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Leading global professional services consultancy seeks a Legal Director to lead on IP strategy across the global business as part of the in-house legal team. This newly created position joins a supportive and dynamic team in a strategic role to be the IP legal lead on trademarks, patents and all IP-related matters. It will engage at Partner level, across jurisdictions, to influence strategy and approach to protect and promote IP developed by the business, in addition to substantive legal advisory work and negotiations.

• Advise on a broad range of UK, EU and international IP matters, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.
• Conduct due diligence for IP transactions and M&A activities; address cybersecurity considerations.
• Coordinate and protect the trademark portfolio; refine the patent strategy across the business and member firms; analyse infringement risk.
• Perform horizon scanning for new developments and advise on new potential compliance obligations.
• Collaborate with external counsel and work with colleagues in the global team and across international offices.
• Engage at Partner level to influence strategy and approach to IP protection and promotion within the business.

• Over 15 years’ PQE with proven experience as an IP lawyer, including global IP strategy and implementation, complex IP matters, and managing IP portfolios across jurisdictions.
• Experience with a top-tier City law firm and/or in-house roles.
• Experience with emerging technologies, including AI.

• Seasoned IP strategist capable of operating at board and partner levels with gravitas, business acumen, and the ability to improve processes across the business.
• Calm, proactive, versatile, efficient, credible and persuasive; able to prioritise and adapt to changing circumstances in a fast-paced environment.

• Hybrid working arrangement; excellent salary and benefits package on offer.
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About the company:

A fast-growing leading independent provider of hospitals and healthcare services is seeking a legal counsel to join their team.

About the role:

Reporting to the General Counsel. The successful candidate will provide high-quality legal advice, aligned to one or more operational divisions. You will advise the business across a wide range of matters including in commercial and corporate issues. As a strategic business partner, you will support the operational functions and business generally to achieve its strategic priorities and be integral to the delivery of its objectives.

About you:

The successful candidate will have at least 2 PQE. Ideally you will have experience of working in an in-house environment. You will adopt a hands-on approach to legal work and be comfortable working across multiple areas of law. This role would suit someone who is tenacious, hard-working and who thrives in a complex environment.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate legal counsel to join a strong team who are friendly, highly collaborative, and high performing. To explore this exciting opportunity further, please apply.

About Us 

Stonegate Group is the UK’s largest operator of pubs, bars, and late-night venues, including Slug & Lettuce, Be At One, and Popworld, to name a few.  We’re proud of our diverse portfolio and deeply committed to creating an inclusive culture that embraces individuality in all its forms—including neurodiversity. By fostering an environment where everyone feels welcome, valued, and supported, we reflect the vibrant communities we serve and empower our people to thrive.

The Opportunity 

As Legal Advisor (Operations), you will provide first class legal advice to both office and field-based colleagues, working in a fast paced and fun environment. 

The role will require a detailed knowledge of all operational letting agreements, landlord and tenant legislation, leaseholder covenants, termination of letting agreements, court driven possession actions and dispute resolution.

Dispute Resolution – L&T

• Responsibility for managing in possession disputes in aligned Divisional Business Units and providing direct support to DBU by being a virtual member and attending meetings.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders, local authorities and solicitors appointed by the Company.
• Conduct detailed reviews of letting histories, tracing & researching previous tenants’ liability, prepare clear and detailed advice to Operations to assist with commercial considerations in distress situations and exit negotiations.
• Prepare cases summaries and recommendations to Divisional Directors and Regional Managers on pre litigation disputes to promote settlement and avoid litigation wherever possible
• Preparation of letters before action in relation to in possession debt matters
• Review and advise on Alternative Dispute Resolution processes on in possession disputes.
• Interpret and advise on contractual terms of head leases and occupational leases
• Advise on and prepare S146 notices as pre requisite to possession actions
• Preparation of case files and chronologies and instructions to solicitors in litigation matters appointed by the Group and ensure ongoing management to conclusion including recommendations to settle on commercial terms
• Review and advise on appropriate use of and execution of peaceable re-entry and supporting Regional Managers in safe execution.
• Prepare and instruct solicitors with instructions on possession actions and managing the cases to conclusion whether by court order recorded by consent or judgement and enforcement by warrant.
• Review and advise on change of control of a corporate tenant and appropriate remedial actions
• Attend at court, mediation and without prejudice meetings connected with the above as required.

Dispute Resolution – Debt Recovery (in possession)

• Preparation of and

• Directly providing legal advice to Thames Water in relation to consenting and other matters.
• Managing legal services from Thames Water’s external law firms where necessary and ensuring the external law firms are being correctly instructed and assisted by Thames Water.
• Working closely with the SRO portfolio, particularly the Senior Legal Counsel and the Engagement, Land and Consents SRO team, to ensure the DCO applications are legally robust and defendable.

