Senior Legal Counsel

1 day ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Taylor Root Full time
About the Role

Job Title: Senior Legal Counsel

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our team at Taylor Root. As a key member of our commercial law team, you will be responsible for structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements with clients, universities, and other stakeholders.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including platform agreements, IP licenses, terms & conditions, service agreements, and partnership agreements.
  • Working closely with sales operations, marketing, and procurement teams to ensure that all agreements are commercially and legally sound.
  • Carrying out negotiations with customers, suppliers, partner universities, and agents.
  • Managing external counsel and corporate services providers.

Requirements:

  • Excellent academics and training with a City firm or a nationally recognized firm.
  • Solid commercial experience of at least five years in private practice (excluding training contract years).
  • Strong planning and multitasking skills.
  • Able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
  • Be a client-facing and entrepreneurial team player.
  • Comfortable working alongside other senior lawyers on complex matters or running their own matters independently.
  • Training and supervising trainees/junior associates.

We offer a competitive salary range of $120,000 - $180,000 per annum, depending on experience and qualifications. If you are a motivated and ambitious commercial lawyer looking for a new challenge, please get in touch.


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