General Counsel - FTC
Posted 1 week ago
The Role: General Counsel
Location: Luton
Salary: £100,000+ per annum,
Contract: 9–12 month fixed-term contract – Immediate start
Team: Lead a team of 3–4 professionals
About the role
We are seeking an experienced, commercially minded General Counsel to provide senior legal leadership across the business during a 9–12 month fixed-term engagement. This is a broad, hands-on role with responsibility for legal, procurement, insurance and fleet matters, offering genuine variety and direct exposure to senior stakeholders.
You will act as a trusted adviser to the executive team, helping the business manage risk, strengthen governance, including Co-Sec duties, and support commercial decision-making across a fast-moving, people-focused services environment.
What you’ll do
- Provide clear, practical legal advice on commercial, contractual, regulatory, employment, data protection and operational matters.
- Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, supplier contracts, client arrangements and internal policies.
- Identify, assess and mitigate legal and commercial risk, embedding robust governance, compliance and contract-management processes.
- Lead the legal team of 3–4 people, providing coaching, direction and development support.
- Oversee procurement strategy and supplier management, identifying cost efficiencies while ensuring ethical, compliant and risk-aware purchasing.
- Manage insurance matters, including claims handling, renewal support and engagement with insurers and brokers.
- Provide oversight of fleet operations, including compliance, safety, supplier relationships, cost control and performance reporting.
- Manage disputes, claims and escalations, instructing external counsel where specialist support is required.
- Support corporate governance, company secretarial activity and statutory compliance as required.
- Work closely with senior leaders across the organisation to provide pragmatic, business-focused solutions.
Who we’re looking for
You will be a qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with substantial in-house or comparable experience, ideally including exposure to procurement, insurance and fleet or operational support functions.
We are looking for someone who is:
- A confident, pragmatic legal adviser who balances risk management with commercial reality.
- Experienced in drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
- Comfortable leading and developing a small, capable team.
- Able to operate across legal, procurement, insurance and fleet disciplines, either directly or through strong oversight of specialist colleagues.
- Highly organised, with excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills.
- Experienced in managing disputes, regulatory compliance and external advisers.
- Energised by a broad, varied mandate and able to make an immediate impact in a fixed-term role.
To be considered, please click apply.
You must be able to live and work in the Uk without restriction.
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