, confidentiality agreements, and sponsorship deals) to safeguard the organisation’s legal and commercial interests while mitigating risks
- Partnering with cross-functional teams within the business to drive organisational goals and initiatives
- Enhancing standard contract templates and guidance materials to align with evolving processes and legislative changes
- Providing strategic advice on dispute avoidance and resolution, including conducting risk assessments, negotiating settlements, drafting correspondence, and preparing for potential litigation.
- Overseeing and advising on miscellaneous matters as they arise, such as employment-related issues, customer care concerns, incident management, and company secretarial tasks
- Staying informed about legal developments and delivering relevant updates to the team and stakeholders through training sessions, written guidance, or other resources
- Championing legal best practices and fostering compliance across all areas of the organisation
Essential Skills & Experience
- Ideally be 0-2 years PQE
- Non-contentious commercial experience, including experience in some or all of: commercial contracts, IP, labelling, advertising, promotions and sponsorship, and industry-specific regulations.
- Awareness of issues relating to competition law, data protection, business ethics, employment, product liability, and licensing
- The ability to simplify and effectively communicate complex legal information and interpret contract documents and applicable legislation, regulations, and codes of practice
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