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In House Corporate / Commercial Lawyer

  • Location

    Cambridgeshire

  • Job Function:

    Legal

  • Sector:

    Other

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    Negotiable

  • Contact:

    Matthew Marshall

  • Contact email:

    matthew.marshall@ea-first.com

  • Job ref:

    BBBH2033_1709569575

  • Published:

    about 2 months ago

  • Expiry date:

    02 June 2024

  • Consultant:

    Matthew Marshall

In House options intersting you? This is a great opportunity for a qualified lawyer (LLB / LLM) to join an industry leading organisation and support M&A and contract work. This is a hugely successful organisation who are looking to expand their team and bring in someone who can be developed to take on the leadership of the in house team.

Industry leading organisation with lots of M&A activity and significant contracts to review. This is an international organisation who have seen huge growth in recent years via acquisition and expansion in to new markets.

This role will play a crucial part in the continued commercial success of the organisation by providing in house legal support, you will provide key support to senior stakeholders in Group Functions and the broader business on legal matters. You will be influential in identifying and evaluating strategic business opportunities to deliver the Group business strategies and growth plans.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Support Corporate Business Development Director in Group M&A and legal commercial contracts and business development
  • Take lead role on certain M&A / business development projects as agreed providing appropriate support and challenge to functional workstream leads to deliver robust due diligence and deliver integration benefits.
  • Advise Regional CEOs & Group when existing long term supply contracts are renewed
  • Support local teams with existing and new contracts be it Supplier or Customer
  • Advise Regional CEOs and Finance Directors on finance models as to their returns and where there are risks and opportunities
  • Take lead on streamlining and standardisation of group legal documentation
  • Support Regional CEOs and Group to better understand where there are specific site issues

It is expected that this role will best suit a Newly Qualified Lawyer who is currently working in practice but looking to move to an in house role. You will have gained experience in contract law and M&A activity whilst in practice and have gained strong business partnering skills.

Six Figure salary plus bonus

EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this permanent vacancy.