Job Description

Company Commercial Lawyer / Legal Counsel - 2 to 6 Years PQE - Basingstoke / Hybrid Working
Our client, a busy and growing company, is seeking a commercially minded Company Commercial Lawyer / Legal Counsel to join their in-house legal team. This role offers an excellent career progression opportunity within a supportive environment based in Basingstoke with hybrid working available (2-3 days in office).
Key Responsibilities:

• Provide legal support across a broad range of commercial matters, including bids and tenders, customer terms and conditions, procurement contracts, sponsorship, and media agreements
• Draft, review, and negotiate diverse commercial contracts and agreements
• Assist the legal department with a variety of other legal issues as required
• Collaborate with stakeholders to manage legal risks and support business objectives
• Deliver clear, practical, and commercially focused legal advice

Candidate Profile:

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales with 2 to 6 years PQE, ideally from a reputable law firm background
• Strong experience across various commercial contracts and legal matters
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and a proactive, business-focused approach
• Ambitious and driven to develop career and legal expertise
• Comfortable working in a hybrid environment with flexibility regarding office attendance

Our client welcomes candidates slightly outside the stated PQE range who bring relevant experience and skills for this role.
Interested in joining a dynamic in-house legal team? For more details, please contact Simon Campbell at QED Legal. If you know someone suitable, please refer them to us -- we offer a referral reward for successful placements. For full terms, visit our website.
Company
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Partner moves - both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on's
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions - placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves - focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves - lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals - FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA - regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers

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