The College of Law Chester

The University of Sheffield

Head Of Legal and Compliance at Certas Energy

Birchwood, England, United Kingdom

Certas Energy

Head Of Legal and Compliance

JLA Group

Group Legal Director

JLA delivers critical assets and service solutions to a wide range of customers in laundry and catering,  heating and fire safety sectors. Backed by private equity house Cinven, JLA continues to grow both organically and through new acquisitions, expanding into new products and services.As first legal in house counsel I established and now lead the legal function across the JLA group.Reporting to the Group CFO, I provide support across a wide range of business divisions.Acting in capacity as Board secretary supporting the Chairman and the wider Exec teamPart of the Senior Leadership Team.Introducing policies and procedures to help to identify and manage legal and regulatory risk, with specialisms particularly in data protection and consumer credit/ FCA.Managing relationships with external legal providers to ensure that the business receives targeted, clear, commercial advice within the parameters of a clearly defined legal budget.Facilitating the business to better understand key customer contracts and protecting the business through the introduction of standard contract terms and documentation.M&A – managing external legal advisors and the acquisition and post completion process internally.Supporting Group Business Development in reviewing and responding to RFIs and tenders Working closely with insurance advisors to manage riskSupporting the legal recoveries team and credit control to implement efficient and effective debt recovery solutions.

Stephanie Beat