Hybrid Lawyer – Group Legal, Group Operations & Commercial Legal

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About the role

  • Commercial lawyer supporting legal services transformation in banking across various sectors. Joining hybrid legal team to provide insights and advice on supplier contracts and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Negotiate, draft and advise on a variety of Group-wide supplier contracts for both IT (including SaaS, Cloud and AI solutions) and operational services (such as business process outsources or professional services)
  • Help the business resolve performance or other contractual issues arising from ongoing supplier relationships including resolving contentious matters
  • Ensure projects align with regulatory requirements and help with horizon scanning
  • Identify key legal risks, advise on their implications for the Group and supporting the business by providing clear, pragmatic, solution-focused advice
  • Support the team’s initiatives to provide training to our internal business partners on relevant legal topics
  • Join the team’s helpline service providing stakeholders with quick and easy access to legal support for ad hoc ‘phone a friend’ queries
  • Support the effective selection and management of external legal counsel.

Requirements

  • Must be a fully qualified lawyer with a current practising certificate for a UK jurisdiction or equivalent legal qualification.
  • Experience of negotiating commercial contracts, outsourcing arrangements and technology agreements gained either in an established in-house legal team or a leading private practice firm.
  • Strong commercial awareness together with a customer-focussed approach.
  • Excellent influencing and communication skills together with a pro-active approach as you’ll be required to interact with executives, deliver messages in a cohesive and simple way and build your internal network with senior leaders.
  • Experience advising clients from the financial services sector and an awareness of the regulatory requirements for outsourcing in this sector.

Benefits

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
  • An annual performance-related bonus
  • Share schemes including free shares
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Job title

Lawyer – Group Legal, Group Operations & Commercial Legal

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£87,552 - £97,280 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Tech skills

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