(Senior) Legal Counsel IT Law

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic legal professional to enhance their legal department. This role involves managing IT law, data protection, and contract law matters on an international scale. You will be responsible for drafting and negotiating contracts while collaborating with a motivated team. The ideal candidate will possess a Master of Laws and have substantial experience in corporate law, demonstrating strong negotiation and communication skills. Join this forward-thinking company and make a significant impact in a collaborative and agile environment.

Qualifications

• Completed legal training with a Master of Laws or second state examination.
• Specialization in IT law, contract law, and data protection law.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen the legal department as a key contact for IT law and data protection.
• Draft, review, and negotiate IT contracts with customers and partners.

Skills

IT law

contract law

data protection law

negotiation skills

communication skills

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M.)

Second state examination

Tools

MS Office

ECM software

BPM software

Job description

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Responsibilities

• You will strengthen our legal department as a key point of contact for all legal matters, specifically relating to IT law, data protection law, and contract law in the international area (EMEA, US).
• You will be responsible for independently drafting, reviewing, and negotiating IT contracts with our customers and partners while in particular lending assistance for data protection and public procurement procedures.
• You will become part of an international, agile, dynamic, and motivated team.

Your Profile

• You have completed your legal training with a Master of Laws, LL.M. or second state examination, are a corporate counsel/inhouse-lawyer or a lawyer.
• You have a specialization and substantial professional experience in IT law, contract law, data protection law and/or in European legal systems or in UK or US law.
• You are interested in the broad range of responsibilities of a corporate counsel and have already gained professional experience in a company or a law firm specializing in commercial or IT law.
• In addition to legal expertise, you are a self-starter, quick on your feet, reliable and proactive.
• You are proficient in MS Office and can quickly familiarize yourself with new software, such as our own ECM and BPM software.
• You possess outstanding negotiation and communication abilities to handle relevant legal and business issues - in English (business fluent) and ideally in another language (German, Spanish, French).