Back to Jobs

Senior Legal Counsel

Where

City

What

Legal

Type

Permanent

Salary

Annual

  Apply On Site

Job Title: Senior Legal Counsel

Location: London - Hybrid

Salary: Competitive

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our legal team. You will be responsible for drafting and negotiating contracts across the full spectrum of our recruitment business and its subsidiaries, providing expert commercial legal support.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Supporting all business units with a focus on commercial and contractual matters
  • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts and transactions, assisting with commercial negotiations
  • Providing legal support for business activities including tenders and service contracts with various clients
  • Offering advice and support on ad hoc legal queries specific to the recruitment sector
  • Keeping the legal department and business informed of relevant commercial legal developments and legislation
  • Building strong relationships with the business to understand their needs and proactively support them
  • Managing litigation matters, including handling basic county court claims
  • Outsourcing contract law negotiation experience including TUPE
  • Handling employment law issues as they arise
  • Advising on GDPR compliance and negotiating IT contracts
  • Supervising junior team members on an ad hoc basis when required

About You:

  • You have a minimum of 7 years' PQE, ideally gained in-house
  • You possess a sound understanding of contract and commercial law best practices
  • Experience and knowledge of outsourcing, recruitment sector law, contract law, data protection, marketing, and IT law
  • Proven litigation experience
  • Familiarity with the Conduct of Employment Businesses and Employment Agencies Regulations 2003
  • Strong drafting skills and the ability to provide clear, practical, solutions-based advice
  • Excellent decision-making and problem-solving abilities
  • Capable of prioritising workload and meeting tight deadlines
  • Confident working both independently and as part of a team
  • Excellent client care and interpersonal skills
  • Strong time management and IT skills
Why Join Us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to take a senior legal role within a forward-thinking recruitment business, where your expertise will directly influence business success. We offer a supportive, hybrid working environment and the chance to work alongside a collaborative team.

About us:

ManpowerGroup is where our collective strength lies. We support the business and our family of brands with a connected and collaborative network of support functions. Whether it's compliance, finance, HR, IT, legal, marketing or talent - we work together as one integrated team to identify and address the company's needs. We are proud to have been voted one of the world's most ethical companies for 16 years in a row. This reflects our commitment to integrity, transparency, and ethical business practices.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community-a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified or experienced people regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or disability. ManpowerGroup is a Disability Confident Employer and we're happy to talk about flexible working.

We can only consider candidates who reside in the United Kingdom and hold full right to work.

  Apply On Site
Back to Jobs

Related Jobs

Legal Counsel/Manager - International Trade Controls

Sky

Annual

City (EC1A2)

Permanent

Report into the Group Counsel for Ethics & Compliance, supporting both Group and local Compliance teams in all Sky territories, as well as working closely with key partners; Design, build and manage the ITC compliance programme by helping the business and other legal teams to identify solutions and to implement controls which mitigate legal risk for Sky whilst maintaining commercial flexibility; Provide advice and guidance on U.K. (e.g., Sanctions Act 2018), EU (e.g., Dual-Use Regulation) as well as U.S. (e.g., ITAR, EAR) laws and regulations relevant to ITC; Monitor upcoming developments, and assist in delivering legal updates, specific training and know-how updates relevant to ITC as required; Support in the development, maintenance and revision of ITC policies to ensure they remain fit for purpose and coherent; Provide and support on ITC in person training; Support the Operational Compliance team to set up processes and perform ITC risk assessments Develop effective dashboards and records and define relevant critical metrics together with the Sky's data analysts; Partner with Comcast and NBCU compliance managers on enterprise-wide ITC initiatives.
Legal
Read More
Consultant Solicitor

Law Staff Ltd

150000 Annual

City (EC1A2)

Permanent

CONSULTANCY ROLE WITH LEGAL 100 FIRM! Fee share - non salaried - Client following Join a Legal 100 Firm on a highly attractive fee-sharing basis, our client is Leading Law Firm in London seeks a skillful Consultant Solicitor to join on a self-employed basis. You will be joining on a non-salaried, profit-share basis. Working from home the financial split would be 70/30. If you would prefer to work in the London City office, located close to Moorgate tube, then the profit share would be 60/40. The Firm: Our Legal 100 client with offices across the Country combines a great heritage with a dynamic, modern approach, not only in the practice of law but also by utilising a highly innovative approach to recruitment. As a result, the firm has been very successful in attracting high-calibre lawyers to join the firm on a consultancy basis. Our client is now looking to extend this dedicated consultancy recruitment programme, offering experienced solicitors with a solid following of clients the opportunity to combine the prestige and security that comes from working with an established Legal 200 firm, which offers access to a wide range of clients including national and international clients, HNW individuals, and global organisations, with the freedom, flexibility and financial benefits of being Self-Employed. The Consultant Solicitor Role: You will be joining on a non-salaried, profit-share basis. Working from home the financial split would be 70/30; if you would prefer to work in the London City office, located close to Moorgate tube, then the profit share would be 60/40. Working as a Consultant Solicitor gives you the flexibility to plan your working hours, the freedom to take holidays to suit you, and your choice of location, should you choose to work from home. With no commute, and no requirement to attend office-based management meetings, you could use those hours more profitably to maximise your billable hours should you wish or focus on a better work-life balance with your family. Additionally, you can enjoy substantial financial benefits; for instance, the financial benefits that would accrue to someone with a following of 100k on a fee-share basis would far outweigh what you could expect to earn in a salaried role. The Consultant Solicitor Candidate: Our client is looking for applications from Solicitors, Senior Lawyers or highly ambitious Juniors who have a solid, demonstrable following of clients. The Firm will consider any area of legal practice, excluding Legal Aid matters, Childcare, Housing, Personal Injury and Crime matters.For more information on this and other vacancies please contact Marcus Stevens quoting Ref: 11464PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL (INCLUDING SPAM FOLDER) FOR CONFIRMATION YOUR APPLICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.In accordance with (url)
Legal
Read More

Sign-up for our FREE newsletter...

We want to provide london with more and more clickbait-free news.

We are using 🍪

Agree