Commercial Contracts Lawyer

Obelisk Support; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Obelisk Support is seeking a junior commercial contracts lawyer to work with client and supplier contracts, including MSAs, DPAs, and statements of work, with AI-assisted review tools.

Hybrid (London) or remote, start ASAP. You’ll work independently, using playbooks, and contribute to improving the AI tools and processes while ensuring data protection and privacy standards.

Qualifications

• Experience negotiating DPAs (data processing agreements) and reviewing DPAs
• Experience in a data-led business (research, insights, data/tech or healthcare data) would be desirable

Responsibilities

• Review, draft and negotiate MSAs and statements of work
• Review and negotiate DPAs that accompany client and supplier agreements
• Manage supplier agreements and use AI-assisted contract review tools

Skills

Data protection

Privacy compliance

Job description

Our client is a data-heavy, AI-forward research consultancy with clients and operations across the UK and US. This role will suit a junior commercial contracts lawyer who can bring experience of dealing with client and supplier side contracts, and is comfortable working independently and using AI tools in contract reviews.

What you’ll do

• Work through the existing contract backlog using the company’s playbooks
• Review, draft and negotiate MSAs and statements of work; review and negotiate the DPAs that accompany client and supplier agreements, and manage supplier agreements
• Use the AI-assisted contract review tools, and help improve them and the playbooks

What you’ll bring

• Strong data protection and privacy knowledge, including reviewing and negotiating DPAs
• Experience in a data-led business, such as research, insights, data/tech or healthcare data is desirable

The details

Hybrid (London) or remote

Start: ASAP

This is an advert for a job vacancy and may not include every detail of the duties of the role. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

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