Solicitor

If you are an experienced Solicitor who has contracts experience gained in private practice or an in-house legal team and are looking to take the next step in your career to grow your skills, this is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in UAL's Legal Services team, providing advice, support and representation on a broad range of issues across the University.

UAL's Legal Services team deals with a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters, and this is a great opportunity to enhance your CV and expand your knowledge working on a wide variety of legal matters.

This is a 12 month, fixed term contract, where you will be part of a stimulating arts environment, drafting, reviewing, negotiating and advising on contracts and regulatory matters for a wide range of University projects. Working alongside solicitors and contracts managers, you will advise and interact with motivated colleagues across the University at all levels. You will also advise generally on intellectual property law, charity law and regulatory matters.

The key duties of this role are:

• Reviewing, drafting and advising on a variety of agreements including consultancy, agency, grants, research and development, confidentiality, data sharing/processing, supply and purchase, scholarship, sponsorship and development, collaboration, academic, student agreements - plus other diverse student, commercial and publicly funded project agreements;
• Advising generally on intellectual property law, charity law and regulatory matters.

About you

You will be a qualified solicitor with a background or training in contract, intellectual property and commercial law, with the ability to draft to a high standard, work independently and engage with internal stakeholders with support and supervision from senior solicitors.

You need to be able to write fluently and have the ability to convey highly technical information in a clear way. You will have a strong commercial focus and an excellent grasp of legal and commercial work across a broad range of projects. You will also have a good working knowledge or some experience of intellectual property law issues.

Detail conscious, you approach work with a practical and proactive mind-set - quickly identifying problems, understanding the context and proposing constructive commercial solutions.

Knowledge of or an interest in higher education law would be an advantage.

The essential criteria for this post are:

• Qualified to practise as a solicitor in England and Wales with post-qualification experience in respect of contract and commercial law gained within private practice or an in-house legal team;
• Excellent drafting skills and the ability to provide clear and practical advice;
• Experience of working under pressure and to strict deadlines;
• Good research skills and a willingness to maintain and expand your legal knowledge.

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We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

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Closing date: 25th November 2025, 23:55.

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn - a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.