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The Very Group is a retail and e-commerce company that operates various online retail brands, including Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com. They offer a wide range of products across categories such as fashion, home, electrical, and beauty. The ultimate mission of The Very Group is to provide a seamless and enjoyable shopping experience for their customers, offering a diverse range of high-quality products and exceptional customer service. Their purpose is to inspire and enable their customers to express their individuality, style, and aspirations through their products and services. The Very Group aims to be a trusted destination for online shopping, delivering convenience, choice, and value while creating meaningful connections with their customers and fostering long-term loyalty.

Retail & Consumer Goods

The Very Group

Retail

Making good things easily accessible to more people so they can live life well.

You must be a qualified Solicitor with 6+ years PQE in commercial and corporate governance, showcasing strong analytical skills, ability to simplify complex legal issues, and experience in contract review and negotiation.

You will lead corporate governance initiatives, build relationships with senior leaders, negotiate and manage contracts, provide legal advice on risks and mitigations, and stay updated on legal and industry changes impacting the organization.

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Reporting into the Group Legal Director, the Head of Legal will focus on ensuring that The Very Group meet all statutory and regulatory reporting requirements, as well as acting as a point of contact for the Board and Committees. Acting as a subject matter expert in corporate governance, or general experience in corporate law, with a strong understanding of regulatory rules. This is a sole contributor role with the opportunity to work across both corporate governance and commercial business workstreams.<ul><li>Building relationships with Senior leaders of multi-disciplinary cross functional teams delivering large and highly complex programmes across Retail, Operations, IT, Financial Services, and the wider Group.</li><li>Leading on corporate governance responsibilities, reporting and advice, supporting a Group Governance team with their day-to-day responsibilities.</li><li>Negotiation, documentation, and ongoing maintenance of business-critical contractual relationships with key outsourcers and suppliers.</li><li>Providing commentary, advice and recommendations to the Group Boards and Committees, Executive Team and NEDs around risks and any relevant mitigations.</li><li>Interpreting all statutory, regulatory and court driven requirements impacting the Group, ensuring plans are in place to mitigate risks appropriately.</li><li>Identifying legal or industry changes in the UK or Ireland affecting The Very Group and the recommendation of actions.</li></ul>About youYou will be a qualified Solicitor with experience of commercial and corporate governance or corporate legal work. You will be able to evidence strong influencing and leadership skills to drive and support internal committees and governance teams, undertaking all legal works associated with your field of expertise.We are also looking for the successful candidate to bring;<ul><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a commercially aware attitude to legal and reputational risk and ability to deliver pragmatic solutions to complex legal issues.</li><li>The ability to present complex, specialist problems and solutions in a clear and simple manner.</li><li>Complex and specialist contract review and negotiation experience.</li><li>6+ years’ PQE experience</li></ul>

Reporting into the Group Legal Director, the Head of Legal will focus on ensuring that The Very Group meet all statutory and regulatory reporting requirements, as well as acting as a point of contact for the Board and Committees. Acting as a subject matter expert in corporate governance, or general experience in corporate law, with a strong understanding of regulatory rules. This is a sole contributor role with the opportunity to work across both corporate governance and commercial business workstreams.Building relationships with Senior leaders of multi-disciplinary cross functional teams delivering large and highly complex programmes across Retail, Operations, IT, Financial Services, and the wider Group.Leading on corporate governance responsibilities, reporting and advice, supporting a Group Governance team with their day-to-day responsibilities.Negotiation, documentation, and ongoing maintenance of business-critical contractual relationships with key outsourcers and suppliers.Providing commentary, advice and recommendations to the Group Boards and Committees, Executive Team and NEDs around risks and any relevant mitigations.Interpreting all statutory, regulatory and court driven requirements impacting the Group, ensuring plans are in place to mitigate risks appropriately.Identifying legal or industry changes in the UK or Ireland affecting The Very Group and the recommendation of actions.About youYou will be a qualified Solicitor with experience of commercial and corporate governance or corporate legal work. You will be able to evidence strong influencing and leadership skills to drive and support internal committees and governance teams, undertaking all legal works associated with your field of expertise.We are also looking for the successful candidate to bring;Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a commercially aware attitude to legal and reputational risk and ability to deliver pragmatic solutions to complex legal issues.The ability to present complex, specialist problems and solutions in a clear and simple manner.Complex and specialist contract review and negotiation experience.6+ years’ PQE experience

Head of Legal (Corporate Governance) - The Very Group

Head of Legal (Corporate Governance)

You must be a qualified Solicitor with 6+ years' PQE, experienced in corporate governance, contract review, and negotiation. Strong leadership and influencing skills are a must.

