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Key requirements
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
The role
Dentons is seeking a Senior Lawyer for its Helix division in Milton Keynes, UK. This role focuses on IP, Litigation, and Technology law, requiring a lawyer with strong commercial judgment and experience in modern legal delivery models.
What you'll do
- Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements
- Provide clear, practical and proportionate legal advice aligned with each client’s commercial objectives and risk appetite
- Take ownership of matters from instruction through to completion
- Identify key legal and commercial issues, manage deadlines and escalate appropriately
- Work across different clients, sectors, stakeholders, playbooks and delivery models
- Build an understanding of each client’s business, priorities and ways of working
- Prioritise competing matters and communicate proactively where deadlines or expectations need to be managed
- Use agreed templates, playbooks, workflows and escalation processes consistently
- Capture matter and performance data accurately to support reporting, visibility and continuous improvement
- Use legal technology, AI and automation tools appropriately and in line with relevant policies and professional obligations
- Identify opportunities to improve templates, processes, workflows and ways of working
- Share knowledge and collaborate with Helix colleagues, the wider Commercial and TMT practices, legal operations specialists and client teams
- Contribute to a collaborative, output-focused team whilst working with a high degree of independence
What we're looking for
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
Knowledge of technology, outsourcing, SaaS, supplier, procurement, data or IP-related agreements· nice to have
An in-house, secondment or managed legal services background· nice to have
Practical use of legal technology, generative AI, automation or workflow tools· nice to have
Contribution to improving templates, playbooks, processes or ways of working· nice to have
Collaboration with legal operations, technology, project management or data specialists· nice to have
Responsibility for supporting or supervising less experienced colleagues· nice to have
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Senior Lawyer, Helix
Dentons · 
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes