Commercial Legal Counsel (Interim)

Who We Are…

Soho House & Co (‘SH&Co’) is an established and rapidly expanding collection of private members’ clubs, hotels and restaurants catering primarily to those in the film, media, fashion and other creative industries. The group now includes clubs, hotels and restaurants around the world as well as retail/beauty (including the Cowshed and Soho Skin brands), ‘Soho Works’ co-working spaces, an in-house design team (that undertakes work for the Soho House group as well as for external private residential clients), and the ‘Soho Home’ homewares and interior design business. We continue to grow, with new and exciting openings planned globally across our business.

The Role…

We have a unique opportunity for someone who is passionate about the Soho House brand and businesses to join our in-house legal team as an Interim Commercial Legal Counsel, based at 180 The Strand, London.

What we are looking for…

Ideally, we’re looking for a temporary UK qualified lawyer with between 4-8 years post qualification experience to support with commercial contracts and related matters for a four-month period from early May until late August 2026. You will be used to working in fast-paced and diverse commercial environments while working to transactional deadlines and delivering high quality work on a broad range of legal and commercial issues.

The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:

• Strong drafting and analytical skills.
• Solid legal grounding, particularly in contract and general commercial law, with exposure to IT, intellectual property and data protection matters. Previous exposure to real estate, litigation and/or employment matters - whilst not essential - would be advantageous.
• Strong oral, written communication and problem solving skills.
• Commercially focused and solution driven.
• Proactive and flexible with an ability to work independently and as part of a small but dynamic team.
• Ability to manage and prioritize.
• Good inter-personal skills and a team player.

Key responsibilities…

• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts across the range of SH&Co businesses and providing legal advice as required.
• Supporting the legal team with managing the SH&Co global property and contracts portfolios.
• Helping to manage and deliver digital and IT projects, including advising on related data protection matters.
• Developing template contracts and documents and preparing corporate approvals.
• Providing guidance and support and preparing and delivering trainings on company policies, procedures and corporate governance to facilitate effective performance, communication and good business practice.
• Providing support on legal and business affairs issues (as required) to management teams and ensuring that sound, commercial, solutions-focused advice is provided whenever required.
• Helping to support the SH&Co company secretarial functions.
• Identifying new or updated laws, regulations and directives which impact the SH&Co businesses, and presenting findings to the business.
• Attending meetings as required and proactively providing updates on your areas of responsibility to internal stakeholders.
• Liaising with and managing relationships with external legal and professional advisors where appropriate whilst providing as much support in-house as possible.
• Working effectively with all parts of the business to ensure consistency, efficiency, professionalism and effective communication.
• Supporting the legal team and the SH&Co businesses on key company initiatives, including diversity and inclusion and its global House Foundations and sustainability programmes.

Opportunities for all…

Soho House is a space for its diverse membership and teams to connect, grow, have fun and make an impact.

Soho House was created to bring diverse communities of people together, and we take the same approach when building our teams. We thrive on diversity and differences and believe it is critical to our success as a global company. Soho House is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

Benefits...

Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks. Whether you’re seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to grow your career.

• Soho Friends Membership
• 50% off Food & Drink, 7 days a week
• Staff Room Rates
• Private Health and Dental Care
• Weekly Pay
• Life Assurance
• Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home
• In Office Dog Policy
• Season Ticket Loan
• Christmas Office Closure
• In conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2 days paid a year to support a charity of your choice
• Free Counselling Sessions
• Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink trainings, events and opportunities to inspire and educate
• Continuous training to develop yourself personally and professionally
• Exclusive access to our benefits platform with hundreds of discounts on shopping, gym memberships, holidays, insurance and much more
• Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to.