You will lead corporate governance, build relationships, negotiate contracts, provide legal advice, and stay updated on legal requirements affecting the company.

Reporting into the Group Legal Director, the Head of Legal will focus on ensuring that The Very Group meet all statutory and regulatory reporting requirements, as well as acting as a point of contact for the Board and Committees. Acting as a subject matter expert in corporate governance, or general experience in corporate law, with a strong understanding of regulatory rules. This is a sole contributor role with the opportunity to work across both corporate governance and commercial business workstreams.<ul><li>Building relationships with Senior leaders of multi-disciplinary cross functional teams delivering large and highly complex programmes across Retail, Operations, IT, Financial Services, and the wider Group.</li><li>Leading on corporate governance responsibilities, reporting and advice, supporting a Group Governance team with their day-to-day responsibilities.</li><li>Negotiation, documentation, and ongoing maintenance of business-critical contractual relationships with key outsourcers and suppliers.</li><li>Providing commentary, advice and recommendations to the Group Boards and Committees, Executive Team and NEDs around risks and any relevant mitigations.</li><li>Interpreting all statutory, regulatory and court driven requirements impacting the Group, ensuring plans are in place to mitigate risks appropriately.</li><li>Identifying legal or industry changes in the UK or Ireland affecting The Very Group and the recommendation of actions.</li></ul>About youYou will be a qualified Solicitor with experience of commercial and corporate governance or corporate legal work. You will be able to evidence strong influencing and leadership skills to drive and support internal committees and governance teams, undertaking all legal works associated with your field of expertise.We are also looking for the successful candidate to bring;<ul><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a commercially aware attitude to legal and reputational risk and ability to deliver pragmatic solutions to complex legal issues.</li><li>The ability to present complex, specialist problems and solutions in a clear and simple manner.</li><li>Complex and specialist contract review and negotiation experience.</li><li>6+ years’ PQE experience.</li></ul>

Reporting into the Group Legal Director, the Head of Legal will focus on ensuring that The Very Group meet all statutory and regulatory reporting requirements, as well as acting as a point of contact for the Board and Committees. Acting as a subject matter expert in corporate governance, or general experience in corporate law, with a strong understanding of regulatory rules. This is a sole contributor role with the opportunity to work across both corporate governance and commercial business workstreams.Building relationships with Senior leaders of multi-disciplinary cross functional teams delivering large and highly complex programmes across Retail, Operations, IT, Financial Services, and the wider Group.Leading on corporate governance responsibilities, reporting and advice, supporting a Group Governance team with their day-to-day responsibilities.Negotiation, documentation, and ongoing maintenance of business-critical contractual relationships with key outsourcers and suppliers.Providing commentary, advice and recommendations to the Group Boards and Committees, Executive Team and NEDs around risks and any relevant mitigations.Interpreting all statutory, regulatory and court driven requirements impacting the Group, ensuring plans are in place to mitigate risks appropriately.Identifying legal or industry changes in the UK or Ireland affecting The Very Group and the recommendation of actions.About youYou will be a qualified Solicitor with experience of commercial and corporate governance or corporate legal work. You will be able to evidence strong influencing and leadership skills to drive and support internal committees and governance teams, undertaking all legal works associated with your field of expertise.We are also looking for the successful candidate to bring;Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a commercially aware attitude to legal and reputational risk and ability to deliver pragmatic solutions to complex legal issues.The ability to present complex, specialist problems and solutions in a clear and simple manner.Complex and specialist contract review and negotiation experience.6+ years’ PQE experience.

