Job title: Commercial Contracts lawyer
Department/Region: Legal
Reporting to: Head of Legal
Location/Base: Remote working
Due to continued growth in a dynamic in-house legal department, an opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Contract Lawyer with a minimum PQE to join their team in a varied role. This is a remote working position supporting all levels of the business across service lines and the full range of internal business functions.
The successful candidate will contract on both the client and supplier side, in addition to substantive legal advisory work with the opportunity to be the legal lead on firm-wide projects. Offering an interesting and broad spread of work including MSAs, GFAs, tech, software, licensing, outsourcing, government and public sector agreements, tenders, RFP responses, and supplier agreements.
You will have over 3 years PQE and proven experience as a commercial lawyer from a top-tier City law firm and/or in-house. In addition, you will have demonstrable experience of negotiating, drafting, and advising across a range of commercial contracts.
This will suit a self-starter with gravitas, excellent communication skills, and business acumen. A calm and proactive attitude is important in this collaborative team, so the ideal candidate will be versatile, efficient, credible, persuasive, with the ability to prioritise and adapt to changing circumstances in a fast-paced environment.
As this role is in-house you will not have any time recording or billing targets.
Purpose of the Role:
The Commercial Contract Lawyer provides substantive legal advice to individuals and teams across the business and often leads on internal projects. The Commercial Contract Lawyer negotiates, drafts, and advises across a range of commercial contracts, engaging in contracting on both the client and supplier side.
Duties and Responsibilities
Procedures
* Following a period of training, running a broad-ranging, high-quality caseload with minimal supervision
* Dealing with disclosure of commercially sensitive information
* Research appropriate case law and technical and legal precedents to progress matters
* Provide strategic litigation advice to the Head of Department and colleagues as required
* Ensure files are managed in compliance with mandatory internal and external procedures and service level agreements
* Monitor and deal with the management of information to all relevant parties in a matter
* Participate in firm-wide and departmental training sessions
* Meet targets as agreed
* Manage files and time in a cost-effective manner
Connect and Collaborate
* Work closely with your line manager and team members
* Collaborate with others, attending meetings as required
* Support team members and provide on-the-job training
* Provide cover for other staff as agreed by line manager
* Active participation in project initiatives, including giving and assisting with presentations, writing articles, and internal informational correspondence
Responsive
* Keep up-to-date with all written and verbal communications (i.e. emails/messages/calls)
* Ensure all records are maintained and kept up-to-date according to company policies and procedures
Talented
* Monitor own work levels, progress, and development in the role
* Undertake all core learning and development programmes as required
* Undertake relevant learning according to agreed Personal Development Plan
* Can adapt to change and ambiguity in a complex, fast-changing environment, and who is competent in coping with uncertainty and risk
* Has the ability to articulate complex matters in a concise and precise manner and to debate issues and ideas constructively
* Can demonstrate the ability to run own files, handle key clients & relationships, and work collaboratively as part of a high-performing team
Trusted
* All employees are responsible for ensuring any personal data which Clearsprings Group holds and for which they are responsible, is kept securely and is not under any conditions disclosed to any third party unless that third party has been specifically authorised by Clearsprings Group to receive that information and has entered into a confidentiality agreement.
Agile and Diverse
* Any other duties within the scope of responsibility and ability, as required
Professional
* Maintain a good understanding of the legislation of the contract
* Maintain and develop key client and contact relationships and also contribute to best business practices
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