Signet & Coterie | UK-In-House Legal CounselLawyer. Commercial brain. Problem solver. Occasional firefighter.
We’re looking for an experienced full-time In-House Legal Counsel to join the team supporting two very different, but equally entrepreneurial businesses — Signet Collection , our growing hospitality business, and Coterie , our fine wine and logistics business. On one side, there’s Signet Collection — a growing collection of wonderfully individual hotels and hospitality businesses, doing things a little differently. On the other, there’s Coterie — our fine wine and logistics business, operating in a completely different world, but with the same entrepreneurial spirit.
Two businesses. Two sectors. Plenty of variety. And one newly created legal role sitting right in the middle of it all. If you’re the sort of lawyer who enjoys a good commercial challenge, gets bored doing the same thing every day and would rather solve a problem than simply point out that there is one, we should probably talk.
So, what’s the job?
You’ll be our key UK legal resource across Signet and Coterie, working closely with our General Counsel in Taiwan, Executive Chair of Coterie and Managing Director of Signet, as well as our wider leadership teams.
You’ll also be involved in acquisitions, property, governance, employment, data protection, regulatory matters, disputes and pretty much anything else that requires a sensible legal head. One day you might be working on the acquisition of a hotel. The next, negotiating a major commercial agreement. The day after that, helping HR navigate a tricky people issue or advising the leadership team on a new business opportunity.
What will you actually be doing?
A bit of everything, including:
M&A, investments & corporate structuringSupporting acquisitions, disposals, investments, due diligence, corporate structures and strategic transactions.
Commercial contractsDrafting, reviewing and negotiating supplier, customer, partnership, procurement, services and other strategic commercial agreements.
Property & real estateSupporting hotel acquisitions, disposals, leases, licences, developments, refurbishments and the many other joys of property law.
Hospitality, wine & regulatory mattersProviding practical, commercial advice across the regulatory environments in which both businesses operate.
Employment & peopleWorking alongside HR and senior leaders on employment-related legal matters, policies, employee relations and risk.
Data, technology, cyber & AIAdvising on GDPR, data sharing, technology agreements, systems, AI and the increasingly interesting legal questions that come with them.
Intellectual property, brand & reputationHelping protect our brands, intellectual property, partnerships and commercial interests.
Disputes, claims & insuranceManaging and resolving disputes, claims and incidents, bringing in external specialists when they’re needed.
Governance & company secretarialSupporting boards, statutory requirements, corporate records and good governance — making sure we’re doing the right things in the right way.
Where will you be?
This is a hybrid role, where you can work across home, our soon to be live Mayfair office, and any Coterie or Signet location. We’re looking for someone who enjoys being close to the business and the people making things happen — not someone who wants to disappear into a legal cave with a stack of contracts.
About you
You’ll be a qualified solicitor in England & Wales, ideally with 10+ years’ PQE, with a strong grounding in both private practice and sophisticated in-house legal work.
You’ll ideally bring experience across:
- Corporate and commercial law
- M&A and investments
- Property and real estate
- Commercial contracts
- Corporate governance
Experience in hospitality, hotels, leisure, property, luxury, wine, logistics or another fast-moving, consumer-facing environment would be fantastic. But actually, we’re more interested in how you think than where you’ve worked.
Because the best lawyer for us won’t just know the law. They’ll understand the business.
You’ll probably fit in rather well if you…
See solutions, not just problems.You can give clear legal advice without covering the page in red ink and saying, “Unfortunately, no.”
Think commercially.You understand that businesses need to take calculated risks — and your job is to help them do that intelligently.
Are comfortable being independent.You’ll be the principal UK legal resource, so confidence, judgement and the ability to get things moving are important.
Know when something stays in the room.You’ll be trusted
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