Commercial Contracts Lawyer
- Recruiter
- Thomson LRC
- Location
-
Glasgow or Birmingham
GlasgowGlasgow City
- Salary
- Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
- Posted
- 26 May 2019
- Closes
- 24 Jun 2019
- Ref
- TLRC337
- Job Title
- Lawyer
- Category
- Legal
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
A Commercial Contracts Lawyer is required to join the thriving Risk & Compliance team of a major international law firm. This role can either be based in Glasgow or Birmingham.
Role Description
The successful Commercial Lawyer will join this highly regarded team, taking on the following responsibilities:
The successful Commercial Contracts Lawyer is likely to have:
If you would like to apply for this Commercial Contracts Lawyer role, please submit an up to date copy of your CV as soon as possible.
Role Description
The successful Commercial Lawyer will join this highly regarded team, taking on the following responsibilities:
- Drafting precedent letters of engagement and standard terms of business and keeping them up to date to reflect current practice and minimise risk
- Reviewing, drafting, amending and negotiating client engagement terms (proposed by the firm) and outside counsel guidelines (proposed by clients)
- Handling legal and risk aspects in an autonomous fashion; seeking input from the senior risk lawyer and other members of the Team where required
- Applying a pragmatic, commercial approach to client engagement terms - often against tight deadlines
- Providing ad hoc legal advice to lawyers and Business Operations Teams on risk issues that arise
- Assisting with the drafting of risk policies, procedures and guidance, working with the Head of Quality & Assurance
The successful Commercial Contracts Lawyer is likely to have:
- 1-2 years' PQE in a general commercial / corporate role (either in-house or private practice in a substantial, well-established organisation)
- Technical excellence in contract drafting and amending
- Data protection experience (ideal but not essential - external training provided)
- Commercial awareness with the ability to prioritise and make sound commercial judgements on contract issues
- Proven ability to take the lead on projects and initiatives unrelated to contract work
- The ability to be a key team player and supervise junior staff
- A client focused approach, with excellent interpersonal and persuasion skills
- The ability to build relationships with internal stakeholders on an autonomous basis and to engage with senior members of the firm
- Strong Word skills and good Excel and/or spend management/contract database skills (advantageous)
- Competitive Salary
- Excellent Benefits package including bonus and pension
If you would like to apply for this Commercial Contracts Lawyer role, please submit an up to date copy of your CV as soon as possible.