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As sole legal counsel to Baxters’ European business, the role holder is responsible for the management of legal risk and provision of pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice to the European Leadership Team and wider European business functions, including our Polish subsidiary. \n This position combines strategic oversight with hands-on legal delivery, leading on legal risk, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and advising across a wide range of complex commercial matters. \n A key element of the role is the provision of operational legal support to review, draft and negotiate of a broad range of contracts being entered into by the European Business Unit. \n Role Profile: \n\n • Legal Management and Advice: Provide pragmatic and commercially focussed advice across a range of complex commercial matters; outsourcing to external legal advisers where appropriate, managing the relationship with the chosen services providers and their costs.\n, • Compliance and Risk Management: Provide legal support to enable effective compliance, corporate governance and risk management of the European Business Unit within Baxters Food Group’s overall legal and regulatory framework, ensuring alignment with Group policies, standards and risk appetite.\n, • Contracts: Ensure consistency and efficiency of contracting processes and standards across the European Business Unit. Assess and manage the legal risk in contractual arrangements both in new business and existing commercial relationships through the effective review and negotiation of a wide variety and high volume of commercial contracts being entered into by the European Business Unit.\n, • Projects/Transactions: Support transactional and special project work (including Banking transactions and Mergers and Acquisitions) relating to the European Business Unit; outsourcing to external legal advisers where appropriate, managing the relationship with the chosen services providers and their costs.\n, • Brand Protection & IP: Monitor, protect and manage Baxters Food Group’s intellectual property portfolio, including trade marks, designs and related rights, ensuring appropriate registration, renewal and enforcement strategies are in place across all relevant jurisdictions. Oversee the appointment and performance of external trade mark and design attorneys, ensuring high-quality advice and effective cost control, while proactively identifying and mitigating IP risks and supporting the business in the development and protection of new products and brands.\n, • Litigation/Disputes: Management of litigation and legal disputes relating to the European Business Unit of Baxters Food Group; outsourcing to external legal advisers where appropriate, managing the relationship with the chosen services providers and their costs. Insurance: Provide support to the administration and renewal of the Baxters Food Group’s insurance programme in conjunction with our Group Legal Director & Company Secretary and nominated insurance broker. Ensure the effective notification and management of any insurance claims made on the policies relating to the European Business Unit.\n, • Property: Provide administration and legal services to maintain the European property portfolio of the Baxters Food Group including the negotiation of leases/purchases, rating and rent reviews, dilapidation settlements; outsourcing to external legal advisers where appropriate, managing the relationship with the chosen services providers and their costs.\n, • Other Duties: Minute-taking at European Board Meetings. Develop and maintain relationships with our key external legal providers, ensuring they remain business-focused and value-driven. Collaborate with Legal colleagues across the Baxters Group to help to define the future strategy, shape and continuous improvement of the Legal function, including the adoption of AI and legal technology tools to improve efficiency, scalability, and business partnership.\n\n Candidate Requirements: \n\n • Scottish or English qualified lawyer with relevant commercial experience. \n, • Ideally you will have in-house experienced (retails, FMCG would be ideal) however candidates with relevant experience in private practice are invited to apply. \n, • Experience of managing external advisers.\n, • Strong analytical skills and the ability to solve complex business problems through effective cross-functional collaboration.\n, • Highly motivated and energetic self-starter; a 'hands on' practical person who will work at every level to get the job done.\n, • Resilient and copes with conflicting priorities and can thrive in a fluid and changeable environment.\n, • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present complex information clearly and succinctly and to provide advice at the most senior level in a way that is authoritative and inspires confidence and trust.\n, • Comfortable working at Board level when needed, including drafting reports in a style and format appropriate for presentation.\n, • An understanding of the food manufacturing other directly relevant sector would be desirable but not essential.\n, • Experience advising/ managing legal support to a multi-jurisdictional business.\n\n Salary: \n\n • On offer is a highly competitive salary and benefits package.\n\n To Apply: \n\n • For a confidential discussion about this position, to request the full job description or to apply, please click on the Apply Button. \n\n \n \n

