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• Lead all commercial legal matters across the UK & Europe, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating and advising on complex customer, supplier, technology, cloud, software, hardware, professional services, procurement, subcontractor, confidentiality, and strategic partnership agreements.
• Develop and lead the regional legal and compliance framework, ensuring alignment with applicable UK, EU and local regulatory requirements.
• Provide strategic employment law advice across UK & Europe, working closely with People & Culture and external legal advisers where appropriate, supporting organisational change, acquisitions, restructures, executive matters and complex employee relations issues.
• Lead the management of UK & Europe disputes, litigation and external legal advisers, managing external legal spend and the performance of external legal advisers.
• Act as a trusted adviser to the UK & Europe Leadership team, and partner with People and Culture, Sales, Finance, Operations and Procurement to develop commercially effective governance and decision-making frameworks and enable commercially sound business decisions.
• Provide strategic legal risk assessments, balancing commercial objectives with appropriate governance and advising senior leadership on risk appetite and mitigation, escalating as appropriate.
• Sponsor continuous improvement of legal operations, technology and processes.
• Work collaboratively with global Legal to drive consistency while accommodating local legal requirements.
• Undertake other responsibilities consistent with the seniority of the role and contribute to the ongoing development of the global Legal function.

Essential

• Qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) or Barrister holding a current practising certificate.
• Significant post-qualification experience (PQE), gained in private practice and/or in-house legal roles, including advising senior executives within and international commercial environment.

Desired

• Extensive experience in a senior in-house legal role within an international or technology-focused organisation.
• Demonstrable experience supporting multinational organisations and cross-border legal matters.

Knowledge, Skills and Leadership

• Proficient in legal research methodologies and legal information resources.  
• Exceptional commercial judgement with the ability to deliver pragmatic, risk-based legal advice.
• Excellent time management, with the ability to prioritise conflicting priorities, meet critical deadlines, and operate in a fast-paced environment while maintaining productivity. 
• Excellent communication, influencing and executive stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively where appropriate.
• Knowledge of litigation disclosure, document preservation and e-disclosure processes.
• Knowledge of UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and applicable EU data protection legislation.
• Demonstrates absolute discretion, integrity and sound professional judgement when handling confidential and commercially sensitive matters.

Hybrid

• This is a hybrid role based in the UK with an expectation of approximately three days per week in the office (Reading, UK).

Travel

• Occasional travel throughout the UK, Europe and internationally will be required.