You must be reliable, have strong relationships, commercial awareness, problem-solving skills, communication skills, independence, ability to work under pressure.

You will review and negotiate contracts, provide legal support on projects, stay updated on legal developments, build relationships with business areas, offer guidance on legal issues, provide training, and support change projects.

<ul><li>This role represents a great opportunity for a qualified solicitor to work within a critical support function of a major digital retailer and financial services provider with an exposure to a broad range of practice areas, with particular focus on both commercial contracts and corporate governance legal support.&nbsp;</li><li>An understanding of commercial contracts, corporate law or corporate governance is essential for this role, whether it be through PQE experience or in a training rotation. This role covers a wide range of contracts including generalist commercial (IT, Retail, Partnerships) and Corporate Governance.</li></ul>The responsibilities of the role will include:<ul><li>Contract review, drafting and negotiation for a broad range of different commercial contracts, including IT, consultancy, and general procurement.</li><li>Supporting the Head of Legal and Group Legal Director with legal projects impacting The Very Group.</li><li>Maintaining extensive knowledge of UK legal and regulatory developments affecting The Very Group’s activities in the retail marketplace and identifying potential legal and regulatory change to ensure impacts are sufficiently understood and mitigated.</li><li>Maintaining effective relationships with all relevant business areas through a pragmatic, commercial and business focussed approach and demonstrating a sound understanding of business processes within The Very Group.</li><li>Application of analytical and process skills, specialist knowledge and innovative thinking to offer support and guidance on complex legal and operational problems.</li><li>Providing structured training and on the job guidance to staff in a variety of departments, raising awareness of legal and regulatory risks relevant to them.</li><li>Supporting a range of change projects within The Very Group.</li></ul>About You<ul><li>You will be reliable and trustworthy with the ability to build great relationships. We’re at our best when we focus, support each other, and celebrate our progress.</li><li>Alongside the ability to demonstrate sound commercial awareness and judgement and logical problem-solving skills you will have experience in commercial law with knowledge of corporate practices.</li><li>You will have effective communication and influencing skills with the ability to convey the implications of complex technical issues to non-subject matter experts at all levels and the confidence to challenge and escalate appropriately.</li><li>You will be able to work independently and use your own initiative whilst having the support of senior lawyers within the team and you will be expected to manage competing demands and to work under pressure.</li></ul>

This role represents a great opportunity for a qualified solicitor to work within a critical support function of a major digital retailer and financial services provider with an exposure to a broad range of practice areas, with particular focus on both commercial contracts and corporate governance legal support. An understanding of commercial contracts, corporate law or corporate governance is essential for this role, whether it be through PQE experience or in a training rotation. This role covers a wide range of contracts including generalist commercial (IT, Retail, Partnerships) and Corporate Governance.The responsibilities of the role will include:Contract review, drafting and negotiation for a broad range of different commercial contracts, including IT, consultancy, and general procurement.Supporting the Head of Legal and Group Legal Director with legal projects impacting The Very Group.Maintaining extensive knowledge of UK legal and regulatory developments affecting The Very Group’s activities in the retail marketplace and identifying potential legal and regulatory change to ensure impacts are sufficiently understood and mitigated.Maintaining effective relationships with all relevant business areas through a pragmatic, commercial and business focussed approach and demonstrating a sound understanding of business processes within The Very Group.Application of analytical and process skills, specialist knowledge and innovative thinking to offer support and guidance on complex legal and operational problems.Providing structured training and on the job guidance to staff in a variety of departments, raising awareness of legal and regulatory risks relevant to them.Supporting a range of change projects within The Very Group.About YouYou will be reliable and trustworthy with the ability to build great relationships. We’re at our best when we focus, support each other, and celebrate our progress.Alongside the ability to demonstrate sound commercial awareness and judgement and logical problem-solving skills you will have experience in commercial law with knowledge of corporate practices.You will have effective communication and influencing skills with the ability to convey the implications of complex technical issues to non-subject matter experts at all levels and the confidence to challenge and escalate appropriately.You will be able to work independently and use your own initiative whilst having the support of senior lawyers within the team and you will be expected to manage competing demands and to work under pressure.