The legal team at a fast-growing global services MNC is managing a high volume of multi-jurisdictional agreements, contract queries, and tasks on a daily basis.
The team of three lawyers is now looking to add another legal counsel to assist. The company has offices in Cork and Dublin with regional offices in Waterford and Limerick. It operates a blended hybrid flexible work arrangement between office and home work.
As a member of the legal team, you will be responsible for:
Responsibilities:
* Reviewing commercial agreements, Privacy and Confidentiality Agreements, Codes of Practice, Client due diligence, Candidate, Employment and Contractor Agreements, Supplier agreements, Master Service Agreements, Consultancy and Statement of Work as well as other kinds of common agreements or legal documents for all countries in the Group as received from the Operations Team.
* Identifying areas of legal risk, contractual risk, and insurance risk, advising team members on complex contract matters in plain English, protecting the Group's interests, and mitigating risk exposure through a business lens.
* Familiarising yourself with the Group's commercial standards to ensure contracts are up-to-date and have all the necessary terms and contractual flow-downs.
* Drafting, editing, marking-up, and flagging risks in contracts to the contract owner, as well as coordinating across internal teams whose input to contracts may be required. Providing advice to the Operations Team in negotiating changes with Clients and Suppliers, including joining conference calls with Clients and Suppliers to support operations on negotiations and contentious matters as needed.
* Supporting the Supplier Risk Management program and the Client Risk Management program, including preparing and completing risk escalation memos for sign-off.
* Responding within an agreed time frame, representing Contract Management, and upholding established processes on cross-functional teams.
* Ensuring all contracts are recorded accurately, validated, and managed accordingly, including using our contract management system.
* Liaising with in-country lawyers across Ireland, the UK, and Asia as needed.
* Reviewing the Standard Terms of Business for each country at least twice per year to ensure they are kept up to date.
* Supporting ad hoc internal legal queries and HR with employment-related matters.
* Understanding of GDPR and its impact on business and the ability to research and build upon internal team knowledge on regulatory matters.
* Working in a fast-paced environment with a variety of legal documents, issues, and working practices across different jurisdictions, requiring familiarity and quick turnaround on a high volume of contract reviews.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex legal issues to a non-legal audience.
* Being decisive and diplomatic in dealing with Clients and Suppliers to resolve disputes, overcoming differences, escalating where appropriate while maintaining non-negotiables.
* Working well with others of varied backgrounds with an ability to build strong relationships across business functions.
* Strong influencing style, articulate, and confident.
* Excellent attention to detail.
Skills Required:
* Minimum 2-3 years PQE in commercial law
* Proven track record in dealing with commercial agreements
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