In-House Legal Advisor
Telford Based
Competitive Salary
Monday–Friday | Permanent
Make an Impact Across a Growing Global Business
Lyreco UK & Ireland is looking for a proactive In-House Legal Advisor to provide pragmatic, risk-based commercial legal support. This is a hands-on role where you’ll influence decision-making, negotiate contracts, and ensure compliance in a fast-paced B2B environment. You’ll work closely with our Group Legal team in France and external advisors to protect and grow the business.
What You’ll Do
- Draft, review & negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts (customer, supplier, NDAs, data protection, service agreements, supply chain & property leases)
- Advise operational teams on risk, governance & contract delivery to maximise revenue and minimise risk
- Support corporate governance, including Board & general assembly documentation
- Work with external legal and Company Secretarial firms to maintain statutory compliance
- Provide legal guidance on tender/bid processes, project agreements, and joint ventures
- Keep the business up to date on industry legal developments and deliver ad hoc legal training
- Maintain a central contracts database and share legal know-how across the business
Who You Are
- Legally qualified (LLB or equivalent; CILEX / Solicitor preferred) with commercial law experience
- Strong contract drafting, negotiation & risk awareness
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Commercially minded, autonomous, and proactive
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
- Team player who collaborates across functions while knowing when to escalate
Why Lyreco?
- Be part of a newly created role with real influence
- Exposure to international legal operations
- Hybrid working and supportive culture
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Work in a company committed to diversity, inclusion, wellbeing, and sustainability
If you want to join a business that will invest in you, reward your success and give you genuine career progression — we’d love to hear from you.
As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do — with our people, customers, suppliers, and our local community.
We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our colleagues, to the sustainability of our environment, and to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and abilities, and we are happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and within the workplace.
Agency CV’s will not be accepted.
#INDMPUK
Top Skills
What We Do
The Lyreco Group is the European leader and the third largest distributor of workplace products and services in the world. A privately-owned company since 1926, Lyreco is now present in 25 countries with 13 partners in 15 additional countries, operating in 40 different countries across the globe. A global workplace solutions company with 12,000 employees, Lyreco’s mission is to delivery sustainably, what any workplace needs, so its people can focus on what matters most. We are pioneers, today and tomorrow, in delivering what any workplace needs, from workplace products, to services, anywhere you work. We are active in the areas of office supplies, print services and consumables, PPE and safety solutions, coffee and catering, hygiene and cleaning, furniture and ergonomics solutions, and wellbeing services. With our core values of excellence, passion respect, and agility driving every decision, and a perfect blend of people, technology, and our corporate social responsibility strategy, we aim to deliver a great working day for our people and our customers. We strive for perfection in everything we do, and we really care for our customers. We believe in trust, respect and ethical behaviour, and we remain agile with our ability to anticipate, innovate and adapt to change. To learn more about Lyreco – check out our website
.png){kind=logo}
