Apex Elite
Location
Bracknell, Berkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Our client is looking foraHead of Legal who willprovide comprehensive and professional advice across all their group legal commercial and regulatory compliance matters. They will lead commercial contract negotiation and as part of this responsibility they ensure proper administration and accuracy of all contracts. They will provide a bridge between the legal team and Senior Leadership.
This role is based in Bracknell Berkshire with hybrid working of 3 days in the office.
Key Deliverables
Communication: communicate successfully across all stakeholders keep Senior Leadership briefed on risks and changes to legal terms communicate the requirement to other departments mentor and developed all other members of the legal team.
Negotiation: negotiating and establishing favourable commercial terms that the Company will accept.
Risk mitigation and awareness: ensuring the Company is aware of the scope and likelihood of actual legal risks in agreements/activities and is appraised of the actions it can take to reduce these risks.
Enforcing contractual terms: ensuring that contractual terms are executed are enforceable and are enforced where necessary.
Vision and Leadership: the jobholder must lead their team and manage the legal function across all territories.
Key Responsibilities
Contracts and management
Brief Senior Leadership accurately concisely on relevant contracts/agreements.
Draft negotiate gain approval for and execute favourable commercial agreements that the Company can deliver and rely on whether with customers or suppliers.
Fully manage contract management and control processes to ensure managers and colleagues comply with internal policy and contract/agreement approval processes.
Ensure the timely renewal and updating of contracts as required whether by end of term legislative changes or changes of business circumstances.
Ensure contracts/agreements are appropriately stored and accessible in accordance with data protection policies.
Track monitor and make relevant teams/internal contacts aware of bespoke contractual commitments.
Legal advice
Advise on legal and commercial risk/mitigation where required including for projects concepts and ideas.
Provide reliable and up to date legal advice on (but not limited to) matters of intellectual property disputes privacy consumer issues and day to day legal queries.
Maintain an awareness of international legislation to a sufficient level to be able to identify business requirements/risks and consult with suitable legal consultants.
Manage external counsel and proactively arrange appropriate agreements/relationships exist so that individual matters can be dealt with promptly and effectively.
Other business documentation and support
Act as single point of contact with regulators and police authorities as required.
Proactively identify areas of improvement within the legal teams activities.
Introduce monitor and manage effective measures of input/output and quality of work.
Support the Business Directors to establish dissolve or merge companies as required.
Support the Company Secretary in matters such as Board Minutes/Board Resolutions/stock transfer forms and maintenance of the shareholders registers and other statutory books.
Support People team and finance teams with legal matters as required.
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