Senior Legal Counsel (Food / FMCG)

VANRATH are delighted to be assisting a prestigious Food based FMCG Manufacturing Company in NI and Ireland with the recruitment of a Senior Legal Counsel. This is a prestigious organisation and the successful individual will reap the rewards of a company that is thriving and places immense value on their staff.

This position is based in Craigavon - Monday - Friday - Permanent

Salary

Fully Negotiable + Fantastic Benefits

The responsibilities of the Senior Legal Counsel will include but not be limited to:

• 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.

The successful Legal Counsel will meet the following criteria:

• UK Qualified Solicitor or Barrister.
• Circa 5 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.

For further information on this vacancy please apply via the link below or contact Jack Groves for a confidential discussion via Vanrath.

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