Corporate Counsel
RELX
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇪🇸 Spain
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SeniorLead
About the role
- Providing support on transactional matters including legal advice, contract negotiation and drafting
- Provide best in practice professional legal services aligned with the strategic drivers of the business ensuring significant impact
- Builds relationships with the aim to become the trusted business partner including stakeholder management
- Act as a role model in the team, actively endorsing team operating principles including on teamwork and collaboration, change, working in an international environment, and open and meaningful communication
Requirements
- Have substantial in-house legal experience (7 to 10 years+)
- Preferably also experience working for a law firm
- Have experience working in an international environment
- Have extensive experience working in the United States and/or with North American customers
- Have excellent academic qualifications and substantial relevant experience in providing legal advice and support to businesses
- Have a well-developed technical knowledge about relevant areas of law
- Could apply that technical expertise to practical matters
- Knowledge of IP, licensing including Software as a Service contracts, if possible
- Able to communicate complex legal and commercial issues clearly and concisely
- Be a collaborative team player who demonstrates leadership qualities
- Fluent in Spanish and English, and if possible, Portuguese in both writing and speaking.
Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
- Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
- Wellbeing programs
- Life assurance
- Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
- Long service awards
- Save As You Earn share option scheme
- Travel Season ticket loan
- Maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
- Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
- RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
- Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
- Access to extensive learning and development resources
- Access to employee discounts via Perks at Work
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
contract negotiationcontract draftinglegal advicetechnical knowledge of lawIP lawlicensingSoftware as a Service contracts
Soft skills
stakeholder managementteamworkcollaborationleadershipcommunicationrelationship building