• Planning lawyer with at least 4-5 PQE with extensive experience in consenting major infrastructure projects
• Experience of the Development Consent Order process and the Town and Country Planning process
• Experience in project delivery and working with external law firms
• Highly developed communication and influencing skills, both written and verbal
• Project management skills, able to multitask and work flexibly to manage conflicting priorities
• Able to manage issues in the short and medium term, and have the ability to relate to longer-term goals

• Commercial law experience in the negotiation of a wide range of commercial agreements and contracts
• In-house experience
• Knowledge of the Environmental Information Regulations

• Competitive salary depending on previous experience
• Car Allowance
• Annual Bonus
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contributions to all once a year
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
• 26 days of annual leave per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus,

We are seeking to recruit a Legal Clinic Administrator to help with the day-to-day administration of the Dickson Poon School of Law’s award-winning Legal Clinic, King’s Legal Clinic.

King’s Legal Clinic delivers free legal advice to members of the public and works in partnership with local and international organisations on research and justice projects. Its two core aims are to enhance the education of our students and to promote social justice.

The Legal Clinic Administrator will play a central role in supporting the smooth running of King’s Legal Clinic. Working under the Legal Clinic Manager and alongside the Legal Clinic Coordinator, the post-holder will provide essential administrative support in a varied and busy environment, ensuring the effective delivery of the Clinic’s activities.

The role involves being the first point of contact for clients, students, and external partners, including responding to enquiries by phone and email in a professional and supportive manner. The post-holder will be responsible for booking and managing client appointments, supporting students, maintaining digital case management systems, and ensuring all administrative processes comply with KCL and faculty policies, including GDPR.

In addition to client-facing and case management responsibilities, the role will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Clinic office and handling confidential information. The Administrator will also support the planning, promotion, and delivery of Clinic events, as well as providing IT and logistical assistance to students, partners, and staff during both daytime and occasional evening clinics.

The post-holder will work closely with colleagues across the Law School’s professional services team to ensure processes are efficient and aligned with faculty standards.

This is a part-time, job-share position for 21 hours per week (0.6 FTE), with flexible arrangements of hours possible by prior agreement with Clinic staff. 

The role is based in the King’s Building, with regular on-campus attendance required. Some remote working, primarily outside of term time, may be possible by prior agreement.

The position is likely to be of particular interest to:

• A legal administrator or legal secretary with an interest in access to justice and higher education
• An experienced administrator working in a busy office environment (e.g., healthcare) who is confident handling confidential and sensitive data
• A recent law graduate or someone interested in pursuing a legal career.

The Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London is one of the oldest law schools in England and recognised as one of the best law schools in the world. We are based in the East Wing of Somerset House, a Grade One listed building, on our Strand Campus, a short walk from the Royal Courts of Justice and Inns of Court in the heart of legal London. Our location enables us to have excellent contacts with practitioners and policymakers, and we have a strong tradition of engagement with the legal profession.   

The Dickson Poon School of Law is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer to join the School and its core team for the Professional Law Institute (PLI). The PLI is the centre for practice-focussed legal education at the School and is responsible for the design and delivery of an innovative, vocational law programme called the MSc Law and Professional Practice.

The successful candidate will be responsible, as part of the PLI team, for the design and delivery of innovative, practice-oriented programmes, including the MSc Law and Professional Practice (MSc).

The successful candidate will act as module leader for the role holder’s core module(s) on the MSc and be responsible for the design and setting of all assessments on that module. The role holder will teach and lecture on a variety of modules on the MSc programme and/or the School’s LLB/LLM programmes.

The successful candidate will work with the Director of the PLI and the PLI team to drive the growth of both the PLI and the MSc Programme. They will maintain engagement with law firms, chambers, in-house lawyers and/or other industry stakeholders to promote the MSc programme and will work with the PLI team and the School to market the programme.

The successful candidate will promote the School and PLI through attendance at relevant professional and academic conferences. They will contribute in a significant way to the administration of the MSc programme.

This is a post on the Academic Education Pathway, which emphasises teaching, scholarship and innovation. Successful candidates will have excellent teaching and course design skills, as well as experience working in the legal profession. 

The successful candidate will be responsible to the Executive Dean.

This is a full-time post and you will be offered an indefinite  contract.

King's College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. King's has nearly 33,000 students from 190 countries, and is consistently ranked as one of the top 30 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025).

King’s is a multi-faculty institution, providing high-quality teaching, research and innovation across the sciences, humanities, medicine, law, dentistry, and social sciences. It’s the largest centre for the education of healthcare professionals in Europe, and is home to five Medical Research Council Centres spread across its three teaching hospitals.

Working closely with the Chair of Council, Lord Stevens of Birmingham, and the Vice-Chancellor & President, Professor Shitij Kapur, the University Secretary & Director of Assurance, Dr Sinéad Critchley, leads the Office of the Chairman and College Secretariat (OCCS). The Office comprises three key teams: Governance, Legal Services, and Audit and Assurance, each with a senior management lead. Collectively, OCCS is responsible for the effective running of governance across King’s, serving Council and its committees, supporting the Chair and Vice-Chancellor & President as a trusted advisor and a link between the non-executive and executive functions of the University, building assurance and compliance networks across King’s, supporting and contributing to strategic direction and ensuring compliance across a wide range of statutory, regulatory and policy requirements. Through the legal services team, OCCS oversees relevant activities governed by European/international legislation and contracts as well as specific agreements with partner establishments.

