Job Description

Location: West London (Remote working with 2-3 days in-office; flexible arrangements available)
Experience: 2-4 years PQE (guideline)
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
The Opportunity
Our global client is seeking a talented Commercial Lawyer / Legal Counsel to join their busy and dynamic in-house legal team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial contracts while receiving full support to develop your technical and commercial legal skills.
You'll be part of a highly regarded team, contributing to interesting legal matters across multiple regions, and will have clear opportunities for career progression within the department.
About the Role As a Commercial Lawyer, you will:

• Draft, review, and negotiate large, complex commercial contracts across multiple sectors and jurisdictions.
• Provide practical, commercially-focused legal advice to internal stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the business to manage legal risk.
• Support the team in delivering high-quality, business-oriented legal solutions.

About You
The ideal candidate will:

• Be a qualified solicitor (England & Wales) with 2-4 years PQE (guideline).
• Have strong experience in commercial contract drafting and negotiation.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate a commercial mindset, able to balance legal risk with business needs.
• Be motivated to grow within a successful in-house legal team handling multi-jurisdictional work.

Applicants outside the 2-4 years PQE range are encouraged to apply if they have the relevant experience.
Why Apply?

• Join a global, forward-thinking in-house legal team.
• Work on challenging, multi-jurisdictional contracts.
• Benefit from flexible remote/hybrid working arrangements.
• Opportunities for career progression and skills development in a supportive environment.

Interested?
For more information about this exciting Commercial Lawyer / Legal Counsel role, contact Simon Campbell at QED Legal.
Referral rewards are available for successful introductions. Full details can be found on 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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