Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial

Experian Information Solutions, Inc.; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

BUPA healthcare

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Experian seeks a Senior Legal Counsel to partner with senior leaders in shaping legal services delivery and commercial strategy. You will lead negotiations on high-value client contracts and help implement a Legal-as-a-Product approach across the organisation.

You will draft, review and negotiate technology, data, and licensing agreements, while driving governance, templates and playbooks to scale operations and support strategic growth, transformation programs and risk management.

Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor with post-qualification experience in commercial contract law.
• Experience independently managing complex commercial contracting programmes and negotiations.
• Experience leading large-scale contracts and supporting important clients and commercial relationships.
• Ability to design and implement governance frameworks and contracting systems for operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage complex, high-value commercial agreements for important clients and opportunities.
• Manage contracts throughout their lifecycle, driving transactions to execution while balancing risk.
• Draft, review and negotiate technology, data, software licensing, services and framework agreements.
• Optimize contracting processes, templates and playbooks to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Support transformation programs including M&A integration activities and legal service development.

Skills

Commercial contracts

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Contract governance

M&A integration experience

Education

Qualified Solicitor (UK)

Job description

At Experian, our Commercial Management Team plays a vital role in enabling business growth while ensuring legal and commercial risks are effectively managed. As Senior Legal Counsel, you'll be a trusted adviser to the business, leading negotiations on significant, high-value client contracts and helping shape how legal services are delivered through our innovative Legal-as-a-Product approach. You'll partner with senior partners to support strategic growth, transformation programs and continuous improvement across the organisation. Work that matters - What you'll do

• Lead and manage complex, high-value commercial agreements for important clients and business opportunities.
• Manage contracts throughout their lifecycle, driving transactions through to successful execution while balancing legal and commercial risk.
• Draft, review and negotiate technology, data, software licensing, services and framework agreements.
• Optimise contracting processes, templates and playbooks to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Support business transformation programs, including M&A integration activities and legal service development.
  Qualified Solicitor with solid post-qualification experience in commercial contract law.
• Experience independently managing complex commercial contracting programmes and negotiations.
• Experience leading large-scale contracts and supporting important clients and commercial relationships.
• Experience designing and implementing process improvements, governance frameworks and contracting systems that create operational excellence.
• Excellent commercial judgement, partner management and influencing skills, with the ability to operate at senior levels.

More about you

• You take ownership of complex matters and are comfortable leading negotiations.
• You enjoy creating structure, improving processes and advocating more efficient ways of working.
• You are commercially minded and can provide, legal advice and solutions that helps the business achieve its objectives.
• You excel in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and build trusted relationships across Legal, Sales, Compliance, Risk and Operations teams.
  Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.
  Great compensation package and discretionary bonus plan
• Core benefits include pension, BUPA healthcare and more
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Internal Grade: C/EB7

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