Senior Counsel

Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements with both customers and suppliers.
• Assisting, and providing legal guidance to the business teams in carrying out all legal, regulatory and contractual aspects of their responsibilities.
• Providing legal advice to support optimal outcome of litigation/regulatory disputes, including sourcing external advice where appropriate.
• Advising on compliance in relation to marketing, advertising and brand licence terms.
• Evaluating and weighing multiple inputs/impacts of decisions/courses of action and identifying proactive solutions to mitigate risks.
• Managing and interfacing with outside legal counsel where appropriate, including contributing to the management of a legal budget.
• Working with internal business partners on proactive legal training.
• Performing other tasks and projects as assigned from time to time.

Qualification & Requirements

• UK Qualified Solicitor or Barrister.
• Circa 8 years post qualification experience – given as a guide only.
• High calibre experience including working in a fast-paced, in-house legal team.
• Highly experienced corporate lawyer with the ability to manage a wide range of legal issues and accustomed to finding commercial solutions to legal problems.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating complex commercial & procurement contracts, with exposure to intellectual property, GDPR, antitrust, anti-bribery and other regulatory issues.
• Experience in developing and delivering internal training.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with an ability to build relationships and relate to clients at all levels of the business.
• Ability to manage external professional advisers where required.
• Ability to achieve objectives within specific guidelines and constraints.
• Possesses flexibility to respond to rapidly emerging challenges and risks.
• Proven ability to work independently and accept ownership of issues, whilst also being an excellent team player.
• Flexibility to travel as required to meet the demands of the job across NI and GB.
• Full driving licence.

Benefits

Pilgrim’s Europe employees can expect benefits including: comprehensive healthcare packages, pension plans, employee discounts on products, career development opportunities with learning and development programs, access to coaching and mentorship, and various personal development workshops; with specific details potentially varying depending on location and role within the company.