Interim Senior Legal Counsel – 6-Month Contract
Contract: Initial 6-month day-rate contract
Start: ASAP
Location: Fully remote
An established UK business is seeking an experienced Interim Senior Legal Counsel to join its lean and collaborative legal team.
Working closely with the General Counsel, you will take ownership of a broad range of business-as-usual legal matters, providing pragmatic and commercially focused support across the organisation. This is a hands-on role requiring someone who can quickly understand the business, build strong stakeholder relationships and operate autonomously within a fast-paced environment.
Key responsibilities
Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice across the business
Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements
Manage a varied BAU legal workload with minimal supervision
Support stakeholders across multiple functions and business areas
Advise on governance, compliance and general corporate matters
Identify legal and commercial risks and drive matters through to completion
Act as a trusted business partner to senior stakeholders
Provide additional capacity within a busy and lean legal team
About you
You will ideally:
Be an experienced in-house lawyer operating at Senior Legal Counsel level
Have broad commercial contracts and general BAU legal experience
Be comfortable wearing multiple hats within a lean team
Take a proactive, practical and hands-on approach
Work autonomously and manage competing priorities effectively
Be commercially minded, solutions focused and comfortable working at pace
Communicate confidently with stakeholders at all levels
Value collaboration, teamwork and cultural fit alongside technical expertise
Available to start at short notice
Experience gained within logistics, manufacturing, industrial, engineering, infrastructure or another operationally focused business would be advantageous but is not essential.
The successful candidate will be personable, down to earth and adaptable, with the resilience and judgement needed to support a busy operational business. Cultural fit is particularly important. You should enjoy working collaboratively while being confident taking ownership and progressing matters independently.
What’s on offer
Initial 6-month day-rate contract
ASAP start
Fully remote working
Broad and varied legal workload
Significant autonomy and stakeholder exposure
Supportive, collaborative and down-to-earth team
Opportunity to make an immediate impact within an established UK business
To be considered, you should be available to start at short notice, based in the UK and able to commit to the initial six-month contract.
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