In-House Commercial Lawyer- Edinburgh

Excellent in-house role for a lawyer looking to join a dynamic and innovative financial services organisation based in their head offices in Edinburgh. 

The role will be based within the commercial team and will involve advising across a broad range of commercial, commercial contracts and IT matters- the company are interested in speaking with lawyers with strong commercial contracts backgrounds.

Role Profile:

• Provide insightful and commercial legal advice to all business areas of in relation to: 
• New contractual arrangements, including negotiation, reviewing and drafting contracts; 
• Existing contractual arrangements, including assisting the business to manage contractual relationships and disputes; and
• Compliance with the law and new legal developments.
• Advising on legal risks and mitigation strategies and supporting good governance through appropriate discussion and escalation of issues and input into appropriate sign-off documentation.
• Implementing Commercial Contracts Policy, the Litigation Policy and other relevant policies and procedures and provide relevant training.
• Keeping knowledge, skills and abilities up-to-date.
• Overseeing and managing external legal resources and preferred legal suppliers.
• Assisting in the setting of strategies for managing small claims customer litigation and managing the outsourced law firm who administer the claims day to day.
• Providing legal advice to the business on s75 claims, customer complaints and FOS related matters.

Candidate Requirements:

• Lawyer with circa 2-6 years PQE and a strong background in commercial/ commercial contracts.   
• Track record of delivering pragmatic risk based legal advice (experience of IT/cloud contracts would be an advantage but not essential).
• Ability to balance and prioritise workload and deal with a number of competing projects at any one time.
• Candidates from private practice or in-house are invited to apply. 

On offer is a highly competitive salary and benefits package and the chance to work in a fast-paced environment with an organisation that provides both excellent training and development and values work/ life balance. 

To discuss this role in confidence or to apply, please contact David Thomson, Director at Thomson Legal by completing the Apply Now details in the box below. Alternatively, please click on the Thomson Legal logo to access our recruiter profile where you can contact us directly via telephone, email or social media.