Legal Counsel
| Posting date: | 06 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £70,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 June 2025 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | The Francis Crick Institute |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Legal Counsel
Details of the role: This is a full time, permanent position on Crick terms and conditions of employment.
Monday – Friday, hybrid working pattern.
About the role
In this role, you will be helping the Crick deliver its scientific and commercial strategy in compliance with its legal and regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures. You will be part of the Crick’s Legal and Governance team (also known as L&G) – our team includes lawyers, company secretariat managers, contract managers, paralegals and a legal operations manager.
This is a busy role in a friendly team where collegiality, professionalism and attention to detail are key. You will provide high quality commercial legal advice and transactional support for all parts of the Crick including to our scientific community and our operations teams. The work is varied reflecting the range of activities at the Crick and the different types of relationships with commercial and academic organisations.
You will also help to deliver L&G’s strategic initiatives and legal operations initiatives. Working closely with our legal operations manager and non-legal colleagues, you will help develop and streamline ways of working to help deliver our ambition to run best-in-class legal operations, contributing to improving legal operations and delivery of legal services. You will also play a key role in supporting knowledge and learning within the team, especially mentoring junior team members.
If you are a qualified lawyer and have experience of providing high quality commercial advice as well as transactional support, this may be a perfect role for you.
What you will be doing
As a Legal counsel at the Crick, you will:
Stakeholder management: Develop and maintain excellent working relations with all levels of our organisation including senior and/or key internal and external stakeholders
Advisory: Provide or procure appropriate advice on laws and regulation (including those pertaining to research, philanthropic and charitable activities), commercial/contract law matters, contract disputes, laws and regulations, taking into account internal policy, process and governance.
Transactional support: Support contracts and or other legal matters, as lead lawyer or working with another team member.
Legal services innovation: Develop new ways of working for L&G, improve legal operations and delivery of legal services. As part of the L&G team, you will help streamline the Crick’s contracting process, legal approval process and contract documentation database.
Knowledge and learning: Support, supervise, and mentor junior team members
About Working at the Crick
Our values
• We are bold. We make space for creative, dynamic and imaginative ideas and approaches. We’re not afraid to do things differently.
• We are open. We’re highly collaborative and interactive, and make sure our activities are visible to the outside world.
• We are collegial. We show respect for one another, work cooperatively and support the wider community.
At the Crick, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to driving innovation and scientific discovery. If you need assistance with your application, please contact weronika.kucala@crick.ac.uk
To read more about our EDI approach, click here.
What will you receive?
We value our team members and are proud to offer an extensive range of benefits to support their well-being and development. You can find out more about what we offer here.
Details of the role: This is a full time, permanent position on Crick terms and conditions of employment.
Monday – Friday, hybrid working pattern.
About the role
In this role, you will be helping the Crick deliver its scientific and commercial strategy in compliance with its legal and regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures. You will be part of the Crick’s Legal and Governance team (also known as L&G) – our team includes lawyers, company secretariat managers, contract managers, paralegals and a legal operations manager.
This is a busy role in a friendly team where collegiality, professionalism and attention to detail are key. You will provide high quality commercial legal advice and transactional support for all parts of the Crick including to our scientific community and our operations teams. The work is varied reflecting the range of activities at the Crick and the different types of relationships with commercial and academic organisations.
You will also help to deliver L&G’s strategic initiatives and legal operations initiatives. Working closely with our legal operations manager and non-legal colleagues, you will help develop and streamline ways of working to help deliver our ambition to run best-in-class legal operations, contributing to improving legal operations and delivery of legal services. You will also play a key role in supporting knowledge and learning within the team, especially mentoring junior team members.
If you are a qualified lawyer and have experience of providing high quality commercial advice as well as transactional support, this may be a perfect role for you.
What you will be doing
As a Legal counsel at the Crick, you will:
Stakeholder management: Develop and maintain excellent working relations with all levels of our organisation including senior and/or key internal and external stakeholders
Advisory: Provide or procure appropriate advice on laws and regulation (including those pertaining to research, philanthropic and charitable activities), commercial/contract law matters, contract disputes, laws and regulations, taking into account internal policy, process and governance.
Transactional support: Support contracts and or other legal matters, as lead lawyer or working with another team member.
Legal services innovation: Develop new ways of working for L&G, improve legal operations and delivery of legal services. As part of the L&G team, you will help streamline the Crick’s contracting process, legal approval process and contract documentation database.
Knowledge and learning: Support, supervise, and mentor junior team members
About Working at the Crick
Our values
• We are bold. We make space for creative, dynamic and imaginative ideas and approaches. We’re not afraid to do things differently.
• We are open. We’re highly collaborative and interactive, and make sure our activities are visible to the outside world.
• We are collegial. We show respect for one another, work cooperatively and support the wider community.
At the Crick, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to driving innovation and scientific discovery. If you need assistance with your application, please contact weronika.kucala@crick.ac.uk
To read more about our EDI approach, click here.
What will you receive?
We value our team members and are proud to offer an extensive range of benefits to support their well-being and development. You can find out more about what we offer here.