
Legal Counsel
Leonardo
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Basildon • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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SeniorLead
About the role
- Leading the provision of legal support to designated lines of business, programmes or campaigns;
- Providing commercially focused legal support to designated division(s) and site(s) of Leonardo in the UK.
- Contributing to the function development and strategy.
Requirements
- Qualified English or Welsh Solicitor or Barrister with a current practicing certificate and at least 7 years of post-qualification experience.
- Solid background in commercial and contract law, ideally with experience in Intellectual Property.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse complex legal and regulatory issues, assess risks, and provide practical solutions that align with business goals.
- Familiarity with the defence, aviation, manufacturing, or technology sectors is advantageous.
- In-house experience beneficial.
- Due to the nature of the role you must be able to achieve full security clearance without caveats, therefore only UK nationals can be considered for this opportunity.
Benefits
- Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
- Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
- Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
- Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
- Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
- Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
- Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
- Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
commercial lawcontract lawintellectual propertylegal analysisrisk assessmentpractical solutions
Soft skills
leadershipstrategic thinkingproblem-solving
Certifications
qualified solicitorqualified barristercurrent practicing certificate