Contracts Advisor - Compliance

QED Legal; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Medical Insurance

Pension Scheme

25 days annual leave

Life Assurance

Season ticket loans

Employee Assistance programme

Job summary

QED Legal is recruiting a Contracts Advisor into its Risk & Compliance team across the UK. The role offers high exposure to Partners and senior stakeholders and a focus on client contracts, engagement terms and regulatory risk within a leading national firm.

You'll review, draft and negotiate client engagement terms and supplier contracts, advise on guidelines and standard terms, and help develop precedents, playbooks and databases to support commercial and regulatory objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in contract review, advisory or negotiation within a law firm or regulated environment.
• Experience with client engagement terms or supplier contracts preferred.
• Understanding regulatory or risk considerations in commercial agreements.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft and negotiate client engagement terms, contracts and agreements.
• Advise on outside counsel guidelines, panel terms, engagement letters and standard terms of business.
• Identify and assess legal, regulatory and commercial risks within contracts.
• Advise stakeholders on departures from standard contractual positions and support the relevant approval processes.
• Work closely with Procurement on supplier contracts and terms of service.
• Act as a trusted advisor to Partners and internal stakeholders on contractual and compliance queries.
• Maintain and develop contract precedents, playbooks, guidance and contract databases.
• Keep up to date with regulatory developments and market practice.
• Provide clear, practical and commercially focused advice that enables the business to move forward.

Skills

Contract drafting

Contract review

Risk management

Stakeholder advisory

Communication

Organization

Job description

Contracts Advisor – Risk & Compliance

UK Wide

Hybrid

We're working with a brilliant leading national UK law firm that is looking to appoint a Contracts Advisor into its established Risk & Compliance team.

You'll work closely with Partners, senior stakeholders, Procurement and the wider Risk & Compliance function, providing practical, commercially focused advice and helping the firm manage contractual and regulatory risk.

The Role?

As Contracts Advisor, you'll have a particular focus on client contracts and engagement terms.

• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating client engagement terms, contracts and agreements
• Advising on outside counsel guidelines, panel terms, engagement letters and standard terms of business
• Identifying and assessing legal, regulatory and commercial risks within contracts
• Advising stakeholders on departures from standard contractual positions and supporting the relevant approval processes
• Working closely with Procurement on supplier contracts and terms of service
• Acting as a trusted advisor to Partners and internal stakeholders on contractual and compliance queries
• Maintaining and developing contract precedents, playbooks, guidance and contract databases
• Keeping up to date with regulatory developments and market practice
• Providing clear, practical and commercially focused advice that enables the business to move forward

This is a high-profile role with excellent exposure across the firm, offering the opportunity to become a key point of contact for contractual matters.

About You?

We're keen to speak with candidates who have experience in contract review, contract advisory or contract negotiation, whether that's within a law firm, professional services environment or another regulated sector.

You could come from a background such as:

• Legal Contracts
• Commercial Contracts
• Contract Management
• Risk & Compliance
• Legal Operations
• In-house Legal
• Professional Services

You'll ideally have experience with client engagement terms and/or supplier contracts, alongside an understanding of the regulatory or risk considerations that can sit within commercial agreements.

• Commercially minded and pragmatic
• Confident identifying and managing contractual risk
• Comfortable advising senior stakeholders
• Strong in contract drafting, review and negotiation
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• An excellent communicator, both written and verbal
• Proactive and comfortable working independently

Experience within a law firm or another highly regulated environment would be advantageous, but isn't essential

What's in it for you?

This is a great opportunity to join a high-performing Risk & Compliance function within a progressive and commercially focused national law firm.

You'll have the opportunity to work on a varied range of contracts, gain significant exposure to senior stakeholders and play a key role in supporting the firm's commercial and regulatory objectives.

• Hybrid working - 2 days in office
• Medical Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• 25 days annual leave - rising with length of service
• Life Assurance
• Season ticket loans
• Employee Assistance programme