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Join this well-established technology solutions and managed services organisation in the City, reporting into the Group General Counsel within a respected team. Build your long-term in-house career within a business offering fantastic quality of work, broad-ranging benefits and great work-life balance.

About the Company:

Working with top class brands across all sectors (private and public), this is a leading providing technology solutions and managed services, including cloud-based solutions. The business has won plenty of awards and boasts an excellent leadership team, acquisitive and organic growth and a great work-life balance. The company has its main offices in the City, with a hybrid working culture long-established.

About The Role:

This is a broad commercial Legal Counsel role, sat within a respected in-house legal team central to all things good within the business. Working closely with internal stakeholders including sales, procurement and HR, you will work on the likes of MSAs, reseller and framework agreements, ensuring compliance with internal policies and commercial objectives. You will work closely with the Group GC to help mature the internal legal infrastructure, refining playbooks and processes to allow for long-term efficiency. You'll advise on key legal compliance matters, including data privacy, modern slavery and anti-bribery matters, while supporting tenders for contracts across private and public sector clients. This is a hybrid working role requiring three days in the City of London offices.

About You:

This role will suit a qualified commercial lawyer with experience of servicing clients in the technology or telecommunications sector, either in private practice or in-house. E&W qualified lawyers and those qualified in other major common law jurisdictions (e.g. Australia or New Zealand) are welcome to apply, with guidance level of experience at 4+ PQE (candidates with less but relevant experience will be readily considered). You will have sustained experience negotiating relevant contracts, including MSAs, framework and technology agreements, alongside the ability to advise on legal compliance, data privacy and other ad hoc matters. You must have demonstrable stakeholder engagement skills at all levels and the commitment to work from the London offices three times per week.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work closely with an experienced Group GC for the long term, in a business offering career progression prospects, excellent balance and a rich quality of work.

What to do next:

If this role could be of interest, please apply or contact neel.mehta@robertwalters.com for more information. If it's not quite right for you but could be interesting for a friend, Robert Walters offers substantial rewards for successful referrals.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Legal

Focus: Commercial Law

Industry: Legal

Salary: £90,000 - £110,000 per annum + attractive benefits package

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Associate

Location: City of London

Job Reference: OAWZ3N-2CCD30FB

Date posted: 24 January 2025

Consultant: Neel Mehta

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