Role:
* Corporate Counsel (10 years of relevant experience, at least 4 of which should be in Outsourcing)
* Senior Corporate Counsel (15 years’ relevant experience, at least 8 in Outsourcing)
Location – London (This will be office based role)
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Identify requirements, prepare and negotiate contracts, perform legal due diligence and research, advise management, and ensure on-going compliance with the company's responsibilities for monitoring, reporting and meeting contractual, statutory and legal obligations in customer engagements.
* Provide legal counsel, coordinate and manage other legal activities relating to a variety of business corporate or risk management functions/issues as they arise.
* Review, negotiate, and/or draft business agreements/contracts relating to a wide variety of general business and/or regulatory issues to the best advantage of the company.
* Identify and mitigate risks associated with various business practices and operations.
* Review statutes, regulations and company contracts and provide advice on resolving legal, business and/or regulatory issues.
* Supervise, coordinate or direct projects and/or legal staff as assigned.
* Provide legal review, analysis, and advice to business partners/functional areas as assigned, as well as provide legal review, analysis, and counsel relating to contract negotiation and draft related agreements.
* Provide assistance to and manage the work activities of other legal staff, as may be assigned.
* Provide regular written reports and ad hoc verbal reporting to Senior Corporate Counsel and to Head of Legal in relation to own responsibilities.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
* Requires a LLB/LLM/J.D (or equivalent degree in the relevant jurisdiction) from an accredited law school and current practising certificate or equivalent.
* Requires at least 8-15 years of professional experience with at least 4-8 years in outsourcing/IT Contracts/License matters in both private and public sector matters, providing legal counsel on business issues and contractual issues in the legal field, demonstrating good negotiating and drafting skills.
* Requires strong analytical ability and knowledge of the relevant governing laws.
* Requires good team spirit and the ability to motivate and supervise assigned personnel.
* Requires excellent oral and written communication ability to effectively communicate with all levels of personnel within the company, vendors and clients, and an understanding of working across cultures.
* Requires project management and time-management skills and the ability to effectively prioritize work activities to accomplish assigned duties under deadline pressure.
* Requires strong interpersonal ability to effectively work with internal business clients, vendors and external clients.
* Requires word processing skills and the ability to perform in a self-sufficient manner with minimal secretarial and administrative support.
For more details, please share your resume with me at sohrab.ali@techaxisinc.com.