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We are seeking a pragmatic, commercially astute Commercial Contracts Lawyer to support the legal community in delivering high-quality legal support across day-to-day commercial and operational legal matters in an innovative and dynamic environment. Our commercial colleagues describe their ideal in-house lawyer as hands-on, super sharp, switched-on, flexible, friendly, and up for a challenge. The role will operate across both the Brand Legal and Group Legal teams with a focus on the drafting, review, negotiation and advisory responsibility for a broad scope of commercial work. You will be confident in collaborating with commercial teams and stakeholders working on customer, supplier, marketing, brand and partnership arrangements supporting everything from agreements with event vendors to reviewing NDAs for our next top secret brand collaboration.
Job Responsibility:
Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including: Customer and services agreements, supplier and outsourcing contracts, agency and consultancy agreement, partnership and wholesale agreements, NDAs, release forms and standard trading terms and terms and conditions for promotions
Adapt and tailor contract templates for specific transactions
Ensure alignment of contractual positions and best practices across teams
Provide clear, commercially focused advice on contractual risk
Lead negotiations on commercial deals of varying complexity, escalating risk or non-standard positions where appropriate
Work with our Brand and Digital teams to support the scope and implementation of online and in-app consumer services agreements and compliance
Collaborate on improved ways of working identifying and implementing processes and tools to support efficiency and delivering 5* service to the business
Identify legal and commercial risks and propose practical mitigation strategies
Apply escalation frameworks to determine when matters should be referred to the commercial lead or other senior lawyers
Support the commercial lead with the implementation and maintenance of contract playbooks, fallback positions and approval matrices
Contribute to creation, maintenance and ongoing alignment to internal governance and delegation frameworks
Requirements:
Qualified lawyer in England & Wales
Minimum 4 years’ PQE, with strong commercial contracts experience
Trained and/or practiced in a reputable law firm or in-house legal team
In house experience collaborating with and advising commercial teams
Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements
Strong technical drafting skills with attention to detail
Commercially pragmatic with a solutions-oriented mindset
Confident handling stakeholders at manager to senior manager level
Able to manage multiple matters and prioritise effectively
Sound judgement on risk escalation
Collaborative and comfortable working across multiple legal teams
What we offer:
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
6 months of full pay for parental leave (primary caregiver must qualify for SMP)*
Enhanced paternity leave*
Bonus scheme
Day off for weekday birthdays
Holiday purchase scheme
50% discount on Lush products and spa treatments
Cycle to work scheme
Discounted rail and bus season tickets
Employee assistance programme
We’re 10% Employee Owned - all colleagues play a role in protecting our ethics, our independence, contributing ideas for the future and share in the rewards of success when the company is doing well
Wellbeing & mindfulness sessions
Access to employee-led Community Networks, including Disability and Chronic Illness, Family Support, Global Majority (Race and Ethnicity), LGBTQIA+, Menopause and Neurodiversity communities