General Commercial Lawyer, In-house

Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
Highly competitive compensation + benefits
Posted
14 Jul 2017
Closes
11 Aug 2017
Ref
MAE15179
Job Title
In House Counsel
PQE Level
10+, 2-4, 5-7, 8-10
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time

A financial services institution is looking for a 2- 8 PQE General Commercial Lawyer to join their legal team on a 12 month fixed term contract.

ROLE:

This role will be dynamic and challenging and include a variety of work such as:

  • Provide general legal advice to all business areas in the organisation.
  • Review, draft and negotiate commercial contracts such as engagement letters, IP/IT agreements, NDAs and ad-hoc agreements.
  • Support internal marketing team with affiliate agreements, agency and licencing agreements.
  • Identify and mitigate legal risk in line with the business’ aims
  • Keeping abreast with financial services regulations which affect the business and advising on any changes
  • Liaising with external lawyers where required;

CANDIDATE

  • The ideal candidate will have broad legal experience working as a lawyer in-house or within a private practice firm
  • Financial services experience will be desirable but not essential

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