Legal Counsel - Commercial Contracts

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 12 August 2025
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Legal
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SKILLS

Commercial Contracts Negotiating Contracts Regulatory Compliance Financial Services Law Communication Skills Legal Advice

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Summary

The role is for a junior commercial contracts lawyer to join the financial services and regulation division as a Legal Counsel on a permanent contract. Responsibilities include negotiating contracts, advising on regulatory aspects of financial services law, and working across various areas of the business. The successful candidate will have relevant in-house commercial contracts experience.

      Key Responsibilities

      • Negotiating contracts with customers and suppliers, as part of a team
      • Advising on regulatory aspects of law relating to financial services, including but not limited to insurance, credit hire and consumer credit.
      • Getting involved in wider commercial issues where the business requires it.
      • Working across all areas of the business, ensuring a varied workload and rounded experience.
      • Being a team player, building relationships with other team members and internal clients within the business.
      • Finding creative ways of training the team and the business.
      • + much more

      Core Requirements/Qualifications/Skills

      • NQ - 3PQE England & Wales qualified lawyer with relevant in-house commercial contracts experience
      • If NQ, the successful candidate will have completed an in-house secondment during their training contract
      • Experience from another large corporation, ideally
      • Strong communication skills

      Legal Counsel - Commercial Contracts - Automotive Company

      London

      Legal Counsel - Commercial Contracts - Automotive Company

      The Role

      Our client; a household name in the automotive industry, is looking to hire a junior commercial contracts lawyer to join their financial services and regulation division as a Legal Counsel on a permanent contract.

      The Responsibilities

      The role will include (but may not be limited to following tasks and responsibilities:

      • Negotiating contracts with customers and suppliers, as part of a team
      • Advising on regulatory aspects of law relating to financial services, including but not limited to insurance, credit hire and consumer credit.
      • Getting involved in wider commercial issues where the business requires it.
      • Working across all areas of the business, ensuring a varied workload and rounded experience.
      • Being a team player, building relationships with other team members and internal clients within the business.
      • Finding creative ways of training the team and the business.
      • + much more

      The Requirements

      The successful candidate will have the following skills, experience and requirements:

      • NQ - 3PQE England & Wales qualified lawyer with relevant in-house commercial contracts experience
      • If NQ, the successful candidate will have completed an in-house secondment during their training contract
      • Experience from another large corporation, ideally
      • Strong communication skills

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