Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel Location: Norwich, NorfolkPermanent In-House LegalAbout the RoleWe are seeking an experienced Legal Counsel to provide high-quality, commercially focused legal advice across the Group. This is a pivotal, business-facing role supporting senior stakeholders on complex commercial contracts, legal risk management, and governance..You will act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, leading and developing the in-house legal function while delivering pragmatic, solution-oriented legal support in a fast-paced commercial environment.Key ResponsibilitiesLegal Risk and Strategic Business AdvisoryProvide clear, pragmatic legal and commercial advice to executive management and operational teams.Proactively identify, assess and mitigate legal, regulatory and contractual risk.Develop and maintain a robust legal risk management and governance framework aligned to legislation and Group policy.Deliver legal training and guidance to managers on key legal and regulatory topics.Manage disputes and oversee external legal spend proportionately.Commercial Contracts (B2B and B2C)Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of complex commercial contracts, including:Sales and procurement agreementsServices contracts and framework agreementsSLAs, NDAs, terms and conditions and bespoke arrangementsAdvise on contractual risk, liability, indemnities, pricing mechanisms and commercial protections.Partner with Procurement, Marketing and Operations on non-standard or innovative contractual ..... full job details .....