Junior Commercial Counsel – 0-2 PQE – South West – Flexible

This role offers the opportunity to provide pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice across a diverse range of strategic and operational matters.

Client Details

We are seeking a commercially minded Solicitor to join a high-performing Legal Team within a leading consumer-facing business

Description

• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of complex commercial contracts, including supply, technology, logistics and services agreements.
• Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice to stakeholders across the business.
• Support strategic procurement projects, supplier negotiations and key commercial initiatives.
• Identify, assess and manage legal and commercial risks to support informed decision-making.
• Advise on data protection, privacy and information governance matters.
• Provide guidance on regulatory, consumer, competition and intellectual property issues.
• Develop, maintain and improve contract templates, standard terms and legal playbooks.
• Manage pre-litigation disputes and liaise with external legal advisers where required.
• Deliver training and guidance to stakeholders on legal, contractual and compliance matters.
• Drive continuous improvement across legal processes, promoting efficiency, consistency and best practice.

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Profile

• Qualified Solicitor in England & Wales.
• Proven experience advising on commercial legal matters, either in private practice or in-house.
• Strong commercial contracts expertise with excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrable ability to balance legal risk against commercial priorities.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines.

Job Offer

• Competitive salary and performance-related bonus.
• Upto 20% Bonus
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Ideally 2 days in the office, however, depending on locality there is flexibility with in this. Coomutable from Exeter, Taunton, Wiltshire or South Bristol.
• Enhanced pension contribution scheme.
• Life assurance and wellbeing benefits.
• Generous Annual Leave
• Employee discount and retail benefit schemes.
• Career development, mentoring and progression opportunities.
• Health and wellbeing support programmes.
• Additional voluntary benefits and lifestyle initiatives.