Legal Counsel
Join Quintessential Brands as Legal Counsel! Advise on corporate, commercial & IP law, balancing precision with pragmatism to support global growth in a fast-paced FMCG business.
We usually respond within a week
At Quintessential Brands Group, we are proud to continue the legacy of Thomas Dakin, the visionary who pioneered quality English gin in 1761. Today, our award-winning portfolio spans iconic names like Greenall’s, Opihr, Thomas Dakin, The Dubliner, and Chamère, our exciting new venture in the world of RTD cocktails.
A Taste of The Job
As our Legal Counsel, you’ll be at the centre of ensuring our award-winning brands grow on firm legal foundations. Working closely with the Head of Legal, you’ll provide expert advice across corporate, commercial, intellectual property, and regulatory law, helping the business thrive while staying compliant in an exciting, fast-paced FMCG environment.
This is a hands-on role where you’ll partner with teams across the group, from Marketing and Sales to Operations and Finance, providing practical, commercially minded legal support. Based in our London office, you’ll gain exposure to a wide variety of legal matters across multiple jurisdictions, balancing precision with pragmatism to keep the business moving forward.
Your impact will include:
Trusted Advisor – Consult and advise the business on a wide range of legal matters across multiple markets.
Contracts & Negotiation – Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and legal documents with accuracy and commercial insight.
Risk & Compliance – Research, anticipate, and protect the business against legal and regulatory risks, including labelling and marketing compliance.
Corporate Governance – Support CoSec responsibilities and help maintain strong governance frameworks.
Policy & Process – Develop, implement, and maintain company policies and legal processes that support efficiency and good governance.
Collaboration – Partner with internal stakeholders across the business and liaise with external advisors and regulators.
Continuous Improvement – Maintain accurate records, streamline workflows, and ensure legal processes evolve with the needs of a dynamic business.
Business Enablement – Provide commercial legal input that helps projects, deals, and campaigns move forward with confidence.
A Flavour of the Business
At Quintessential Brands, we’re more than just a spirits company; we’re a team with bold ambition, blending heritage with innovation. Our Legal Team plays a vital role in supporting growth across multiple markets, striking a balance between legal excellence and commercial focus. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of legal operations in an entrepreneurial FMCG business, gaining hands-on experience while enabling our portfolio of globally recognised brands to thrive.
The Perfect Serve - A Bit About You
You’re a qualified solicitor with a sharp legal mind and a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach. You enjoy the challenge of balancing legal precision with commercial realities, and you thrive in a dynamic environment where every day brings something new. You’re collaborative, approachable, and ready to make your mark as part of a small but high-impact legal team.
You will bring:
A law degree (LLB or equivalent), ideally 2.1 or above, with a strong academic record.
Qualification as a solicitor (NQ+).
Experience in a law firm and/or in-house environment, with exposure to corporate and commercial matters.
Excellent analytical, drafting, and negotiation skills.
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence at all levels.
Organisational skills to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.
A commercial mindset, balancing risk with business needs.
An interest in the alcohol industry / FMCG, with a particular enthusiasm for corporate law.
A collaborative spirit, entrepreneurial energy, and a willingness to learn and grow.
The Essence of QB - The Benefits
Competitive salary and annual bonus opportunity.
25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy additional leave.
Private healthcare and wellbeing support.
Contributory pension scheme.
Lassurance cover.
Generous staff product allowance and discounts across our award-winning brands.
Professional development opportunities and legal training support.
A collaborative, entrepreneurial culture where curiosity and innovation are encouraged.
- Team
- Legal
- Locations
- London HQ
- Yearly salary
- £55,000 - £65,000
- Employment type
- Full-time
Our Culture - The Essence of Quintessential Brands
We're an 'all hands on deck' kind of place where you'll have the opportunity to get involved in end to end projects, implement systems and process. We're fast, agile and entrepreneurial but, most importantly, our people are at the heart of what we do.
While we do work hard, we do it with a sense of fun, pride and passion that you won't find anywhere else.
Are you never shaken and very rarely stirred? More Cosmopolitan than Old Fashioned? Approach everything you do with a dash of creativity and a squeeze of positivity? Then we need you!
About Quintessential Brands Group
Established in 2011, Quintessential Brands Group is one of the most successful spirits companies to emerge from the UK in the last decade. The company offers a complete range of services and products to its customers across the world; producing and distributing some of the world's most-loved spirits brands, including Greenall's, the Original London Dry Gin, Opihr Spiced Gin and BLOOM Gin, as well as developing and producing some of the most commercially successful retailer brands of recent years for trade customers, and co-packing for some of the world’s most well-known spirits brands.
Recognised by the industry as International Spirits Challenge Gin Distiller of the Year five times in the last six years, Quintessential Brands is renowned for its unrivalled gin distilling capabilities heritage dating back to 1761 and is emerging as one of the most dynamic new entrants in the Irish whiskey market with the Dublin Liberties Distillery. With world-class product development and manufacturing at four world-class production sites across Europe and an award-winning premium brand portfolio comprised of English Gins, Irish Whiskeys, Irish Creams and Liqueurs, Quintessential Brands is committed to being the indispensable spirits partner of choice to its customers across the world, with customers and insights at the heart of everything we do.
Already working at Quintessential Brands Group?
Let’s recruit together and find your next colleague.