Our Legal, Risk and Compliance team are looking for an experienced Legal Counsel to join the team on an initial 12 month FTC.
Legal Risk and Compliance (LRC) partners with the business, providing specialised legal, commercial and risk management support to enable confident growth. Everything from shaping and negotiating client and supplier contracts, to strategic partnerships, geographical expansion, insurance and company secretarial, restructuring, support for our corporate team (Baringa Enablement), to enterprise risk management.
What you will be doing
1. Prepare and negotiate all types of contracts with Baringa’s clients and sub-contractors in line with the Baringa Contract Risk Scorecards, working closely with the consultancy staff and engagement partner. These will include Engagement Letters, MCAs, Licence Agreements, Reliance Letters, NDAs, Sub-contracts, etc.
2. Prepare and negotiate supplier contracts, working closely with the relevant consultancy staff member or member of the Enablement team.
3. Deliver contract risk analysis to Baringa’s senior management and arrange for escalation of higher risk contract items to Baringa’s risk executive group for approval.
4. Liaise with Baringa’s insurance brokers to ensure client contract language during negotiation remains within coverage.
5. Support the Legal Director (Head of Commercial & Corporate) and Head of Commercial in the maintenance of the existing catalogue of Baringa contract templates, template clauses and model RFP responses and challenge Baringa’s current positions if improvements / updates can be made.
6. Undertake allocated corporate projects as required including the analysis of structures for overseas entities and to work with local law firms and Baringa’s tax advisers in handling such corporate matters.
7. Complete registrations at local Companies House and Data Privacy regulator as necessary.
8. Review and contribute to developing and preparing commercial (pre-contract) propositions for clients from a contract risk perspective; in particular RFP, ITT and RFI responses.
Your skills and experience
9. Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales or a Commonwealth or common law country with 2 - 4 years PQE
10. Good commercial law experience (with emphasis on contracts)
11. Exposure to corporate, company secretarial and data privacy work
12. In-house experience advantageous but not essential
13. Strong contract drafting skills and confident negotiator
14. Ability to present to and work with Baringa’s Leadership Teams
15. Positive, solution-finding mentality to help meet client requirements and to protect Baringa appropriately
16. Organised and with an ability to work independently or as part of a small team as required
What a career at Baringa will give you
Putting People First.
Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:
17. Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
18. Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
19. Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
20. Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
21. Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.