Requirements
* 1 to 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)
* Experience and appreciation 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 law
* Ability to work autonomously
* (Desirable) Knowledge of intellectual property, competition law, and regulated sector experience
* (Desirable) Knowledge of the insurance and/or financial services
* You don’t need to tick off everything on this list - so don’t let that hold you back from applying. We want to make sure you’re learning plenty during your time with us!
What the job involves
* We’ve got an opportunity in our Cardiff office for a qualified legal professional to join us on a fixed-term basis, providing trusted legal advice to our commercial teams and contributing to new products and initiatives - no two days will be the same!
* You’ll have an interest in a varied commercial legal workload, with strong drafting and negotiating skills, and the ability to apply them independently to drive the business forward and create real value
* Outside of daily contracting, you’ll have a focus on developing and maintaining the legal processes, policies, and precedents that underpin our business
* Reporting to: Anne-Marie Holme
* 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
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