Commercial Counsel

Overview

Provide commercial legal advice & draft contracts for global operations

Key Responsibilities

• legal drafting
• contract negotiation
• compliance monitoring
• legal advice
• training delivery
• stakeholder management

Tasks

-Provide ad hoc legal support to other corporate functions as required e.g. HR, IT, Tax, Corporate (including occasional support on group restructuring and acquisitions). -Take all reasonable steps to ensure that all activity is in line with the business’ compliance requirements. -Provide training to business teams in respect of pertinent and relevant commercial legal matters. -Provide day to day legal advice on all matters affecting all business divisions in EMEA and ASPAC. -Draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements across EMEA and ASPAC including supply, purchase, agency, distribution, collaborations, confidentiality, consultancy, tenders, leases and internal agreements. -Build strong relationships with internal contacts at all levels within all business divisions in order to understand the business requirements and develop an approach that is commercially supportive, as well as legally compliant.

Requirements

• commercial lawyer
• 1yr pqe
• in-house
• contractual
• ip
• compliance

What You Bring

-Ideally a commercial Lawyer with a least 1 years’ PQE but being commercially minded and having the right attitude and enthusiasm in a small, busy team is key. -In house experience working as part of a global organisation would be advantageous but is not essential -Ability to identify, analyse and assess key legal issues relevant to the business and to provide advice in a commercially practical way -Confidently able to work under own initiative, independently and to interact with people at all levels across a variety of business areas -A good knowledge of contractual and commercial legal matters and a basic knowledge of IP matters and compliance legislation

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Benefits

-ShareSave scheme -25 days annual leave (increasing to 28 days after 2, 4 and 5 years’ service) -6x death in service -Annual bonus scheme -Up to 10% employee, 15% employer pension contributions -Private medical insurance

About Innospec Inc.

-Structured across three divisions—Fuel Specialties, Oilfield Services and Performance Chemicals—each one tackling distinct industrial challenges. -Typical projects range from developing drag-reducing agents for pipelines to bespoke surfactants for personal and home care brands. -Its additives power applications in diesel, jet, marine, heating oil, power plants, agriculture, mining, construction and plastic production. -Operates globally with manufacturing and R&D hubs in North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa. -Publicly traded on NASDAQ under IOSP, Innospec maintains consistent financial performance with regular share repurchase programs.

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