Solicitor
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £63000/annum
Our offices are based in London and Macclesfield, linked via good public transport routes. We offer comprehensive learning & development opportunities, and an engaging work atmosphere. They are sociable and open spaces with fantastic restaurant / catering facilities. Lunch subsidies / free refreshments and snacks are offered.
At Elior we're enriching lives, everywhere, every day. Feeding children in schools, loved ones in hospitals and care homes, sports fans in stadiums, visitors in heritage sites and teams in the workplace.
We are a multi-award-winning global player in the hospitality sector, founded in 1991 with over 105,000 colleagues worldwide, serving over 4 million guests every day. In the UK, our dedicated team serve our customers across 1200 locations.
Because of our success and stability, we can offer you excellent career opportunities where you will be nurtured and supported to fulfil your potential. We are renowned for looking after our people, with 87% of our colleagues feeling proud to work with us, and we are committed to delivering delicious and healthy food, which is ethically sourced.
And we're committed to looking after the planet, supporting the community, cutting food waste and supporting wellbeing. We've lots to shout about with our strong and united approach in tackling many important global sustainability issues.
This is a unique opportunity to work in a challenging but rewarding role as part of an established and friendly in house legal team. With processes and procedures fully embedded in the business, including a suite of precedent contracts, you will work closely with 3 other lawyers with significant contact with senior managers and directors on a variety of commercial and legal work in a fast paced environment.
This role allows for the opportunity to develop the role to become more autonomous (in terms of case load) with increasing responsibility. It is varied comprising both supporting the purchasing team (and, in turn, support functions) with their purchasing/procurement contracts, in addition to the supply of services contracts to Elior UK's impressive portfolio of diverse clients.
Your key responsibilities as a key part of the legal team will be to manage a caseload of commercial work and contracts to include complex drafting and negotiation with external suppliers and clients, ensure regulatory compliance in key areas, support in developing training resources for an online portal on GDPR, Bribery and Corruption and other key legislative developments impacting our business, whilst working alongside internal clients with diverse skills and varying backgrounds.
Specifically, the Senior Solicitor will:
– Be a key contact and legal advisor to the purchasing team and support functions comprising HR, Finance, IT, Sales, Marketing, Safety & Wellbeing and Pensions
– Ensure Elior UK has viable contracts that are legally robust and in line with policies and procedures
– Foster a culture of trust and confidence with our internal and external clients
– Be accountable for ensuring all contracts are in place prior to supply of goods/commencement of services, or renewed and extended on time and identify when contract variation is necessary
– Lead or assist in the negotiation and re-negotiation process in relation to client contracts and involve all support functions in those negotiations
– Be responsible for supporting the Legal and Compliance Director and assist in the supervision and support of the solicitor and paralegals in the team
– Delivering refresh training and online training materials
Profile: The experience and knowledge we are looking for:
– 3/4 + years PQE
– Experience in a well-known/national law firm preferred
– Beneficial to have some in house experience in a corporate business. It would be ideal if the candidate has some experience of negotiating and advising on commercial contracts
– Proven experience of drafting and negotiation skills and ability to work on a sizeable caseload with requisite organisational skills
– The ideal candidate will be committed, driven, able to work autonomously (where appropriate) as well as working closely as part of a collaborative team and with some initiative
More Information
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