Legal Counsel – 6 Month FTC
RVU
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Working with our business teams to draft, negotiate and execute commercial agreements, whilst proactively maintaining and improving the processes that underpin them.
- Providing day-to-day legal perspective and guidance, as well as risk assessment and mitigation
- Advising our business teams on compliance with data protection and e-privacy laws
- Assisting with acquisitions and corporate integration projects
- Helping to establish and manage a framework of policies and guidance to manage legal and commercial issues within our business
Requirements
- At least 2-5 years’ post-qualification experience in-house or at a commercial or corporate law firm with experience providing full service commercial legal support (the reference to PQE is a guide only. We welcome applications from candidates with more or less PQE)
- An understanding of the challenges and requirements of delivering legal support in a fast moving commercial in-house team with ability to be impactful from an early stage.
- Qualified to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales (or another common law jurisdiction)
- Proven technical ability to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements to tight timescales
- Experience of advising on IT, data protection/e-privacy laws as well as commercial and corporate law
- Knowledge of intellectual property, competition law and regulated sector experience
- Knowledge of the insurance and/or financial services sectors
Benefits
- Hybrid approach of in-office and remote working, and a “Work from Home” budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
- Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life
- 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days “My Time” per year
- A healthy learning and training budget, as well as the chance to go to conferences around the world every year
- Electric vehicles scheme
- Health insurance
- Access to the Calm and Peppy app for physical and mental health
- Regular events - from team socials to company-wide events with insightful external speakers, we want to make sure our colleagues continue to feel connected
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
drafting commercial agreementsnegotiating commercial agreementsrisk assessmentdata protection lawse-privacy lawscorporate integrationintellectual property lawcompetition lawcommercial lawcorporate law
Soft skills
communicationnegotiationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycollaborationimpactful decision-makingorganizational skillsguidancepolicy managementprocess improvement
Certifications
solicitor qualification in England and Walescommon law jurisdiction qualification