Corporate Legal Counsel

Tata Consultancy Services; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health care

Life assurance

Laptop

Phone

Training resources

Discounts within Tata network

Health & wellness initiatives

Sports events

London Marathon sponsorship

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Dublin seeks a Corporate Legal Counsel to deliver strategic legal advice on corporate, regulatory, and compliance matters across Ireland. You will draft, review, and negotiate contracts, handle risk management, and coordinate with internal partners to support business objectives.

Travel may be required. This is a permanent role with an initial in-office presence of four days per week, then three days as the role evolves.

Qualifications

• Requires LLB/LLM/J.D (or equivalent) from an accredited law school and current practicing certificate.
• Extensive experience in outsourcing/IT contracts and providing business-related legal counsel (ideally 5+ years).
• Strong analytical ability and knowledge of governing laws.
• Good team spirit and ability to supervise assigned personnel.
• Excellent oral and written communication across levels and cultures.
• Project and time-management skills to meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work with internal and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Identify contract requirements, negotiate terms, perform due diligence, and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Provide legal counsel and coordinate activities across corporate or risk management functions.
• Review and draft business agreements and regulatory-related documents for optimal company interests.
• Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks in business practices.
• Review statutes, regulations, and contracts to guide business decisions.
• Supervise or coordinate legal staff and projects as assigned.
• Provide legal analysis and advice on contract negotiations and related agreements.
• Support and manage the work of other legal staff as needed.
• Provide regular written and ad hoc reports to the Head of Legal.

Skills

Legal counsel

Contract negotiation

Regulatory knowledge

Analytical ability

Cross-cultural communication

Time management

Team supervision

Education

LLB/LLM/J.D. or equivalent

Job description

Role: Corporate Legal Counsel

Location: Dublin (initially 4 days per week in office, then dropping to 3)

Contract: Permanent

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

The Role

The successful candidate will be responsible for legal advice to the management, including strategic initiatives, general business, regulatory and legal compliance matters of TCS operations in Ireland. This will include corporate legal activities and timely delivery of legal support. Responsible for handling drafting, review and negotiation of contracts and legal documentation. International and domestic travel may be expected based on business requirements.

Your responsibilities

• Identify requirements, prepare and negotiate contracts, perform legal due diligence and research, advise management, and ensure on-going compliance with the company's responsibilities for monitoring, reporting and meeting contractual, statutory and legal obligations in customer engagements.
• Provide legal counsel, coordinate and manage other legal activities relating to a variety of business corporate or risk management functions/issues as they arise.
• Review, negotiate, and/or draft business agreements/contracts relating to a wide variety of general business and/or regulatory issues to the best advantage of the company.
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with various business practices and operations.
• Review statutes, regulations and company contracts and provide advice on resolving legal, business and/or regulatory issues.
• Supervise, coordinate or direct projects and/or legal staff as assigned.
• Provide legal review, analysis, and advice to business partners/functional areas as assigned, as well asprovide legal review, analysis, and counsel relating to contract negotiation and draft related agreements.
• Provide assistance to and manage the work activities of other legal staff, as may be assigned.
• Provide regular written reports and ad hoc verbal reporting to Head of Legal in relation to own responsibilities.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience

• Requires a LLB/LLM/J.D (or equivalent degree in the relevant jurisdiction) from an accredited law school and current practicing certificate or equivalent.
• Requires extensive professional experience with ideally at least 5 years in outsourcing/IT Contracts/License matters providing legal counsel on business issues and contractual issues in the legal field, demonstrating good negotiating and drafting skills.
• Requires strong analytical ability and knowledge of the relevant governing laws.
• Requires good team spirit and the ability to motivate and supervise assigned personnel.
• Requires excellent oral and written communication ability to effectively communicate with all levels of personnel within the company, vendors and clients, and an understanding of working across cultures.
• Requires project management and time-management skills and the ability to effectively prioritize work activities to accomplish assigned duties under deadline pressure.
• Requires strong interpersonal ability to effectively work with internal business clients, vendors and external clients.
• Requires word processing skills and the ability to perform in a self-sufficient manner with minimal secretarial and administrative support.

Rewards & Benefits

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally.

• pension
• health care
• life assurance
• laptop
• phone
• access to extensive training resources
• discounts within the larger Tata network
• health & wellness initiatives
• sports events
• proud sponsor of the London Marathon

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

Due to the high volume of applications, we will be unable to contact each applicant individually on the status of their application. If you have not received a direct response within 30 days, then it should be deemed unsuccessful on this occasion.