Senior Legal Counsel (Technology) 6+ PQE πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ UK

Senior Legal Counsel role for a 6+ PQE commercial / technology lawyer who would like to join a leading global name in technology in a senior legal capacity – whilst maintaining healthy work life balance.

Summary of the role

  • senior title
  • competitive package
  • career development and progression
  • work life balance, flexibility, extra days off
  • complex and interesting commercial legal work
  • being part of a collegiate legal team with great culture

Location: London (Hybrid working arrangements with a lot of flexibility).

You will focus on commercial legal matters and work closely with the business teams – responding to their requests, summarising and communicating legal risks, supporting partner organisations and drafting and negotiating complex high value commercial and technology contracts and agreements with world’s largest enterprises.

Responsibilities include

  • work closely with the commercial teams and senior leadership team
  • lead on cross industry commercial IT contract negotiations with household names / FTSE 50
  • draft and negotiate high value technology agreements
  • support projects such as IT & data licensing, data storage, software/App development, robotics, systems integration, platform infrastructure development, procurement of IT services, data security, cloud services, IoT, SaaS, PaaS, AI, and R&D projects
  • advise internal and external clients on various ad hoc legal questions
  • work closely with the leadership on the management of high-risk issues and on strategic legal and commercial projects
  • provide training to business colleagues
  • supervise and mentor junior lawyers
  • transition into a managing role in the future

Requirements

  • commercial technology lawyer with 6+ PQE, ideally trained in a reputable firm

We have been working closely with the hiring team for over 4 years and will be able to answer your questions, best position you for the role and support you throughout the recruitment process with the aim of securing an excellent offer.

Reference: COSM23

Next steps

Your contact is Mila Read, director of Found Legal.

To discuss the role, you can either:

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