Senior Legal Counsel

18 hours ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Steering Point Full time
Executive Search: Navigating Leadership Appointments across Fintech, Aviation & Corporate Finance

Steering Point is happy to partner with a well-known, international business, head-quartered in Ireland, who currently seek to hire a Senior Legal Counsel as part of their ongoing growth.


Base pay range

This range is provided by Steering Point. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.


Role
  • Lead and oversee complex legal projects from initiation to completion while engaging cross-functional stakeholders to secure input, alignment, and timely execution.
  • Provide strategic legal advice and lead negotiations on a broad range of high-value commercial contracts, supporting business growth and ensuring legal compliance.
  • Drive the creation, rollout, and continuous improvement of legal contracts and frameworks partnering with cross-functional leaders as required
  • Identify inefficiencies in day-to-day operations and implement scalable, streamlined solutions to enhance effectiveness
  • Play a key leadership role in corporate transactions (M&A and strategic investments) by managing legal due diligence, transaction documentation, cross-border legal coordination, and integration planning in partnership with external advisors and internal teams
  • Advise executive and senior business leaders on a wide spectrum of legal, compliance, and corporate matters, including regulatory issues, dispute resolution, and reputational risk, enabling well-informed, risk-adjusted decision-making.
  • Engage and liaise with external counsel, whilst managing costs
  • Foster a culture of legal excellence and continuous improvement, mentoring junior team members and contributing to knowledge-sharing and capability development across the function.
  • Undertake additional responsibilities and special projects as required, supporting the legal function's contribution to overall corporate governance and operational resilience

Candidate profile
  • Qualified solicitor with 7+ years PQE in private practice or in-house
  • Commercial acumen and solutions focused
  • Good interpersonal and managerial skills
  • Flexibility and willingness to work on a broad variety of matters

Reporting line

General Counsel & Company Secretary, with a dotted line into the senior management team


This search is managed by Nicola Flavin. Please reach out via LinkedIn or


Seniority level
  • Mid-Senior level

Employment type
  • Full-time

Job function
  • Legal

Industries
  • Manufacturing
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