Legal Counsel - Commercial
Lush
Full-time
On-site
Poole, ., United Kingdom
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Who we are
You might know us as the inventors of the bath bomb, but there’s more to this great-smelling, partly employee-owned, family-run company than pioneering cosmetics. We believe our business should put more back into the world than it takes and demonstrate that capitalism can be a force for good.
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Location: Poole with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office
You might know us as the inventors of the bath bomb, but there’s more to this great-smelling, partly employee-owned, family-run company than pioneering cosmetics. We believe our business should put more back into the world than it takes and demonstrate that capitalism can be a force for good.
The Living Wage Foundation’s statement 'a hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay' is one that we are proud to commit to in the UK. As an accredited Living Wage employer, we put our people first and fight cruel practices like animal testing, promote regeneration, and show that it is what’s inside that counts - whether that’s an ingredient in a product, or the minerals in a smartphone.
Location: Poole with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office
Fixed Term: 12 Months
Salary: From £50,000 (DOE)
Role Purpose
Role Purpose
We are seeking a pragmatic, commercially astute Commercial Contracts Lawyer to support the legal community in delivering high-quality legal support across day-to-day commercial and operational legal matters in an innovative and dynamic environment. Our commercial colleagues describe their ideal in-house lawyer as hands-on, super sharp, switched-on, flexible, friendly, and up for a challenge.
The role will operate across both the Brand Legal and Group Legal teams with a focus on the drafting, review, negotiation and advisory responsibility for a broad scope of commercial work. You will be confident in collaborating with commercial teams and stakeholders working on customer, supplier, marketing, brand and partnership arrangements supporting everything from agreements with event vendors to reviewing NDAs for our next top secret brand collaboration.
Please note: We may close this vacancy early if we receive an overwhelming response or our business requirements change.
Key Responsibilities
Commercial Contracting
- Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including: Customer and services agreements, supplier and outsourcing contracts, agency and consultancy agreement, partnership and wholesale agreements, NDAs, release forms and standard trading terms and terms and conditions for promotions.
- Adapt and tailor contract templates for specific transactions.
- Ensure alignment of contractual positions and best practices across teams.
- Provide clear, commercially focused advice on contractual risk.
- Lead negotiations on commercial deals of varying complexity, escalating risk or non-standard positions where appropriate.
- Work with our Brand and Digital teams to support the scope and implementation of online and in-app consumer services agreements and compliance.
- Collaborate on improved ways of working identifying and implementing processes and tools to support efficiency and delivering 5* service to the business.
Risk Management & Governance
- Identify legal and commercial risks and propose practical mitigation strategies.
- Apply escalation frameworks to determine when matters should be referred to the commercial lead or other senior lawyers.
- Support the commercial lead with the implementation and maintenance of contract playbooks, fallback positions and approval matrices.
- Contribute to creation, maintenance and ongoing alignment to internal governance and delegation frameworks.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Experience & Qualifications
- Qualified lawyer in England & Wales
- Minimum 4 years’ PQE, with strong commercial contracts experience.
- Trained and/or practiced in a reputable law firm or in-house legal team.
- In house experience collaborating with and advising commercial teams.
- Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements.
Skills & Attributes
- Strong technical drafting skills with attention to detail.
- Commercially pragmatic with a solutions-oriented mindset.
- Confident handling stakeholders at manager to senior manager level.
- Able to manage multiple matters and prioritise effectively.
- Sound judgement on risk escalation.
- Collaborative and comfortable working across multiple legal teams.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- 6 months of full pay for parental leave (primary caregiver must qualify for SMP)
- Enhanced paternity leave*
- Bonus scheme
- Day off for weekday birthdays
- Holiday purchase scheme
- 50% discount on Lush products and spa treatments
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted rail and bus season tickets
- Employee assistance programme
- We’re 10% Employee Owned - all colleagues play a role in protecting our ethics, our independence, contributing ideas for the future and share in the rewards of success when the company is doing well.
- Support groups, film nights, yoga, meditation sessions and much more
- *Tailored gender affirming care
*qualifying period/hours required
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