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Senior Commercial Lawyer - Leeds

Employer
Asda
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Salary
Competitive salary plus benefits
Closing date
30 Nov 2020

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Sector
Retail jobs, Retailer
Job Type
Full Time
Senior Commercial Lawyer - Leeds

This is a unique opportunity to join a large and multi-disciplined In-house Legal Team on a 12 month fixed term contract. If you're looking for a new challenge and have come from either a corporate, banking or senior commercial legal background, then please read on...

 

About the role: 

Asda is a large national retailer with an annual turnover of c22.9bn, c135,000 colleagues and c630 stores across the UK.  This role involves supporting to find solutions and provide advice on a wide range of areas including company law, corporate transactions, company secretarial and entity management, governance, tax, pensions, finance, regulated financial services and varied strategic priorities.  If you thrive on variety then this role is for you.

You may have recently seen in the press that Asda is undergoing a change of ownership. This represents an exciting opportunity to be involved in a business which has seen one of the largest corporate deals of its kind in the UK for at least the last 10 years. The ASDA Legal team will be at the heart of many of the key workstreams associated with completion and transition to new ownership and this will offer the opportunity to be involved in a truly diverse range of work at this exciting time of change.

The role will involve exposure at all levels of the organisation including senior and board level and will allow you to develop rewarding relationships with stakeholders from a number of areas of the business, with a diverse range of backgrounds/expertise.

We never standstill. We have a huge focus on innovation and digitisation and are continuously reviewing the latest legal tech to ensure we have all the right tools. All Legal colleagues are encouraged to innovate and drive improvements in the way Legal services are delivered.

 

Your Benefits:

You'll receive an excellent and competitive benefits package which includes a company car/car allowance (c. 8000) , private medical, colleague discount applicable to your Asda shopping and a competitive pension.  We also like to share our success; after all, you made it happen, so every eligible colleague is also part of the Asda bonus scheme. The development opportunities are endless and we'll support you every step of the way.

 

About You:

We'd love to hear from you if you have/are:-

  • Strong academic/degree background;
  • UK Qualified Solicitor 5+ years PQE;
  • Previous experience within either Corporate, Banking, Commercial roles; and
  • Worked at a leading national law firm or regional firm or in-house practice.

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