Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate
GSK
Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate
Business Introduction
GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.
Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.
Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.
Position Summary
This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced corporate lawyer to take on a pivotal role at the centre of a UK and US listed company. Sitting within a high-performing and collaborative Legal function, you will serve as a legal expert on the company’s obligations as a listed entity, including governance, and investor and market disclosures. You will act as trusted counsel on the execution of strategically significant corporate transactions and provide legal support on the group’s equity investments. You will also provide legal support to many of the group’s corporate functions.
Responsibilities
Provide legal support on UK-listed company governance and public disclosure obligations, including external reporting, investor disclosures and other market-facing communications.
Lead the legal aspects of complex corporate transactions and investments, including M&A, joint ventures, bond issuances and share buy-backs, from initial structuring and due diligence through signing, closing and post-completion matters.
Coordinate the legal review of the Annual Report, Form 20-F, quarterly results and related filings, coordinating across functions and with external counsel to ensure regulatory compliance.
Provide legal support on corporate group governance matters, including the review of delegations of authority and corporate powers, ensuring changes to GSK group legal entities are compliant, and conducting legal review of documents before execution by authorised signatories.
Provide legal support on intra-group arrangements, including transfer pricing matters and the intra-group movement of goods, in collaboration with Finance and GSK trading entities.
Provide corporate law advice in relation to GSK’s equity investment portfolio, reviewing and approving investor‑side documentation, supporting governance and information rights, and advising on ongoing portfolio company matters from a corporate law perspective.
Provide legal support to corporate-led programmes and corporate functions, including to Communications and Government Affairs.
Manage and improve legal processes, templates and know-how in your areas of accountability, with a focus on simplification and efficiency.
Act as legal reviewer and approver for designated corporate policies, providing advice on legal risk, consistency with applicable law and group governance standards, and supporting periodic reviews and updates.
Oversee external counsel on corporate matters, managing quality, cost and delivery.
Provide periodic legal support on a range of adjacent legal matters as required, including advising on the management of legal risks (particularly anti-bribery and corruption and related matters) and providing legal support on broader business development activities, in collaboration with specialist legal teams.
Qualifications/Skills
Basic Qualifications:
UK-qualified solicitor with significant & demonstrable post-qualification experience, ideally gained at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house within a UK-listed company environment.
Significant experience leading complex, high-value transactions.
Deep understanding of UK corporate law, particularly as it relates to publicly listed companies and intra-group arrangements.
Strong business acumen, with the ability to balance legal risk and commercial opportunity.
Proven ability to communicate complex legal issues with clarity and precision, delivering focused, actionable advice to senior leaders.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and align stakeholders to achieve strategic outcomes.
Proactive, detail-oriented and adaptable.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in the life sciences, pharmaceutical or healthcare sector or other regulated industry.
Knowledge of laws relevant to our business such as competition, advertising/communications, procurement, data privacy and anti-bribery.
Experience managing multi-jurisdictional matters and working with external counsel internationally.
Work Location:
This role is based in the United Kingdom (GSK HQ, London) and offers a hybrid working model, combining on-site and remote work.
Closing Date for Applications: 27th May 2026
Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.
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What we offer
You will join a team that values respect, transparency and development. You will have access to learning and career development opportunities. You will work on meaningful matters that support the company mission to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
Ready to apply?
If this role matches your experience and ambitions, we would like to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a short cover letter that explains how you meet the basics of the role and what impact you hope to make. We welcome applications from people at different career stages and from all backgrounds.
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.
People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.
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