Junior Legal Counsel
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Job Description
Legal Counsel providing timely legal advice to the Group Legal function in logistics sector. Assisting in contract drafting, compliance and operational legal queries.
Responsibilities:
- Play a key supporting role within the Group Legal function, providing timely, practical, and commercially focused legal advice to the General Counsel, Senior Legal Counsel and the wider group of logistics and transport businesses
- Assist with contract drafting and negotiation, compliance matters, operational legal queries, dispute support, and day‑to‑day legal risk management across a dynamic logistics environment.
- Requires strong technical grounding, good commercial instincts and the ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across multiple business units.
Requirements:
- Qualified solicitor (England & Wales) or equivalent
- 1–4 years PQE (law firm or prior in‑house experience advantageous)
- Solid grounding in commercial law and contract drafting.
- Awareness (and willingness to develop) understanding of key areas relevant to logistics: commercial contracts transport/operations regulation GDPR/data protection health & safety dispute management fundamentals
Benefits:
- Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days plus 8 bank holidays
- Life Assurance - x 4 your annual salary
- Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
- We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
- We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
- via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!
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