Legal - Legal Counsel

Evri Group is the UK’s premier parcel delivery business, uniting four distinct brands—Evri, Evri Premium, a network of DHL, UK Mail and Irish e-commerce specialist Coll-8—to deliver more than 1 billion parcels and letters annually across the UK and to over 200 global destinations.

With 12,000 colleagues, 30,000 couriers and drivers, 8,000 vehicles, and a nationwide network of hubs, depots and fulfilment centres, we combine over 50 years of expertise with the scale and flexibility to support everyone from casual senders to SMEs and major retailers. Driven by our friendly, ambitious and diverse people, we are passionate about delivering exceptional service and offer exciting opportunities across the Evri Group.

We are looking for a commercially minded Legal Counsel to join our growing Legal team, supporting a fast-paced, dynamic business operating in a constantly evolving industry.

This is a high-impact, hands-on role where you will work across a wide range of commercial contracts, supporting both client-facing and supplier-side activity, while partnering closely with teams across the business.

You will be trusted to make decisions, add commercial value, and help shape how legal supports the business.

What you will be doing

• Drafting and negotiating high-value, complex commercial contracts for both UK and international operations
• Leading on client agreements and strategically important supplier contracts
• Partnering with teams across Finance, HR, Sales, Procurement and Operations to align on commercial and legal objectives
• Supporting procurement exercises to ensure robust, fit-for-purpose terms and conditions
• Advising on a wide range of technology-related matters, including SaaS agreements, software licensing, IT services agreements, cloud services and digital transformation projects
• Working closely with Procurement and Technology teams to support business-critical projects and vendor relationships
• Providing clear, pragmatic legal advice on contract interpretation and commercial options
• Supporting and, where appropriate, leading on business-critical projects
• Identifying and mitigating legal and regulatory risks across the business
• Delivering training and guidance to colleagues to build legal awareness and risk management capability
• Maintaining and improving legal precedents, processes, and documentation
• Supporting broader corporate and commercial legal matters as required

What we are looking for

• Qualified Solicitor with at least 2+ years’ PQE
• Law degree with strong grounding in contract and corporate law

• Proven experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts, particularly long-term service and IT agreements
• Exposure to a broad range of business law (e.g. data protection, IP, TUPE, consumer and competition law)
• Experience supporting IT, technology or digital contracts would be highly advantageous
• Experience working in a fast-paced, commercially driven environment

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate legal advice into practical solutions
• Confident communicator, able to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels (including senior leadership)
• Collaborative team player with a proactive, solutions-focused approach
• Credible and professional, with the ability to represent Legal as a trusted business partner

Everyone Belongs at Evri GroupWe're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to succeed.As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, a Silver-accredited Inclusive Employer, and through our partnership with Scope, we're working to make our workplace and recruitment process more accessible for everyone.We encourage candidates to request adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process and there are touchpoints through the application process to do so. Every application is reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team meaning that we don't use AI to screen candidates.At Evri Group, we're building an environment where everyone can be themselves and thrive.