Legal Counsel – Permanent

We have an opportunity for an outstanding lawyer to join the Legal Affairs Team as a Legal Counsel. You will be required to be an experienced lawyer with a strong corporate and commercial background and previous experience either in private practice or in-house working in a demanding environment.

The successful candidate needs to be a motivated, enthusiastic and driven person with broad, solid and generalist legal experience and be capable with minimal supervision, to advise primarily on corporate and commercial matters and in general a broad spectrum of legal matters, including intellectual property. Expertise in corporate, venture capital/private equity investment rounds, share sales transactions, company formation (start-ups and spin-outs companies), negotiating and drafting various commercial agreements, is essential.

You will be expected to take an investigative, pro-active, practical and commercial approach while being pragmatic and be able to work autonomously as well as be part of a dynamic team.

This is a unique opportunity to take up a Legal Counsel role within a leading technology transfer company supporting one of the UK’s top research-led universities and work collaboratively including with academic staff, shareholders and other professionals.

If you are seeking a new exciting opportunity to make a real difference by working on world-changing technologies and innovations that have a real and positive impact on people’s lives, then this could be the role for you.

To apply, please send a copy of your CV, together with a covering letter to jobs@uclb.com explaining how you meet each of the key requirements for this role as listed in the person specification, giving examples that clearly demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience.

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UCL Business Ltd is an equal opportunities employer.