Commercial Lawyer - Household Name - 5+ PQE (Hybrid)
- Recruiter
- Carlyle Kingswood Global
- Location
- Hybrid Working / 2 days in the London office
- Salary
- Attractive package with great benefits
- Posted
- 14 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 12 Jul 2022
- Ref
- A005071
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Competition/EU, Financial Services, Regulatory/Compliance (except Banking/Finance)
- Experience Level
- Mid Level, Senior Level
Our client is currently seeking an ambitious, motivated, proactive, senior lawyer, experienced in commercial contracts, who will be part of a lively team.
The position reports to a Director in the UK.
Primary responsibilities
Contribute as an independent, trusted legal advisor within GCO and the wider business by:
- Identifying and effectively managing legal risk
- Taking instructions and supporting other lawyers or legal teams in General Counsel’s Office (GCO) globally
- Providing sound, commercial legal advice and support across all business units, including drafting, reviewing, analysing and negotiating a wide range of agreements and legal documents
- Supporting internal governance and approval processes, including coordinating with compliance, risk, finance and other internal stakeholders as appropriate
- Instructing and liaising with various outside counsels to obtain, challenge and finalise legal advice/opinions on various projects, legal advice and agreements
- Carrying out legal research on behalf of our GCO colleagues
- Supporting company secretarial matters as required
- Providing training workshops as required
Lead and supervise the work of other legal workflow team members, including:
- Coaching, mentoring and supervising direct reports in the LST team
- Promoting the success of direct reports by acknowledging and rewarding achievements
- Identifying areas that need increased leadership focus
- Implementing and improving methods for legal knowledge management
- Contributing to LST’s training and development programme
- Ensuring LST’s adherence to any company-wide and GCO-specific processes and procedures
- Preparing and delivering internal training as required
- Supporting budgeting and expenses control tasks; and performing other duties as assigned by the LST Vice President & Senior Counsel from time to time.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Qualified to practice in UK
- Significant experience in PQE although strong candidates with less experience will also be considered
- In-house experience in financial services is preferred but not mandatory
- Quality experience in advising on commercial contracts
- Solid drafting, research and negotiation/influencing skills
- Solid analytical skills and high attention to detail
- Solid understanding of general principles of law applicable to commercial practice
- Intellectually strong with ability to rapidly grasp key issues
- Ability to work under time pressure to meet tight deadlines and clients’ expectations
- Proven track record in leading, supervising and developing other professionals
- Fluency in an additional language other than English is preferred but not mandatory
Contact Sarita Rai for more information
T: 0203 826 1807
E: srai@ckgsearch.com
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