About the team
Legal Operations brings together a multi-disciplinary approach combining knowledge and skills across the legal, regulatory, data, technology and delivery management domains. We deliver successful business outcomes on a range of different types of work at varying scales including; managing large data-led contract remediation engagements, providing legal support on individual contract negotiations and running client outreach and query management helpdesks.
Skills and Experience
* Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating financial contracts within in-house legal departments/law firm or corporate environments
* Proven analytical and sceptical mindset with an ability to develop solutions to technical problems
* Excellent written and verbal negotiation skills
* Experience in reporting on complex cases to include progress and issues
About the role
This opportunity is in our fast growing team as a Legal Operations - Senior Associate | Financial Services. We are looking for legal-focused professionals who have experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating financial contracts in a legal and/or financial environment.
Responsibilities
* Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a range of financial contracts
* Following a predefined approach to negotiations
* Managing escalations of complex cases, ensuring the right SME insight is obtained and cases are brought to a resolution
* Checking legal documentation for quality, consistency and content
* Client outreach activities across a number of different regulations and document types.
* Supporting customer service activities and supporting junior members of the team handling complex or difficult client situations
* Case and documentation review - analysing legal and other documents to identify key facts, anomalies, etc, for categorisation
* Managing your own workload, including reporting on progress and issues.
* Developing the ability to be agile and support a range of client/projects
* Identifying opportunities for efficiencies and taking action to implement them