Commercial Legal Counsel

The Opportunity

The Opportunity

We are seeking a bright, enthusiastic and well-organised lawyer to join our high performing, dynamic and friendly Legal team. The role would involve handling the full range of commercial legal matters in the UK and Ireland, supporting a number of departments across the business, including ourDigital, Technology/IT, Marketing, HR and Supply Chain teams.

What will my accountabilities be?

• Preparing, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements including technology contracts, goods and services agreements and data processing agreements.
• Working collaboratively with the IT and Digital teams to provide legal advice on a variety of matters, including preparing and negotiating SAAS agreements and MSAs with IT/Digital suppliers.
• Undertaking data protection related work, including advising on GDPR compliance within new projects and reviewing data protection provisions in contracts.
• Providing day to day advice to colleagues across the business on a wide variety of other commercial issues including in respect to supply chain matters, marketing & IP matters, employment matters, and finance, tax and competition law matters. All of this will involve working collaboratively with legal and business colleagues to manage commercial transactions, identifying risks and providing solutions-driven, commercial advice.
• Proactively identifying legal trends and regulatory changes to enhance company policies and procedures, develop communication and training programmes and ensure awareness and compliance across the business.
• Participating and contributing to cross-functional working teams on projects involving strategic business initiatives and risk management strategies.
• Working with and managing external lawyers supporting the team on varying projects/matters.

What Team will I be part of and who are my customers?
The Legal Counsel position will serve as a member of the Legal Team supporting all departments across the McDonalds UK and Ireland business, including the IT and Digital teams.