We are hiring for one of the biggest IT Services and Management consulting firms.
Corporate Counsel - The corporate counsel roles are what we would call “mid level” and we are looking for candidates with around 10 years of relevant experience, at least 4 of which should be in Outsourcing.
This is an ON-SITE role (5 days in office in London)
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 Head of Legal in relation to own responsibilities.
* Support, train and supervise the work and career development of junior members of the Legal Team, with management responsibility as required and appropriate.
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 10-15 years of professional experience with at least 4-5 years in outsourcing/IT Contracts/License matters providing legal counsel on business issues and contractual issues in the legal field, demonstrating good negotiating and drafting skills.