Senior Legal Counsel UK

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Why this job is important

As Senior Legal Counsel, United Kingdom, you will have a passion for accelerating the growth and delivery of Kantar’s solutions expertise to regional and Global Client organisations. You will excel at delivering pragmatic and actionable legal and commercial guidance in a fast-paced environment, with significant experience operating in international markets and negotiating high value agreements with the world’s leading enterprises. You will optimise the delivery of legal services including strategic initiatives ensuring that business teams have the knowledge and information to drive velocity in contracting to accelerate client engagements.

What you’ll be doing

• Partner with business experts and legal team members to deliver pragmatic and actionable legal and commercial guidance in a fast-paced environment.

• Negotiate high value agreements with the world’s leading enterprises.
• Optimise the delivery of legal services including strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with international Legal team members in areas including knowledge management, developing and updating contracts terms for Kantar’s solutions portfolio and liaison in supporting global clients.
• Provide strategic guidance for commercial engagements with clients and partners.

The skills & experience needed as Senior Legal Counsel

• LLB law degree or conversion from an accredited law school.
• Solicitor or Barrister admitted in a UK jurisdiction or equivalent from a foreign bar.
• 6+ years of qualified lawyer experience in a commercial legal in-house role, or at a law firm, with a preference for both law firm and in-house experience.
• Proven success in setting priorities and communicating expectations with key stakeholders and working in partnership with them.
• Excellent relationship management skills with an ability to influence through persuasion at all levels of an organisation.

What’s in it for you

• Flexible hybrid working
• 25 days leave, 2 days paid for volunteering and life event leave
• Competitive salary and bonus (bonus dependent on role)
• Company pension
• Enhanced parental leave
• Healthcare options
• Wide range of flexible benefits

We are not able to offer visa sponsorship or assist with relocation support for this role. Please ensure you have the right to work in the country where this role is located before applying.

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Country

United Kingdom

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.