Internal Lawyer – Commercial Contracts
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Occupation TypeSolicitors and lawyers
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
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£51,600
(£26.46 per hour)
Occupation rate applies
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Description
Lanpro is a market leading multi-disciplinary consultancy who specialise in Environment led Planning and Design.
We work on projects at all scales within town, semi-rural and rural contexts, across a variety of sectors that includes residential, historic sites and estates, renewable energy, infrastructure and mixed-use commercial developments.
About Lanpro
Lanpro is a fast growing, unique and rewarding environment. Through its agile team and comprehensive service, it has allowed growth nationwide. Our Group now has access to offices in Norwich, London, Cambridge, Manchester, Edinburgh, York, Bath, Glasgow, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter and Chelmsford.
Our multidisciplinary service spans across multiple disciplines. Our Group offerings now include Planning, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Ecology, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Landscape Architecture, Architecture & Design, Arboriculture, Visualiation, Historic Environment, Acoustics, Air Quality, Civil Engineering, Geo-environmental, MEP Building Services, Structures, Sustainability, Transport & Highways, Utilities, Water & Flood Risk.
We thrive on creating a culture and environment which provides a great variety of projects, recognition of success, continuous professional development and collaboration across an array of different professions. To find out more about our culture, please click here.
We are proud that together, our teams are supporting delivery of some of the largest solar and battery storage schemes in the United Kingdom and Europe. We have a strong pipeline of opportunities across the energy, residential and infrastructure sectors.
We offer an environment that is diverse, entrepreneurial and encourages innovation and your professional development.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
We are seeking a commercially minded Internal
We work on projects at all scales within town, semi-rural and rural contexts, across a variety of sectors that includes residential, historic sites and estates, renewable energy, infrastructure and mixed-use commercial developments.
About Lanpro
Lanpro is a fast growing, unique and rewarding environment. Through its agile team and comprehensive service, it has allowed growth nationwide. Our Group now has access to offices in Norwich, London, Cambridge, Manchester, Edinburgh, York, Bath, Glasgow, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter and Chelmsford.
Our multidisciplinary service spans across multiple disciplines. Our Group offerings now include Planning, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Ecology, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Landscape Architecture, Architecture & Design, Arboriculture, Visualiation, Historic Environment, Acoustics, Air Quality, Civil Engineering, Geo-environmental, MEP Building Services, Structures, Sustainability, Transport & Highways, Utilities, Water & Flood Risk.
We thrive on creating a culture and environment which provides a great variety of projects, recognition of success, continuous professional development and collaboration across an array of different professions. To find out more about our culture, please click here.
We are proud that together, our teams are supporting delivery of some of the largest solar and battery storage schemes in the United Kingdom and Europe. We have a strong pipeline of opportunities across the energy, residential and infrastructure sectors.
We offer an environment that is diverse, entrepreneurial and encourages innovation and your professional development.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
We are seeking a commercially minded Internal
Lawyer to support the business through the review, drafting, negotiation, and management of a wide range of commercial agreements. This role will play a key part in enabling business growth while protecting the company’s legal and commercial interests.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical legal expertise with sound judgment, a practical approach to risk, and the ability to work closely with stakeholders across Professional Services (Planning, Design, Environmental and Engineering), procurement, finance, people, and operations.
We are open to applications from across the UK.
If Successful, You Will
The ideal candidate combines strong technical legal expertise with sound judgment, a practical approach to risk, and the ability to work closely with stakeholders across Professional Services (Planning, Design, Environmental and Engineering), procurement, finance, people, and operations.
We are open to applications from across the UK.
If Successful, You Will
- Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including customer contracts, supplier agreements, NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, service agreements, licensing terms, and procurement documentation.
- Provide clear, practical, and risk-based legal advice to internal stakeholders on contractual issues and commercial terms.
- Support consultants and procurement teams in contract negotiations to help close deals efficiently while protecting the company’s position.
- Identify legal, regulatory, financial, and operational risks in contracts and recommend commercially workable solutions.
- Develop and maintain contract templates, fallback positions, clause libraries, and negotiation playbooks.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to improve contract review workflows, approval processes, and governance.
- Help ensure contracts align with internal policies, legal requirements, and compliance obligations.
- Advise on key areas such as limitation of liability, indemnities, data protection, confidentiality, intellectual property, termination rights, service levels, and payment terms.
- Support dispute prevention by ensuring contractual clarity and appropriate risk allocation.
- Contribute to legal training for business stakeholders on contracting best practices and common risk areas.
- Qualified lawyer/solicitor/barrister with appropriate legal qualification in the relevant jurisdiction.
- Typically 3–8+ years of post-qualification experience, depending on role level.
- Experience in reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, ideally in-house or in a law firm supporting commercial clients.
- Strong knowledge of contract law and commercial legal principles.
- Experience supporting business teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to balance legal risk with commercial priorities.
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and issue-spotting skills.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain legal concepts clearly to non-legal stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Experience in a professional services environment, and with tenders/frameworks.
- Familiarity with data protection/privacy issues in commercial contracts.
- Experience with contract lifecycle management tools and legal operations processes.
- Knowledge of negotiating enterprise client contracts and supplier terms.
- Exposure to international contracting across multiple jurisdictions.
- Strong understanding of Environmental, Social and Governance standards including instilling best practice in antibribery and human tracking audit tool kits.
As a valued employee of Lanpro, you can expect to feel looked after. We offer the following great benefits as standard:
Day One
- Enhanced Annual Leave entitlement
- Loyalty Leave (Continuous Service Accrued Annual Leave up to 5 days)
- Vitality Health Care - Private Medical Insurance
- Discounted Gym membership
- Discounts and perks - Amazon prime, Free Odeon Cinema tickets, Apple benefits and Cafe Nero
- Employee Assistance Program - including Financial and Mental Health support from external expertise.
- BUPA Cash Plan
- Employee Assistance Program - including Financial and Mental Health support from external expertise.
- Cycle to work scheme