IN HOUSE COUNSEL - IN HOUSE
- Recruiter
- Lipson Lloyd-Jones
- Location
- Essex, England
- Salary
- bens
- Posted
- 27 Apr 2015
- Closes
- 04 May 2015
- Ref
- 57867HIBL
- Contact
- Lucy Boyd
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Information Technology
- PQE
- 4-6 Years
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
OUR CLIENT
A high profile, fast growing successful business seeks to recruit an IT/Commercial lawyer c 5- 10 PQE to join an established in house legal team
THE ROLE
This is an exceptional in house career opportunity for an experienced commercial lawyer looking to move to highly visible management role within an expanding in house legal department
The work on offer will be varied and groundbreaking. The sucessful candidate will be expected to work as a key member of an established and highly respected team, As a member of the commercial division of the department, the post holder will be expected to manage and guide an established division of the legal department as a key member of a business facing legal team working alongside stakeholders and management.
As an in house lawyer the post holder will be expected to advise on both legal and strategic matters as follows:-
Drafting and negotiating IT agreements, outsourcing, e commerce and data protection matters, risk management and general commercial contracts. There will also be an opportunity to handle corporate work and pre litigation matters.
THE CANDIDATE
To be considered for this role, candidates must have relevant technical skills, a solid city background or similar with a sound technology/commercial pedigree.
Applicants with relevant IT experience gained within the financial services sector would be ideally suited.
Lipson Lloyd Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. We aim to respond to all applications within two working days. If we have not contacted you within this time frame your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other positions that you may see in the future. Please note our advertisements use PQE levels purely as a guide to the minimum level of experience required. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfill this kind of work.