Your newpany
A new role has arisen for amercially astute and proactivemercial Legal Counsel to join this rapidly growing technologypany’s in-house legal function in Bristol. This is a pivotal role within their business, providing legal support across a broad range ofmercial activities, with a particular emphasis on contract negotiation and management. The successful candidate will work closely with the Groupmercial Director and cross-functional teams to ensure legal risk is effectively managed while enabling business growth. This position is located in Bristol, with a requirement to work from the office once a week.
Your new role
As sole legal counsel, you will play a key role in reviewing and drafting the contracts that meet the needs of our clients' market-leading software business and balancing these contracts against the expectations of their blue-chip and household name clients. You will be supporting the business in managing legal aspects of technology-related agreements, including intellectual property matters and data protectionpliance.
You will play a critical role in making sure that their business deals are correctly captured and successfully implemented through robust contract management and ensuring associated risks are identified and mitigated. As a contracts expert, you will also use your expertise to safeguard their reputation as well as give legal advice to management on relevant issues, legal and contractual conformity and minimise exposure to risk.
Working alongside key stakeholders and subject-matter experts in all office locations, you'll be able to listen and understand the wider business context and requirements, whilst keeping in play the detail and importance of contractual terms. You’ll be confident enough to challenge proposals and approaches to get the best possible oues when working with internal stakeholders and representing the business to current and prospective clients/suppliers. This role will support the Groupmercial Director with designing themercial strategy and setting direction for themercial function and building and maintaining effective interactions with the other teams.
What you'll need to succeed
Our client is looking for a qualified solicitor in England & Wales (or equivalent) with at least 5 years PQE with a strong background inmercial law, ideally with experience in-house, or gained at a high quality national or regional law firm with exposure to advising clients in the technology sector. You will have proven experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiatingmercial contracts, ideally within a technology-driven environment.
Experience of software licensing agreements, supply of services agreements, data processing agreements and NDAs would be beneficial, as would experience of working in-house within a techpany or advising tech clients in private practice.
You will befortable influencing/delivering strategically important projects with the ability to work closely with internal stakeholders and will have excellent drafting,munication, stakeholder management, organisation, influencing and persuading skills.
What you'll get in return
This is a rare role within the Bristol market to join this innovative technology business offering hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Working closely with the Groupmercial Director, you will be at the decision-making heart of this business and will enjoy shaping its legal function for the future.