Legal Counsel

Job Description Legal Counsel (Technology Law) Wotton under Edge - located approximately 45 minutes from Bristol and Cheltenham Hybrid working (office based a minimum of 3 days a week) Up to £85,000 depending on experience Renishaw is a global leader in precision engineering, manufacturing, and technology innovation. With a strong heritage in advanced manufacturing and metrology, we deliver cutting-edge solutions across industries including aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and electronics. We are currently recruiting for a Legal Counsel as part of our global legal and secretarial team (“L&S”). You will report to the Group Legal Director based in our head office in the UK and work closely with senior stakeholders, including divisional and functional heads. Person specification As part of the L&S team, your focus will be providing pragmatic legal advice while supporting our core values of Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity and Involvement. You will have strong technology law experience and be adept at negotiating commercial contracts to reduce legal risk in a dynamic and complex business environment. You will have superior interpersonal skills to influence and inform your stakeholders, both within the L&S team and wider business. Key responsibilities Act as a key contact and advisor for stakeholders in a range of business units and corporate support departments as a subject matter expert for software, AI, cyber security, e-commerce and other technology law areas, and also assisting with general day-to-day legal queries and issues. Review, draft and negotiate high-value, complex commercial contracts with customers, sales intermediaries, suppliers and other key business partners. Support L&S change projects that underpin the business’s key objectives across multiple disciplines. Assist in maintaining the L&S team’s templates, precedents, and other know-how materials. Provide practical solutions to complex legal problems as an experienced business partner. Address a broad range of legal and business issues while maintaining clear priorities and meeting deadlines. Support the Group Legal Director and other senior lawyers as required, both in the UK and internationally. Contribute to the growth of the L&S team by sharing knowledge, delivering training, mentoring more junior colleagues, and supporting the onboarding of new colleagues. Key requirements Qualified solicitor (England and Wales) with 3 - 5 years’ experience in delivering pragmatic legal advice in a demanding private practice or in-house business environment. Strong commercial contract expertise, with particular emphasis on open source and commercial software licensing, SaaS subscriptions, e-commerce, and data processing agreements. Experience and confidence navigating and applying AI, cyber security (e.g. CRA, NIS2) and other regulations in the technology sector. Superior analytical skills and a creative, flexible approach to problem solving. An ability to interact with people at all levels in the business. Impeccable integrity and a willingness and ability to lead by example. Strong attention to detail and drafting expertise. A “can do” attitude and a deep understanding of the challenges of a fast-moving, revenue generating business. An appetite to learn continually and share your experience and knowledge. Desirable Additional experience in one of the following areas of law would be beneficial: o Mergers and acquisitions o Property and construction o Employment Benefits When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites). We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family. Please click here for further information about our benefits. At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement. If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or recruitment@renishaw.com. Please click here for further information about diversity and inclusion at Renishaw. Employment Type: Permanent Time Type: Full time Requisition Number: R9019 Legal Counsel (Open) Renishaw is a FTSE 250 global engineering and scientific technology company, with core skills in measurement, motion control, additive manufacturing, healthcare, spectroscopy and manufacturing. We supply products and services that push the boundaries of what is possible in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. We are also a world leader in the field of metal additive manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing), where we design and make industrial machines that ‘print' parts from metal powder. We currently have 77 offices in 36 countries, with around 5,200 employees worldwide. Over 3,000 people are employed within the UK where we carry out the majority of our research and development, and manufacturing. With a global presence in a broad range of sectors, we aim to ensure that our workforce reflects the diverse global communities we serve. Every year we welcome a wide range of new employees, from apprentices to experienced professionals. By joining Renishaw you will be making a difference to the world in which we live, in a global company that encourages innovation and personal achievement. Our people help us to pursue this purpose so that we can continue to be a world leader in precision technology and deliver on our vision to innovate and transform capabilities in manufacturing, science and healthcare through unparalleled levels of precision, productivity and practicality.

 

 

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