Senior Legal Counsel

Senior Legal Counsel - In House

📍 Cheltenham (2 days per week in office – Monday & Wednesday)

💷 £60,000 + excellent benefits

🏡 Hybrid working | 🤝 Supportive culture | 🚀 Strategic in-house exposure

The Opportunity ✨

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join a highly collaborative and commercially focused in-house legal team.

Reporting directly to the General Counsel & Company Secretary, this is a genuinely broad and strategic role offering exposure across commercial contracts, procurement, technology, data governance, strategic projects, and regulatory matters within a complex and fast-paced environment.

This is far more than a traditional contracts role. The successful candidate will work closely with senior stakeholders across the business, support major procurement and transformation projects, advise on legal and commercial risk, and act as a trusted advisor across multiple functions.

The organisation is looking for someone who thrives in a fluid in-house environment where priorities evolve quickly, commercial judgement matters, and no two days look the same.

Key Responsibilities 📌

• Provide commercially focused and pragmatic legal advice across the organisation
• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of complex commercial and technology contracts
• Support major procurement projects and strategic business initiatives
• Represent legal on key cross-functional projects and project boards
• Advise on GDPR, data protection, and wider data governance matters
• Review and advise on data flows, data-sharing arrangements, and data-related contractual risks
• Support procurement and supplier contract negotiations
• Analyse legal and commercial risks and recommend proportionate mitigation strategies
• Advise on marketing consents, customer data usage, and regulatory guidance
• Provide legal support on complaints, fraud, verification, and operational matters
• Advise on consumer law, competition considerations, and data ethics
• Develop and maintain contract templates, legal guidance, and standards
• Build strong relationships across the business as a dependable and commercially minded advisor
• Support and collaborate with wider legal and governance colleagues where required

About You 👀

We’re looking for a qualified solicitor with strong commercial legal experience and the confidence to operate autonomously within a broad in-house role.

You will likely bring:

• Significant post-qualified legal experience gained either in-house or within private practice
• Strong commercial contracts expertise
• Experience leading complex contract negotiations
• Hands-on exposure to technology and SaaS agreements
• Strong understanding of GDPR, data protection, and data governance principles
• Experience advising within a fast-moving and commercially focused environment
• Excellent drafting, analytical, and stakeholder management skills
• The ability to balance legal risk with practical business outcomes
• Confidence operating independently and influencing senior stakeholders

Experience working with cloud and technology agreements involving providers such as AWS, Microsoft, or Salesforce would be highly beneficial ☁️

The Ideal Candidate 🌟

You will be:

• Pragmatic and commercially minded
• Comfortable operating within ambiguity and managing competing priorities
• Calm under pressure and highly dependable
• Confident making judgement calls and proposing solutions
• Collaborative and relationship-driven
• Curious, proactive, and solutions-focused
• Someone who enjoys being embedded in the business rather than operating in silos
• A trusted and approachable advisor who communicates complex matters clearly

This role will particularly suit someone who values meaningful work, strong culture, and work-life balance alongside high-quality legal exposure and strategic involvement.

What’s on Offer? 🎉

• Excellent work/life balance ⚖️
• Flexible and trust-based working culture 🤝
• Free gym access 💪
• Subsidised canteen and barista coffee ☕
• Modern refurbished offices 🏢
• Team socials and company events 🎊
• 5 volunteering days per year ❤️
• Mental health and wellbeing initiatives 🧠
• Free onsite parking 🚗

The wider legal team is known for being collaborative, supportive, and genuinely down-to-earth, with a strong emphasis on teamwork and shared success.

Additional Information 📋

• Hybrid working: 2 days per week in the Cheltenham office (Monday & Wednesday – non-negotiable)
• Salary: £60,000–£65,000 depending on experience
• Candidates from both in-house and private practice backgrounds will be considered