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
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