Interim Commercial/AI Lawyer

Interim Legal Counsel (1-2 Month Project)

London

Our client is a fast-growing technology business operating within the construction sector. They are seeking an experienced Interim Legal Counsel to provide immediate support to their in-house legal team throughout September and potentially October.

This role has arisen due to a significant legal operations and technology project currently being implemented across the legal function. As a result, the successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining legal capacity and ensuring business-as-usual matters continue to be managed effectively.

Alongside the commercial workload, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to support a wider legal AI/technology and process improvement programme, including:

• Assisting with the implementation of new legal workflows and processes
• Supporting the development of legal playbooks and knowledge resources
• Working closely with legal operations and technology specialists
• Contributing to process optimisation and legal function efficiency initiatives

Key Commercial Responsibilities

• Managing a broad range of commercial contracts and related negotiations
• Reviewing and drafting NDAs, supplier agreements and customer contracts
• Providing pragmatic legal advice to internal stakeholders across the business
• Responding to legal queries and escalations
• Supporting prioritisation of legal work across the function
• Ensuring day-to-day legal operations continue to run efficiently during a period of transformation

Candidate Profile

• Qualified lawyer with strong in-house commercial legal experience
• Comfortable working autonomously within a lean legal team
• Strong commercial contracts drafting and negotiation skills
• Able to manage a varied workload and engage effectively with business stakeholders
• Experience of legal operations, legal technology, process improvement or playbook development would be advantageous, but is not essential

Contract Details

• Initial September engagement (full-time)
• London-based office (with some flexibility for hybrid working)
• Strong likelihood of extension into October should additional support be required

This opportunity would suit a commercially focused interim lawyer who enjoys broad in-house responsibilities and is interested in supporting a business through an exciting period of legal transformation on a short term project.

To apply for this role, please do so via this advert or contact Charlie Cripps at Venn Group on [email protected]