Lawyer - Ernst & Young

Jobs via eFinancialCareers; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Une entreprise de services professionnels de renommée mondiale recherche un Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial Contract Lawyer pour son équipe juridique interne. Le rôle comprend la rédaction et la négociation de contrats variés, tout en offrant des conseils juridiques à tous les niveaux de l'entreprise. Ce poste exige une expérience solide dans un environnement rapide et dynamique, avec un fort accent sur la collaboration et le professionnalisme.

Qualifications

• Environ 8 ans d'expérience post-qualification.
• Expérience significative dans un cabinet juridique réputé ou en entreprise.
• Capacité à fournir des conseils juridiques pratiques dans un environnement rapide.

Responsibilities

• Rédiger et négocier des contrats tels que des accords de services principaux.
• Conseiller sur des accords avec les clients et divers arrangements contractuels.
• Fournir des conseils juridiques aux lignes de service de l'entreprise.

Skills

Negociation

Communication

Capacité à travailler sous pression

Connaissance commerciale

Job description

Legal Counsel - Commercial Lawyer - Senior Manager - Permanent - London

EY is a global network of professional services firms engaged in consulting, transaction, assurance and tax services with member firms in over 170 countries worldwide. The UK firm of Ernst & Young LLP has over 840 partners and 20,000 employees.

The UK Legal team is well established and highly regarded. Led by our General Counsel, Lisa Cameron, we comprise 32 lawyers supported by 4 paralegals. The UK Legal team also forms part of a Global legal function.

The opportunity
We have a vacancy for a Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial Contract Lawyer within our high performing and ambitious in-house legal team. We respond to business transformation and innovation, enjoying a varied and challenging workload, and support the new EY All in Nextwave Strategy by showing curiosity, intelligence and energy to deliver prompt, pragmatic, adaptable and commercial legal advice to all levels within our business.

Your key responsibilities
The work within the UK Legal team is highly varied and covers all legal issues arising from the running of a professional services business. Much of the legal work is at the cutting edge of business practice as the firm constantly finds innovative ways to help our clients' businesses.

This in-house role includes:

Advising on, drafting and negotiating contracts, such as Master Services Agreements and Global Framework Agreements with our clients as well as other complex contractual arrangements pursuant to which we provide an ever more diverse range of services;

• Subcontracts, where EY is subcontractor;
• Collaboration agreements,
• Managed services and outsourcing agreements
• Software and Licensing agreements
• Government and public sector agreements;
• Advising on tenders and RFP responses;
• Supporting other Legal Team members with large complex commercial contracts
• Advising on, drafting and negotiating contracts with suppliers
• General: providing legal advice to the firm's service lines and its other internal support functions such as real estate and facilities, procurement, finance, HR, IT, knowledge and marketing and the opportunity to be the legal lead on firm-wide projects.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong team player with excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Demonstrable commitment to the attributes of our highest performing teams - focus on results, accepting of accountability, committed, embraces healthy conflict, builds trust.
• Keeps calm and copes well with conflicting and ever-changing deadlines.
• Ability to lead, provide a view, take responsibility and ownership of issues, including an ability to take difficult decisions and provide substantiated arguments.
• Commercial awareness of the business issues facing us as we evolve, coupled with an active desire to get alongside our business, scanning the horizon for new service offerings to provide legal insight and support.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Approximately 8 or more years of post-qualification experience.
• Significant experience gained either in a reputable City law firm (or equivalent) and/or in-house
• Ability to provide practical legal advice and support with a high degree of professionalism in a fast-paced environment and to establish a high degree of credibility, respect and trust at all levels.

Ideally, you'll also have
Proven ability to establish a high degree of credibility, respect and trust at all levels, including with senior members of the firm, some of whom have a considerable understanding of the law.

What we look for
A self-starter, adept at responding promptly/juggling deadlines who actively looks to build relationships based on trust and confidence.

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