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About the Role

Join the Francis Crick Institute as Senior Legal Counsel to bring your expertise to an organisation helping to transform our understanding of human health. This part-time role offers a high impact opportunity with reduced hours, suitable for those seeking greater flexibility or returning to work. You will engage in varied and intellectually stimulating work with a strong corporate and commercial focus, including M&A, investments, strategic transactions, and complex agreements.

Responsibilities

Drafting, negotiating and advising on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including corporate agreements (including shareholder agreements and investment documentation), partnership arrangements, complex commercial contracts and strategic transactions.
Providing pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice to teams across the Crick.
Building trusted relationships with stakeholders across science and operations.
Sharing corporate and commercial expertise to develop capability across the Legal & Governance team.
Supporting improvements to legal processes, ways of working and technology.
Mentoring colleagues and contributing to a positive team culture.

Requirements

A solicitor or barrister admitted in England & Wales (or other common law jurisdiction) with a current practicing certificate, and with significant post qualification experience (or equivalent).
Corporate and transactional experience, ideally in a fast paced industry and/or start up environment with hands on experience in managing shareholder and investment documentation, fundraising and intellectual property matters.
General commercial contracting experience, ideally in a science or technology sector, and a sound understanding of the legal and regulatory context in which the Crick operates as a charitable company and biomedical research institute.
Experience of designing, using or developing ways of working and alternative and/or technology supported legal service models.
Keen and confident user of technology and interest in exploring new technologies to foster team working, promote awareness, share knowledge and support compliance.
Strong interpersonal skills and influencing skills (eg tact, integrity, confidentiality and patience) with highly developed emotional and political intelligence.
Able to build personal credibility quickly and develop and maintain effective relationships with people with differing perspectives and needs.
Exhibit presence and confidence when interacting with people at all levels across the organisation.
A positive self-starter and team player.
Able to work effectively in a collegiate environment and consult with colleagues to share expertise and ideas to deliver new outcomes.
Act authentically and consistently and develop self-awareness by seeking feedback from others.
Think strategically.
A problem-solver or gatekeeper, as the situation demands, delivering legal services with commercial awareness and to an excellent standard.
Confident to challenge previous ways of doing things and to drive a matter through to a successful conclusion.
Excellent communication skills and an engaging delivery.
Able to present complex information as clear and simple communications.
A concise, compelling written style with strong written accuracy and excellent legal drafting skills.
Highly organised with strong planning skills and the ability to prioritise competing demands and tight deadlines.
A methodical approach and an excellent attention to detail.
Flexible, self-motivated and resilient under pressure.
Experience of supporting and developing junior colleagues.
A commitment to the Crick’s vision and core values.
Experience working both in-house and in private practice (Desirable).
Experience of charity law and/or working within the charity sector (Desirable).
Experience of life sciences, research or higher education sectors (Desirable).
Experience of risk management tools and approach (Desirable).
Previous people management experience (Desirable).

Skills

Corporate and commercial work
M&A
Investments
Strategic transactions
Complex agreements
Corporate agreements
Shareholder agreements
Investment documentation
Partnership arrangements
Commercial contracts
Legal advice
Stakeholder relationship building
Process improvement
Technology adoption
Mentoring
Team collaboration
Interpersonal skills
Influencing skills
Emotional intelligence
Political intelligence
Strategic thinking
Problem-solving
Communication skills
Legal drafting
Planning skills
Attention to detail
Flexibility
Self-motivation
Resilience

Location

Onsite

Work Type

Part-time
Permanent
Flexible working patterns

Experience Level

Senior
Significant post qualification experience

Education Level

Solicitor or barrister admitted in England & Wales (or other common law jurisdiction) with a current practicing certificate

Salary/Compensations

Circa £100,000 (Pro rata)

Benefits

Competitive benefits
28 days of annual leave, plus three additional days over Christmas and bank holidays (pro rata for part-time employees)
Defined contribution pension with employer contributions of up to 16%
24/7 GP consultation services
Occupational health services
Mental health support programs
Eye care vouchers
Discounted healthcare plans
Back-up care for dependents
Childcare support allowance
Annual leave purchase options
Crick Networks offering diverse groups’ support, community and inclusive social events
Discounted gym memberships
Bike-to-work scheme
Shopping discounts
Subsidised on-site restaurant
Social spaces for team interaction

About the Company

The Francis Crick Institute is Europe’s largest biomedical research institute under one roof.
World-class scientists and staff collaborate on vital research to help prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, infectious diseases and neurodegenerative conditions.
The Crick is a place for collaboration, innovation and exploration across many disciplines.
A space where the brightest minds can pursue big and bold ideas and discover answers to crucial scientific questions.
We support them in a dynamic environment which fosters excellence with state-of-the-art infrastructure, cutting-edge facilities, and a creative and curious culture.
We’ve removed traditional boundaries of departments, divisions and disciplines and instead have an open approach that supports every researcher.
This gives us the freedom to take risks and carry out high-quality, pioneering research.
Creating a space for discovery without boundaries helps us to turn our science into benefits for human health and the economy.

Equal Opportunity

We are keen to hear from a diverse range of applicants and professional backgrounds.
At the Francis Crick Institute, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to driving innovation and scientific discovery.
We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to succeed, regardless of their background, identity, or personal circumstances.
We actively encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ethnicities, abilities, and experiences.
We are a Disability Confident: Committed employer and want to ensure that everyone can apply and be part of our recruitment processes and so we'll make reasonable adjustments if you need them - just let us know when you apply.
If you need assistance with applying (i.e., would like to apply by phone or post) please email: ruby.oluwafemi@crick.ac.uk.