\n Join us as a Managing Legal Counsel, Payments and Digital Assets \n \n • This is an excellent opportunity to shape the legal strategy of the bank’s payments and digital assets activities, while acting as a trusted advisor on regulation, industry developments and emerging technologies\n, • Whilst your role sits within Retail & Private Banking, you’ll lead our Payments Legal Centre of Expertise (CoE), providing specialist legal support across the bank and wider Legal, Governance and Regulatory Affairs (LG&RA) function\n, • You’ll operate at the forefront of legal and regulatory change, working with senior stakeholders, regulators and industry bodies to help the bank navigate an evolving payments and digital assets landscape\n, • You'll work from home some of the time, coming into the office at least one day per week to collaborate closely with your colleagues\n What you’ll do\n As our Managing Legal Counsel, you’ll be an experienced and ambitious senior lawyer leading the Payments Legal CoE and coordinating the delivery of legal advice across the bank’s payments and digital assets activities. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders and legal colleagues across LG&RA to make sure legal support is delivered efficiently, effectively and in line with business priorities. You’ll keep advice commercially focused and accessible, helping stakeholders understand and manage legal and regulatory risks. \n As a key advisor to the business, you’ll help shape strategic decisions, support innovation and manage legal and regulatory risk in a practical way. You'll play an important role in supporting the development and launch of innovative products and services, including digital assets and emerging payment technologies such as tokenisation, stablecoins,custody andprogrammable payments, helping the bank navigate a rapidly evolving market. \n You’ll be: \n \n • Leading the development and delivery of the bank's payments legal strategy, including horizon scanning for regulatory, market and technological developments\n, • Providing expert advice on payment products, schemes, infrastructure, open banking, account-to-account payments and strategic payments initiatives\n, • Building strong relationships with regulators, industry bodies, advisers and internal stakeholders to influence and respond to market and regulatory developments\n, • Providing the communication of internal and external legal advice and helping to deliver transactions and projects to stakeholders in a commercial, user friendly and efficient manner\n, • Driving continuous improvement through process optimisation, technology, automation and AI-enabled solutions that enhance efficiency and service delivery\n, • Developing and mentoring legal colleagues while strengthening payments and digital assets expertise across LG&RA\n, • Managing legal spend effectively through e-billing, auctions and other cost management tools\n The skills you'll need\n We’re looking for someone with deep knowledge of banking law and practice, supported by significant experience within financial services industry. You’ll bring extensive expertise in payments regulation and, at the minimum, a developing understanding of digital assets regulation gained either in-house or within a leading law firm. \n You'll be comfortable operating at a senior level, managing complex legal and regulatory issues while building strong relationships across the bank and externally with regulators, industry bodies and advisers. Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills will be essential, alongside experience developing and motivating high-performing teams. \n You’ll also need: \n \n • Industry-leading knowledge of payments regulation, payments schemes and the legal frameworks underpinning UK and international payment services\n, • An understanding of emerging legal and regulatory developments affecting digital assets, open banking, future payment models and agentic AI\n, • The ability to identify, assess and communicate complex legal and regulatory risks in a clear, pragmatic manner\n, • Deep knowledge of payments regulation, payment schemes and the legal framework underpinning UK and international payment services\n, • Experience influencing senior stakeholders and contributing to strategic business decisions\n, • A proactive approach to horizon scanning, thought leadership and sharing legal and market developments with business and legal colleagues\n, • The ability to identify issues of strategic, legal or reputational importance and determine how they should be addressed\n \n #J-18808-Ljbffr

