Job Description

Reporting into the Chief Legal Officer. They are seeking a talented and commercially minded Head of Legal to join their high performing team. In this pivotal and wide-ranging role, you will provide comprehensive legal support and strategic direction across all areas of the business, with an emphasis on the operational oversight of the legal function. Ensuring high levels of service across a range of Commercial, Governance and Regulatory services ensuring compliance with their legal, governance and regulatory obligations.
About the Role:

• Proactively support the business' goals through timely legal and governance services.
• Lead and implement the group's legal strategy and provide legal oversight across all operational and strategic initiatives.
• Oversee and lead a wide range of commercial contracts and provide end-end legal support on corporate transactional activity.
• Maintain high standards of corporate governance, support the board, and manage company secretarial matters for all legal entities.
• Act as Data Protection Officer for the group, advising on data governance and compliance.

Who You Are:

• A UK qualified solicitor with a minimum of 10+ years of experience in both private practice and in-house roles.
• Proven experience managing legal affairs across complex commercial contracts, supply chain arrangements, corporate, governance and regulatory compliance.
• Translate global and regional legal strategy into local execution, ensuring operational effectiveness and business alignment.
• Experience gained within the services or travel logistics industry or similar environment.
• Strong leadership and management skills, confident in supporting C-suite stakeholders.
• A natural leader with excellent judgement, strategic vision and a results-oriented approach.
• Strategic thinking with a keen eye for future trends.
• A proactive, commercially focused mindset and ability to translate legal complexity into clear pragmatic guidance with a "get things done" attitude

A resilient and commercially driven mindset is critical, as well as the ability to operate autonomously within a dynamic, fast-paced commercial setting.
This is an exceptional opportunity to make a significant impact in a rapidly changing ambitious environment. If you are a highly motivated legal professional seeking a challenging, transformational, and rewarding role, we encourage you to apply.
Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.
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Company
Established in 1989, Taylor Root is widely recognised as one of the world's leading .
Global reach
Our specialist consultants match professionals and employers across the UK, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Our extensive global network and unrivalled reach allows us to source exceptional talent with law firms and in-house legal teams.
Specialist experts
Our expert recruiters can assist your job search in:
- Law firms: we have established relationships in place with international law firms as well as regional, domestic and boutique practices
- In-house legal: we connect in-house legal professionals with employers of choice across all sectors, from non-qualified legal roles to GCs and CLOs
- Risk: from entry-level Analyst through to Chief Risk officer, we assist risk professionals with their next career move
- Compliance: we help data protection, ethics and governance specialists to find roles across a variety of industries
- Internal audit: we match leading employers with talented internal audit professionals, from junior Auditors to Heads of Audit
- Company secretarial: we support Company Secretaries, from trainees to senior-level candidates, with finding the best possible role
- Interim: from fixed-term contracts through to day rates and project-based assignments, we place interim professionals across the above specialisms
A tailored approach
Together with our extensive sector knowledge and established networks, our consultants' success is underpinned by a commitment to excellence and a bespoke approach to each placement.
Employers and candidates return to us time and again, and we're proud to outperform traditional search firms on agility, service excellence and strategic consultancy.
We are delighted to connect the best legal, risk and compliance talent with leading businesses and law firms.
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