Legal Counsel (PQE experienced)
Connect44 is looking for Legal counsel (UK experienced)
LOCATION:
The role will be based in our Reading office but may be required to travel to other UK locations as specified from time to time.
The Role
- The position will report to the Head of Legal of
- UK & Ireland. The role is for a lawyer to join an existing team of 7 lawyers at
- UK office. The primary function of the role is to provide general in-house legal services to the R&D function within UK & Ireland. Legal support to other business function and other Group Companies will also be required as needed.
Responsibilities:
- Advise on compliance with business practices, policies, procedures and law
- Design and implement internal controls, policies and procedures to assure compliance with applicable laws and regulations
- Identify, analyse and evaluate risks and suggest appropriate solutions to mitigate risks
- Provide support to company secretarial work and provide advice on corporate governance
- Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, procurement contracts, R&D agreements, cooperation agreements, Horizon2020 Consortium Agreements, NDAs and other major/non-standard agreements
- Localise and develop model standard agreements/clauses, precedents
- Respond to adhoc queries from other departments within providing appropriate solutions
- Responsible for overall legal support to specific lines of business
- Liaison with various business practices, commercial managers and contract specialists
- Work closely with other lawyers throughout
- Provide training and updates to other departments as necessary
- Implementing legal policies and business practices
- Interface with selected external lawyers as required
- Participate in European-wide or Global-wide initiatives as required
Required Skills:
- Minimum 3 years PQE in either private practice or in-house
- Minimum 2.1 degree and excellent academics
- Experience in the R&D and/or ICT industry preferred
- High-level legal drafting skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Creative thinking and problem solving
- Strong commercial sense
- Ability to perform under intense pressure
- Ability to multi-task and work according to defined priorities
Please send your Cvs.