Commercial Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel | Commercial Law | West Sussex | 3+ PQE | 65-85k

Are you interested in becoming a Legal Counsel for a global healthcare business?

Becoming a Legal Counsel for our Sussex-based client could be the perfect next step for you. You could improve your impact on the world through your work while showcasing your commercial skills in the ever-developing digital sphere.

In this innovative and dynamic position, you’ll use your in-depth legal knowledge and digital savvy to aid in the progress of this well-known healthcare company’s mission to digitise their healthcare solutions.

You will be responsible for the projects and commercial contracts relating to this organisation’s digital products, working within a team of highly skilled in-house lawyers. Utilising your stakeholder management skills, you’ll play an integral role in this team and become a high-profile individual within this company’s cross-functional matrix management system.

For this Commercial Legal Counsel role, you will ideally have:

• Strong technical legal ability in terms of reviewing, drafting, amending and negotiating highly complex and high-value commercial contracts relating to digital products and solutions.
• A curious and intellectual mindset: a willingness to remain abreast of changes in legislation, particularly relating to advances in Artificial Intelligence and technology more generally.
• Excellent communication skills: with the confidence to liaise with stakeholders and represent your company by advocating for your decisions in instances of litigation when necessary.
• Solid business acumen: possessing the savviness to identify potential risks whilst being pragmatic and flexible in your decision-making.
• Data Privacy: A working knowledge of data privacy laws is also desirable.

Whether you’re working in-house or in private practice, if you have a background in commercial law (ideally with some tech law thrown in!) and would like a diverse role in which you can really excel and demonstrate additional skills – get in touch.

Contact the Legal Team – Hayley Rose or Chloë – at Harvey John for more information about this Commercial Legal Counsel job in Sussex.

Harvey John is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The salary bracket advertised is FTE, for guidance only. We are committed to continued improvement in terms of diversity and inclusion practices. Please get in touch with any questions concerning reasonable adjustments, accommodations, or diversity practices.