Accuflex has a great opportunity for a talented and motivated Solicitor or Lawyer (approximately 5+ years PQE) with first class experience in commercial contracts and in-house legal support to join our client, a highly regarded private equity-backed business operating within the life sciences and professional services sector, based in South West London.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to work within a dynamic in-house legal team, contributing significantly to the business as a trusted legal advisor to senior leadership and playing a key role in the continued growth and development of the legal function.
The position is initially offered on an interim basis.
Contract Drafting and Negotiation: Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial client, supplier, consultancy and technology agreements across UK, US and European markets.
Commercial and Strategic Advisory: Partner closely with senior stakeholders, including executive leadership, to provide commercially focused legal advice and practical risk management solutions.
Governance and Process Improvement: Support governance frameworks within a private equity-backed environment and contribute to the ongoing development and standardisation of legal processes, templates and workflows.
Data Protection and Regulatory Support: Assist with data protection, privacy and regulatory matters, including contractual risk management and governance considerations across multiple jurisdictions.
External Partner Management: Manage relationships with external counsel, suppliers and key business stakeholders where required.
Mentoring and Team Support: Support and mentor junior members of the legal team, contributing to a collaborative and high-performing legal function.
Project Involvement: Play a key role in strategic business initiatives and projects, including potential M&A activity and wider operational growth initiatives.
Qualified Solicitor or Lawyer with approximately 5+ years’ relevant experience.
Strong commercial contracts drafting and negotiation experience is essential.
Experience working with UK, US and/or European commercial agreements.
Proven ability to identify, manage and mitigate contractual and legal risks.
Experience within life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, professional services or other regulated industries would be advantageous.
Exposure to governance, data protection/privacy or private equity-backed environments would be beneficial.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to work closely with senior leadership teams.
Commercially pragmatic, proactive and capable of working independently within a fast-paced business environment.
Hybrid working with approximately 2 office days per week in South West London.
We are looking for someone who is ready to take on a highly visible and commercially strategic role within a growing organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for a well-rounded lawyer seeking greater responsibility, stakeholder exposure and long-term career progression within an ambitious business.
If you are eager to make an impact and take the next step in your in-house career, we would love to hear from you.
At Accutrainee we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly believe in equal opportunities for all and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ages, genders, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, and abilities. Our recruitment process is designed to be fair, transparent, and free from discrimination. We are dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are evaluated based on their skills, qualifications, and suitability for the role.
Accutrainee provides a unique, flexible and efficient way for law firms and in-house legal teams to take on trainee solicitors and for graduates to benefit from bespoke training contracts designed around them.
Trainees can gain experience in more than one organisation during their training contract or stay at one firm for the whole two years. There is no typical training contract at Accutrainee. To date, all of our trainees have secured positions on qualification.
We employ trainees under training contracts and second them to law firms and in-house legal teams in accordance with our clients' requirements and business needs. The result is improved efficiency and flexibility for our clients and greater opportunities for our trainees.
We work with organisations who have their own trainee cohort as well as those who have wanted to take on trainees in the past but not yet done so. Our role is to ensure clients get access to quality assured trainees but without having to worry about anything else as it’s all taken care of by us!
We are continually talking to firms and in-house teams about their trainee requirements and therefore we have training contracts opportunities starting all year round.
During training contracts, we heavily monitor trainees ensuring that all training requirements are met and exceeded and to ensure each trainee is day one competent. We also deliver additional mentoring to each trainee so that they get the support and guidance they need during this crucial time in their career development.
Our extremely robust selection process takes place all year round enabling us to meet far greater numbers of candidates to understand their strengths and competencies. This method is crucial to supporting our passion and focus on improving diversity within the legal profession.
If you would like more information about Accutrainee, please call us: 020 7871 2822, email us: info@accutrainee.com or visit our website: www.accutrainee.com.
