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Contract Lead

Employer
Elevate Legal Services UK Limited
Location
Kraków (PL)
Salary
competitive
Closing date
13 Mar 2019

Job Details

Elevate is recruiting a Contract Lead with experience in contract and commercial management to support Elevate’s customer, a global insurance company. This role is permanent and will be based in Krakow, Poland.

You might be the right person if you have:

  • Knowledge in contract and commercial management matters.
  • Understanding of standard contractual terms and conditions.
  • Ability to identify "key risks" and provide mitigation strategy.
  • High level of diligence, analytical skills and attention to details.
  • Ability to multitask within tight timelines and limited supervision.
  • Ability to build and manage client relationship.
  • Result driven and well organized.
  • Good project management skills.

Specifically, this role will involve:

  • Perform legal research activities.
  • Support due diligence activities and other ad hoc legal projects.
  • Perform contract review based on established guidelines and standards, identify typical deviations and provide/negotiate alternatives.
  • Monitors contractual obligations of all parties and provides continuous review to ensure that all terms and conditions are met in a timely fashion.
  • Manages all inquiries regarding contract obligations and revisions from the client’s and vendor’s side.
  • Draft und update contract templates, guidelines and playbooks.
  • Be able to work with vendors to resolve any issues.
  • Ensure timely delivery of agreed reports and ad-hoc requests.
  • Review a broad range of corporate and commercial matters.
  • Work directly with attorneys located in the United States.
  • Respond to queries related to contractual documents Develop list of tasks on project with time / resource estimates.
  • Take part in the process design for new customer.

Essential Experience and Skills:

  • 6+ years of relevant business experience in contract or commercial related functions.
  • Financial or legal background will be an asset.
  • Experience in reviewing/ redlining commercial contracts.
  • Experience in working with Data Privacy matters.
  • Experience working in the commercial/contract environment would be an advantage.
  • Beneficial to have some experience working in a global firm.

Technical skills:

  • Advanced level in Microsoft Products like Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • MBA is preferred.
  • Advanced English Language Skills.

Elevate is the law company. We provide consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms. Our global team of lawyers, engineers, consultants and business experts improve efficiency, quality and outcomes for customers worldwide. Elevate’s achievements and distinctions include:

  • Ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies two years in a row.
  • Ranked as a top Global Services Provider by Chambers & Partners three years in a row.
  • Lead Partner of the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards.

Company

Elevate is a global legal service provider helping law firms and corporate legal departments operate more effectively. We provide practical ways to improve efficiency, quality and outcomes through consulting, managed services and technology solutions.

Elevate is changing the way legal services are delivered. We’re looking for creative, innovative lawyers and other professionals who want to make a difference.

Elevated Lawyers are highly experienced lawyers with backgrounds in top law firms and in-house legal departments, who have chosen not to follow a traditional career path, but to join Elevate as a new provider of legal services. This allows our clients to hire the right person, at the right time, for the right piece of work, without going down the only two traditional routes available to them in the past: increasing their permanent headcount or appointing outside counsel. The ability to hire the very specific [nine year PQE, M&A expert in the telecoms sector that speaks mother tongue Italian] for a period of just [four months] to work on site within your own legal department, is the way that Elevate extends and enables an in-house legal team to deliver exactly the result it needs to, in an efficient and cost effective manner. If you are interested in this service, or would like to discuss becoming an Elevated Lawyer, please contact me. Kevin O'Shea  - kevin.oshea@elevateservices.com

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
07957 480675
Location
1 Alfred Place
London
Greater London
WC1E7EB
GB

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