The Legal Services team consists of the General Counsel & Director of Legal Services and two Legal Counsel. The team provides legal advice to the whole College, manages the work and instructions of our external panel of law firms and oversees the College’s legal spend. The team is looking to further expand and is now recruiting a third Legal Counsel position.

The Legal Counsel will be responsible for providing high quality, considered and pragmatic legal advice across a diverse range of matters. However they will have a specific focus on advising on student litigation matters, education contracts, academic partnerships, dispute management and regulatory compliance, as well as delivering training and guidance materials to staff.

Working with staff at all levels, the role holder will manage their own challenging and varied caseload of legal matters with minimal supervision.

The Legal Counsel will report to the General Counsel and Director of Legal Services and support the other Legal Counsel in the continued development of a legal team recognised for delivering excellent advice and support for the College.

This is a full time role (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Qualified to practice as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales.
2. Post qualification experience in a broad range of areas of law such as education, contract, charity, and intellectual property law but with a particular specialism in education, or consumer law.
3. Experience and in-depth knowledge of the Equality Act.
4. A well-developed understanding of legal issues relating to education, research, enterprise and professional services in a Higher Education context.
5. Highly developed and accurate legal skills including drafting complex legal documents, researching, negotiation, advocacy and interviewing.
6. Enthusiasm and ability to liaise effectively with internal and external clients, exploring their respective needs, adapting the service, and setting expectations.
7. A self-motivated approach to planning and prioritising workloads with good organisational and time management skills.
8. Demonstrable team working experience, including ability and willingness to take on new tasks in unfamiliar areas and to react confidently and rapidly to emerging issues. 

Desirable criteria

1. Experience working as education solicitor, responding to complaints and appeals, drafting pre action correspondence and court documentation, liaising with OIA and OfS.   
2. In depth understanding of the legal and regulatory environment relating to the higher education sector.  
3. Experience working in an in-house team or university in house team.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

King's College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. King's has nearly 33,000 students from 190 countries, and is consistently ranked as one of the top 30 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025).

King’s is a multi-faculty institution, providing high-quality teaching, research and innovation across the sciences, humanities, medicine, law, dentistry, and social sciences. It’s the largest centre for the education of healthcare professionals in Europe, and is home to five Medical Research Council Centres spread across its three teaching hospitals.

Working closely with the Chair of Council, Lord Stevens of Birmingham, and the Vice-Chancellor & President, Professor Shitij Kapur, the University Secretary & Director of Assurance, Dr Sinéad Critchley, leads the Office of the Chairman and College Secretariat (OCCS). The Office comprises three key teams: Governance, Legal Services, and Audit and Assurance, each with a senior management lead. Collectively, OCCS is responsible for the effective running of governance across King’s, serving Council and its committees, supporting the Chair and Vice-Chancellor & President as a trusted advisor and a link between the non-executive and executive functions of the University, building assurance and compliance networks across King’s, supporting and contributing to strategic direction and ensuring compliance across a wide range of statutory, regulatory and policy requirements. Through the legal services team, OCCS oversees relevant activities governed by European/international legislation and contracts as well as specific agreements with partner establishments.

The Legal Services team currently consists of the General Counsel & Director of Legal Services and two Legal Counsel. The team provides legal advice to the whole College, manages the work and instructions of our external panel of law firms and oversees the College’s legal spend.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Junior Legal Counsel, ideally with a specialism in Employment Law, to join the Legal Services team.

The Junior Legal Counsel will work with the Legal Counsel (HR) and be responsible for providing high quality, considered and pragmatic legal advice across employment related matters. However the role holder will also need to provide advice on staff and student matters, education contracts, academic partnerships, dispute management and regulatory compliance, as well as delivering training and guidance materials to staff.

The Junior Legal Counsel will report to the General Counsel and Director of Legal Services and support the other Legal Counsel in the continued development of a legal team recognised for delivering excellent advice and support for the College.

This is a full time (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

 Essential criteria

1. Qualified to practice as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales. 
2. Post qualification experience in a range of areas of law such as contract, charity, education, and commercial law but with a particular specialism in employment law.   
3. Experience and good knowledge of the Equality Act and relevant employment law legislation. 
4. Developed legal skills including drafting legal documents, researching, negotiation, advocacy and interviewing.  
5. Enthusiasm and ability to liaise effectively with internal and external clients, exploring their respective needs, adapting the service, and setting expectations.   
6. A self-motivated approach to planning and prioritising work loads with good organisational and time management skills.    
7. Demonstrable team working experience, including ability and willingness to take on new tasks in unfamiliar areas and to react rapidly to emerging issues. 
8. Evidence of ability to research and solve expansive problems using initiative and creativity; identify and propose both practical and innovative solution.  

Desirable criteria

1. Experience working as employment solicitor, drafting pleadings, witness statements and conducting employment tribunal claims and advocacy. 
2. In depth understanding of the legal and regulatory environment relating to the higher education sector.   
3. Experience working in an in-house team or university in house team.  
4. An understanding of legal issues relating to education, research, enterprise and professional services in a Higher Education context. 

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.