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Head of Legal - Maritime & Defense

Portsmouth Permanent View Job Description
Reporting to the Legal Director, you will foster excellent working relationships with the wider business to ensure early detection and effective management of legal risk.
  • Exciting opportunity to join an SME who are on a growth trajectory.
  • Great opportunity for a Senior Legal Counsel looking for the next step.

About Our Client

A fast growing, privately funded, UK-based SME delivering Maritime Technology They have a global reach and are recognised for their bespoke, high-quality products. They place a strong emphasis on innovation and are always looking for ways to improve their offerings.

Job Description

  • Providing timely, technically excellent but always commercially focussed advice on a wide range of legal issues from routine commercial contracts to high-value, complex international procurement or development contracts
  • Ensuring that the businesses commitment to ethical business practices and governance is borne out in all we do
  • Interfacing with external legal advisers to ensure advice received is relevant, contextualised and delivered to budget
  • Managing the IPR portfolio in conjunction with external patent lawyers
  • Developing policies on legal and contracting process, working with Head of Trade Compliance to ensure our supplier management processes are robust and agile.



The Successful Applicant

· Significant post-qualification experience (6 years plus), preferably in a mixture of private practice and in-house roles

· Demonstrable experience in defence or maritime industries is required

· Must be familiar with public procurement contracting

· Experience of Intellectual Property issues in a tech business is required.

· Experience of maritime regulatory and or classification certification issues would be welcomed

· Excellent written and spoken communications skills, this role requires a high degree of both technical and emotional IQ.

What's on Offer

  • Private Healthcare with optional family cover
  • Unlimited holiday
  • Life Assurance (4 x salary)
  • Critical Illness Cover
  • Ongoing professional development and training
  • Pension contribution
  • Flexible Working - 3 days in the office in Portsmouth



Contact
Stacey Graham
Quote job ref
JN-022025-6679520
Phone number
+44 118 933 7035

Job summary

Job function
Legal
Subsector
Commercial
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Portsmouth
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Stacey Graham
Consultant phone
+44 118 933 7035
Job reference
JN-022025-6679520