Head of Legal (UK Hub)

Join RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. As the Head of Legal for the UK Hub, you will provide commercially focused legal support to the RX UK business and international teams. You will act as a trusted adviser to senior leadership, manage legal and regulatory risk, and support strategic business objectives across a broad range of commercial, compliance, technology, and governance matters.

• Provide commercially focused legal support to the RX UK business and international teams, acting as a trusted adviser to senior leadership.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, and advise on regulatory compliance including data protection and competition.
• Manage intellectual property matters, disputes, pre-litigation matters, and external counsel to achieve commercially appropriate outcomes.

• Experience advising on complex commercial contracts in private practice and/or in-house, supporting international businesses across a broad range of commercial and regulatory matters, including intellectual property, data protection, AI, technology matters and dispute management
• Qualified Solicitor (England & Wales)
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills
• Advanced drafting and negotiation of complex commercial agreements
• Ability to provide legal leadership and mentor junior counsel
• Ability to prioritise competing demands and deliver high-quality advice in a fast-paced environment
• Commercially focused legal judgment and risk management
• Strong knowledge of IP, data protection, AI, compliance and regulatory frameworks