Excellent opportunity for a Commercial Lawyer to act as Legal Counsel to an global brand. \n This role will be based in their offices in central Edinburgh. \n This is an exceptional opportunity to take on a diverse and challenging in-house legal role. \n \n\n • As sole legal counsel you will be responsible for the management of legal risk and provision of pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice to the European Leadership Team and wider European business functions, including their Polish subsidiary.\n, • This position combines strategic oversight with hands-on legal delivery, leading on legal risk, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and advising across a wide range of complex commercial matters.\n, • A key element of the role is the provision of operational legal support to review, draft and negotiate of a broad range of contracts being entered into by the European Business Unit.\n\n \n Role Profile: \n \n\n • Legal Management and Advice: Provide pragmatic and commercially focussed advice across a range of complex commercial matters; outsourcing to external legal advisers where appropriate, managing the relationship with the chosen services providers and their costs.\n\n \n\n • Compliance and Risk Management: Provide legal support to enable effective compliance, corporate governance and risk management of the European Business Unit within Baxters Food Group’s overall legal and regulatory framework, ensuring alignment with Group policies, standards and risk appetite.\n\n \n\n • Contracts: Ensure consistency and efficiency of contracting processes and standards across the European Business Unit. Assess and manage the legal risk in contractual arrangements both in new business and existing commercial relationships through the effective review and negotiation of a wide variety and high volume of commercial contracts being entered into by the European Business Unit.\n\n \n\n • Projects/Transactions: Support transactional and special project work (including Banking transactions and Mergers and Acquisitions) relating to the European Business Unit; outsourcing to external legal advisers where appropriate, managing the relationship with the chosen services providers and their costs.\n\n \n\n • Brand Protection & IP: Monitor, protect and manage Baxters Food Group’s intellectual property portfolio, including trade marks, designs and related rights, ensuring appropriate registration, renewal and enforcement strategies are in place across all relevant jurisdictions. Oversee the appointment and performance of external trade mark and design attorneys, ensuring high-quality advice and effective cost control, while proactively identifying and mitigating IP risks and supporting the business in the development and protection of new products and brands.\n\n \n\n • Litigation/Disputes: Management of litigation and legal disputes relating to the European Business Unit of Baxters Food Group; outsourcing to external legal advisers where appropriate, managing the relationship with the chosen services providers and their costs.\n\n \n\n • Insurance: Provide support to the administration and renewal of the Baxters Food Group’s insurance programme in conjunction with our Group Legal Director & Company Secretary and nominated insurance broker. Ensure the effective notification and management of any insurance claims made on the policies relating to the European Business Unit.\n\n \n\n • Property: Provide administration and legal services to maintain the European property portfolio of the Baxters Food Group including the negotiation of leases/purchases, rating and rent reviews, dilapidation settlements; outsourcing to external legal advisers where appropriate, managing the relationship with the chosen services providers and their costs.\n\n \n\n • Other Duties: Minute-taking at European Board Meetings. Develop and maintain relationships with our key external legal providers, ensuring they remain business-focused and value-driven. Collaborate with Legal colleagues across the Baxters Group to help to define the future strategy, shape and continuous improvement of the Legal function, including the adoption of AI and legal technology tools to improve efficiency, scalability, and business partnership.\n\n \n Candidate Requirements: \n \n\n • Scottish or English qualified lawyer with relevant commercial experience.\n, • Ideally you will have in-house experienced (retails, FMCG would be ideal) however candidates with relevant experience in private practice are invited to apply.\n, • Experience of managing external advisers.\n, • Strong analytical skills and the ability to solve complex business problems through effective cross-functional collaboration.\n, • Highly motivated and energetic self-starter; a 'hands on' practical person who will work at every level to get the job done.\n, • Resilient and copes with conflicting priorities and can thrive in a fluid and changeable environment.\n, • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present complex information clearly and succinctly and to provide advice at the most senior level in a way that is authoritative and inspires confidence and trust.\n, • Comfortable working at Board level when needed, including drafting reports in a style and format appropriate for presentation.\n, • An understanding of the food manufacturing other directly relevant sector would be desirable but not essential.\n, • Experience advising/ managing legal support to a multi-jurisdictional business.\n\n \n On Offer: \n \n On offer is a highly competitive salary and benefits package. \n \n To Apply: \n \n For a confidential discussion about this position, to request the full job description or to apply, please contact: \n \n David Thomson- Director \n Telephone: +44 (0) 131 450 7164 \n Email: david@thomsonlrc.com

NatWest Group is seeking a Managing Legal Counsel for Payments and Digital Assets. You will lead the Payments Legal CoE, coordinating advisory across the bank’s payments and digital assets activities, and work with senior stakeholders and regulators to navigate evolving regulation and technology. You will shape strategic decisions, support innovation, and manage legal risk in a practical way as digital assets and payment technologies emerge, including tokenisation and open banking developments. #J-18808-Ljbffr

NatWest Group is seeking a Managing Legal Counsel, Payments and Digital Assets to shape the legal strategy for payments and digital assets. You will advise senior stakeholders and regulators, guiding regulatory responses and technology-driven solutions. The role sits in Retail & Private Banking, with a hybrid working model requiring one day in the office per week. You will lead the Payments Legal Centre of Expertise, coordinating cross-bank legal support while delivering pragmatic, commercially #J-18808-Ljbffr

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