Group Legal Director
Wotton-under-Edge
Renishaw is a global leader in precision engineering, manufacturing, and technology innovation. With a strong heritage in advanced manufacturing and metrology, we deliver cutting-edge solutions across industries including aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and electronics.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Group Legal Director within our Legal & Secretarial team to lead our Group Legal function. This key role, reporting to the Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, will provide strategic oversight for legal matters across the Group, with a particular focus on legal risk management as well as leading on commercial and corporate transactions.
The ideal candidate will bring substantial leadership experience, with in-depth expertise in commercial contracts and corporate advisory, ideally gained in-house within the engineering and / or manufacturing sectors. You will act as a trusted adviser to senior leadership, help shape strategy of the Legal & Secretarial function whilst supporting the constantly evolving global operations of the business.
Responsibilities
Lead and manage an experienced in-house team, ensuring timely, commercially focussed legal support across all business units.
Provide expert legal advice on complex commercial arrangements and transactions, supplier and customer agreements and licensing.
Support the business in navigating legal risks associated with innovation and product development, and delivery in a global context.
Advise and lead on corporate matters including corporate restructurings, joint ventures, acquisitions, disposals and strategic partnerships and alliances.
Support the Senior Leadership Team as appropriate with strategic input on the legal implications of business decisions.
Support the Group General Counsel & Company Secretary in shaping the strategy of the Legal & Secretarial team.
Manage relationships with external counsel, ensure cost-effective legal support and develop Group Legal operations.
Manage the strategic direction of any significant disputes and litigation.
Requirements
Qualified solicitor with substantial experience of leading a team of in-house lawyers and legal professionals.
Deep expertise in commercial law, including contract negotiation, risk management, and corporate M&A.
Background in an engineering and / or manufacturing sector is desirable.
Experience of working within a listed company environment is desirable.
Skills & Attributes
Strong influencer with the ability to guide and challenge senior leadership constructively.
Resilient and adaptable, able to manage ambiguity and lead through change.
Strategic thinker with sound judgment and commercial acumen.
Collaborative leader who can build trust and alignment across teams and functions.
Clear communicator with the ability to simplify complex legal issues for non-legal stakeholders.
Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
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Employment Type:
PermanentTime Type:
Full timeRequisition Number:
R8529 Group Legal Director (Open)
What We Do
Renishaw is one of the world's leading engineering and scientific technology companies, with expertise in precision measurement and healthcare. The company supplies products and services used in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. It is also a world leader in the field of additive manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing), where it designs and makes industrial machines which ‘print' parts from metal powder.
The Renishaw Group currently has 80 offices in 36 countries, with over 5,000 employees, of which over 3,000 people are employed within the UK. The majority of the company's R&D and manufacturing is carried out in the UK and for the year ended June 2019, Renishaw achieved sales of £574 million of which 94% was due to exports. The company's largest markets are USA, China, Japan and Germany
