Legal Counsel - Tech firm (3 month contract)
Posted Today by Robert Half
£33 Per hour
Inside
Remote
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Legal Counsel involves providing comprehensive legal support for a tech firm on a 3-month contract basis, fully remote. The position requires collaboration with sales and clients for contract management, negotiation support, and risk documentation. The candidate must possess a solid understanding of commercial contract law and demonstrate strong negotiation and relationship-building skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with sales personnel and client representatives to provide daily contract management support and clarify delivery expectations
- Support reporting processes, document business and contractual risks, and follow through with appropriate stakeholders to ensure action item completion
- Escalate matters to leadership and ensure timely communication to all impacted parties
- Maintain fundamental understanding of product and service portfolio and related commercial implications
- Prepare and analyze various contractual documents (including SAAS agreements, work statements, change orders, arrangement letters, subcontracts, and NDAs) while coordinating with other internal departments
- Provide support during negotiations and where necessary lead in negotiations
- Efficiently manage numerous concurrent projects with varying priorities
- Provide high quality legal support across other areas of the business as necessary, in particular in relation to corporate support and data protection issues
Key Skills:
- Admitted as a solicitor
- Approximately 2-3 years of post-qualification experience in commercial contract law
- Demonstrated proficiency in technical legal analysis and contract management
- Proven ability to conduct successful negotiations
- Experience working directly with customers
- Superior relationship-building capabilities with a track record of engaging effectively with diverse stakeholders
- Preferably some experience in coordinating with external legal counsel
- Desirable additional experience in data protection, general corporate matters, and/or intellectual property law
Salary (Rate): £33.00/hr
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Legal
Detailed Description From Employer:
Legal Counsel 3 month contract Tech firm UK - fully remote £260 per day (inside IR35 PAYE)
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with sales personnel and client representatives to provide daily contract management support and clarify delivery expectations
- Support reporting processes, document business and contractual risks, and follow through with appropriate stakeholders to ensure action item completion
- Escalate matters to leadership and ensure timely communication to all impacted parties
- Maintain fundamental understanding of product and service portfolio and related commercial implications
- Prepare and analyze various contractual documents (including SAAS agreements, work statements, change orders, arrangement letters, subcontracts, and NDAs) while coordinating with other internal departments
- Provide support during negotiations and where necessary lead in negotiations
- Efficiently manage numerous concurrent projects with varying priorities
- Provide high quality legal support across other areas of the business as necessary, in particular in relation to corporate support and data protection issues.
Requirements:
- Admitted as a solicitor
- Approximately 2-3 years of post-qualification experience in commercial contract law
- Demonstrated proficiency in technical legal analysis and contract management
- Proven ability to conduct successful negotiations
- Experience working directly with customers
- Superior relationship-building capabilities with a track record of engaging effectively with diverse stakeholders
- Preferably some experience in coordinating with external legal counsel
- Desirable additional experience in data protection, general corporate matters, and/or intellectual property law.