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Legal Advisor - In House

  • Location:

    Dublin

  • Sector:

    Legal

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    pension, healthcare, bonus, shares

  • Contact:

    Stephen Corrigan

  • Contact email:

    stephen@phoenixsearch.com

  • Job ref:

    BBBH2980_1685024260

  • Published:

    11 months ago

  • Expiry date:

    2023-06-24

Our client is a global PLC and market-leader in its sector.

With over 150 years of history, the company continues to grow with sustainability at the forefront of what they do.

The Opportunity:

To join a personable, collaborative, commercial global legal team in the company's strategic Irish operation.
What's on offer:
  • Excellent culture and a genuine focus on work-life balance
  • Hybrid working
  • Autonomy - balanced with an appropriate level of support from the global legal team, external counsel, & colleagues.
  • A varied, commercial role with an opportunity to act as a true business partner
  • Work with key stakeholders across the business including the MD Ireland
Responsibilities
  • Draft intra-group loan agreements, ensuring compliance with Irish companies and tax legislation
  • Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a variety of commercial agreements
  • Provide accurate, relevant, and timely advice to senior management and other members of staff on a variety of legal topics that relate to the business sector and their products or services
  • Assist in embedding learning's and knowledge and cross-training of team members and business clients
  • Work with global legal colleagues on EU-wide projects and Irish-governed law contracts.
  • Act as Company Secretary for the Irish entity with the support of external counsel as appropriate.
  • Provide verbal and written legal advice to internal clients across the group's network
  • Ad hoc duties as may be required
Ideal candidate
  • Qualified Lawyer, Min. 4 years' PQE. Training in a top-tier law firm advantageous
  • In-house legal experience advantageous
  • Experience drafting inter-company loan agreements advantageous
  • Proven ability to get buy in from stakeholders - both internal and external
  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
  • Strong commercial acumen
  • Positive, solutions-focused, and adaptable