Senior Legal Counsel - Tech firm - 3 month contract (Based in Harrow - London)
Posted 2 days ago by Robert Half
£115,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Legal Counsel role is a 3-month fixed-term contract within a technology firm based in Harrow, London, focusing on various legal responsibilities including contract management, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance. The position requires effective communication with team members and external counsel, as well as the ability to provide legal advice on compliance and business matters. Candidates should have substantial post-qualification experience and be licensed to practice law in the UK.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare, review, negotiate, and interpret various contracts including sales, service, consulting, vendor agreements, and NDAs.
- Organize and maintain a contract library with templates and reference materials.
- Communicate effectively with team members and resolve legal and contract issues.
- Conduct legal research and provide guidance on regulatory compliance and licensing matters.
- Assist with compliance programs related to Privacy/GDPR, PCI, and Anti-Bribery/FCPA.
- Research corporate governance matters and assist with corporate secretarial duties.
- Coordinate litigation management tasks and monitor case deadlines.
- Assist in intellectual property management and trademark reviews.
Key Skills:
- Licensed to practice law in the United Kingdom.
- Substantial post-qualification experience, preferably in-house.
- Strong negotiation and contract management skills.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with regulatory compliance and corporate governance.
- Ability to conduct legal research and analysis.
- Knowledge of intellectual property law.
Salary (Rate): £115,000.00 yearly
City: Harrow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Legal
Senior Legal Counsel 3 month fixed term contract Technology firm Harrow (London) - hybrid working Salary - £100K-£115K
The duties:
- Contract /Transactional Matters
Prepare, review, negotiate, and interpret contracts (including sales contracts, service agreements, consulting agreements, vendor agreements, and NDA’s), and suggest potential solutions ensuring business needs and priorities are met while minimizing risks
Organize, manage, and maintain contract library (both electronic and paper-based files) to include contract templates and forms, and commonly used RFP/RFQ responses, and other reference materials to streamline contract processes
- Commercial Support
Communicate effectively and professionally with team members at all levels (including management and executive leadership)
Resolve routine legal and contract issues
Conduct entity searches, perform legal research, and analyse law sources such as statutes, case law, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, etc.
Provide advice and guidance to the business, sales and products teams in addressing regulatory compliance, licensing, business and reporting matters
Where required coordinate, manage and validate advice from external counsel within a budget
- Regulatory/Compliance Support
Assist with compliance programs (Privacy/GDPR, PCI, Anti-Bribery/FCPA)
Translate legal and regulatory requirements into functional specifications and standard operational procedures
Help maintain compliance logs and manage related tasks
Advise on new and emerging legal and regulatory developments impacting the business, including identifying industry standards and potential impacts on business activities.
Receive and process Legal Department correspondence
- Corporate Governance Administration
Research and advise on corporate structure and governance matters
Assist in fulfilling corporate secretarial duties, including maintaining corporate minute books and other business records, preparing in compilation of board and committee materials, and coordinate approvals and signatures of documents
- Litigation Management s Support
Coordinate, gather, and organize facts C documents for discovery responses or administrative actions, which will involve working with internal business clients and outside legal counsel
Monitor and track all case deadlines
File and retrieve documents on court databases
Manage discovery responses
Help prepare legal pleadings
- Intellectual Property
Assist the Marketing department in copyright and trademark review
Manage and track intellectual property registrations
Assist outside counsel in gathering required samples and information
What you’ll have:
Licensed to practice law in the United Kingdom
A strong preference for candidates with substantial post-qualification experience, particularly those who have worked in-house.