Senior Lawyer
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Legal
- Location
- England, London, City of London
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 08 Jun 2017
- Closes
- 28 Jun 2017
- Ref
- 13833131/001
- Contact
- Martin Turner
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Information Technology
- PQE Level
- 5-7
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
The core work will involve leading the UK businesses in respect of commercial and technology contracting, with a solid understanding of data and privacy related regulations. Experience in complex commercial agreements, and dealing with suppliers in the media and technology industries is essential.
Client Details
A world leading media communications network.
Description
The key legal matters and/or areas of work encountered will vary but will primarily include:
- Commercial contracting (drafting, negotiating, advising business people)
- Data and privacy compliance
- Data processing agreements, sharing and licensing agreements
- Data subject access requests and processes
- Dealing with data security breaches and recommending process and Strategy
- Data compliance audits
- Training commercial team and contract staff
Profile
The Senior Lawyer will be an integral member of the legal team and have primary responsibility for delivering support and assistance to various UK operational divisions. This is a hands-on, autonomous and highly visible role within the business and the individual will work on a range of diverse and challenging projects. Therefore, the ideal candidate must:
- be commercially-minded and have excellent communication and inter-personal skills to enable them to work with all levels of management and negotiate with external clients
- possess well-developed prioritisation skills given the likelihood of dealing with multiple projects at any one time
- be able to work autonomously where needed
- be able to work well under pressure and able to professionally manage through fast-moving and complex situations
- have a pleasant but firm personality and be able to work in a cross-cultural environment, including having a have a collaborative mindset and being able to enable close partnerships with other legal and finance experts across the business
Job Offer
Very Competitive.