Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate

Tesco UK • Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City • Permanent • Apply by 08-Oct-2025

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded corporate lawyer to join our highly regarded legal team, working on a broad range of corporate, M&A and commercial partnership matters across the UK and the wider Group.

You will play a key role in supporting the Group on corporate strategy, M&A activity, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships. Working closely with Group Corporate Development, you will provide legal guidance on opportunity assessments, draft and negotiate Heads of Terms, renegotiate partnership agreements, and manage traditional M&A transactions.

With high visibility to senior stakeholders and external law firms, you will be involved in high-profile, often complex projects; recent examples include the sale of our Tesco Banking businesses and the acquisition of the Venus wine group. This diverse workload offers the chance to influence strategy and deliver legally robust solutions while demonstrating excellent commercial judgment.

What is in it for you

We're all about the little helps. That's why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you - both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

You will be responsible for

• Advising, influencing, and supporting the delivery of corporate, commercial, M&A transactions, joint ventures, and partnerships across the Group.
• Supporting on corporate governance matters and collaborating with the Group Company Secretariat on internal legal and governance issues.
• Partnering with colleagues in Corporate Development, Strategy, Finance, Tax, and Investor Relations to deliver strategic projects.
• Working cross-functionally with teams across the wider Group Legal function.
• Staying curious and horizon scanning externally to anticipate trends, opportunities, and risks that may shape our plans and their execution.

You will need

• Advising, influencing, and supporting the delivery of corporate, commercial, M&A transactions, joint ventures, and partnerships across the Group.
• Supporting on corporate governance matters and collaborating with the Group Company Secretariat on internal legal and governance issues.
• Partnering with colleagues in Corporate Development, Strategy, Finance, Tax, and Investor Relations to deliver strategic projects.
• Working cross-functionally with teams across the wider Group Legal function.
• Staying curious and horizon scanning externally to anticipate trends, opportunities, and risks that may shape our plans and their execution.

About us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we're all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone's welcome. That's why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.