Legal Counsel

14 hours ago


Sunderland, Sunderland, United Kingdom Nissan Motor Full time
Legal Counsel Role at Nissan Motor

Nissan Motor is seeking a highly skilled Legal Counsel to join its team in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom. As a key member of the legal team, you will provide expert advice on a wide range of commercial contracts, including supply of goods and services, engineering and construction, logistics, outsourcing contracts, and collaboration/partnerships.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide legal advice on commercial contracts, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements.
  • Work closely with the Legal Manager to manage a broad range of legal work, including specialist projects and daily transactional work.
  • Collaborate with internal and external lawyers on specialist areas, such as energy, environmental, financial regulations, data protection, intellectual property, cyber security, and GDPR.
  • Provide legal support for ad hoc matters, including third-party claims, regulatory matters, and litigation.
  • Assist Corporate Governance, Sustainability, and Compliance functions in accordance with business needs.
  • Supervise junior members in their work and support the achievement of department objectives.
  • Develop new templates and internal procedures and provide legal training to the organization in line with business needs.
  • Manage the legal budget, including managing external legal advisors and controlling external spend.
Requirements:
  • A qualified solicitor/barrister in the UK, with a minimum of 5 years' post-qualification experience in a regional, national, or international commercial law firm and/or in an in-house legal team.
  • A minimum of a 2:1 in a bachelor's degree, with good accompanying academic records prior to this.
  • Excellent analytical, drafting, and communication skills that equip you to negotiate a range of commercial contracts.
  • The confidence to work autonomously, prioritize tasks, and manage a high workload, with the resilience to work under pressure in a fast-changing commercial environment.
  • The mindset to take on a widely varied role, where you will thrive in continuously learning and absorbing new information.
  • Exposure to a wide variety of law, potentially already in manufacturing, will allow you to draw out risk items even in new areas of understanding.
  • The ability to balance customer expectations and commercial demands against any legal and regulatory risks.
  • An open and transparent approach, able to work in an international environment with exposure to diverse backgrounds and cultures.
  • A solid aptitude for leadership and management, accompanied by good project management and conflict skills.
  • IT skills in standard Microsoft office packages.
  • Fluency in English (written and spoken) is essential, with ability in other languages welcomed.

Nissan Motor offers a hybrid approach to office/home working, giving you the opportunity to develop relationships with your team and internal clients, managing your own diary in line with stakeholder meetings. You should be able to travel for business as required.



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