[Hiring] Senior Lawyer @Dentons

Role Description

There is a different way to practise commercial law. Dentons Helix is building a modern legal delivery model for clients whose legal needs are growing faster than traditional ways of working can support. We bring together experienced lawyers, legal operations, technology, data and continuous improvement to create a model that is connected, intelligent and effective.

We are looking for a Senior Commercial Lawyer to join that model. This role assumes the legal experience, judgement and technical capability expected of a senior commercial lawyer. You will be comfortable drafting, reviewing, negotiating and advising on a broad range of commercial agreements, and taking ownership of matters from instruction through to completion.

However, success in Helix is not defined by technical legal experience alone. It is also about how that experience is applied:

• Exercising sound commercial judgement
• Adapting to different clients and commercial environments
• Managing competing priorities
• Working within structured delivery models
• Using technology, data and smarter workflows to deliver legal services more effectively

You will work across a portfolio of clients, becoming immersed in different businesses, sectors, operating models and commercial priorities. The work will include:

• Commercial contracts
• Supplier arrangements
• Procurement-related agreements
• Outsourcing arrangements
• Digital and data-related agreements
• IP-related provisions
• Other agreements that support clients’ business operations

You will help clients navigate contractual issues and legal risk with clarity and confidence. You will need to understand each client’s objectives, risk appetite and ways of working, and translate legal complexity into clear, practical and commercially focused advice.

This role is also about contributing to how legal work is delivered. You will use:

• Playbooks
• Templates
• Workflows
• Legal technology
• AI
• Data
• Escalation frameworks

to improve consistency, reduce friction and create a better experience for clients and colleagues. Helix offers a distinct career within Dentons: one centred on excellent legal judgement, client outcomes, innovation and the continual improvement of how legal work gets done.

Qualifications

• Qualification as a lawyer in a relevant jurisdiction, with experience appropriate to the role.
• Substantive capability in drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Ownership of matters from instruction through to completion.
• A track record of providing practical, proportionate and commercially focused advice.
• Effective management of multiple live matters and competing deadlines.
• Direct engagement with clients or senior business stakeholders.
• Confidence working within templates, playbooks and agreed escalation frameworks.
• Strong drafting and communication skills, including explaining legal issues clearly to non-lawyers.
• Sound judgement, including knowing when to work independently and when to escalate.
• Adaptability across different clients, stakeholders and ways of working.
• A collaborative approach to knowledge sharing and supporting colleagues.
• A constructive response to feedback and changing priorities.
• Practical use of digital tools to support legal delivery.

Requirements

• Knowledge of technology, outsourcing, SaaS, supplier, procurement, data or IP-related agreements.
• An in-house, secondment or managed legal services background.
• Practical use of legal technology, generative AI, automation or workflow tools.
• Contribution to improving templates, playbooks, processes or ways of working.
• Collaboration with legal operations, technology, project management or data specialists.
• Responsibility for supporting or supervising less experienced colleagues.

Company Description

Across more than 80 countries, Dentons helps you grow, protect, operate and finance your organisation by providing uniquely global and deeply local legal solutions. Polycentric, purpose-driven and committed to inclusion, diversity, equity and sustainability, we focus on what matters most to you.