Senior Legal Counsel

at  7IM

SKILLS

• Solid foundation of highly developed contract review, drafting and advice skills.
• Adapts review proportionately to nature of arrangement, risks and objectives.
• Confident with complex drafting and committed to high standards of drafting.
• Takes pride in work. Can be relied on to proof as needed to control risk of errors, and to proactively facilitate ease of review by others.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Proactively verifies against drafting or fact-finding methods as appropriate.
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal. Tailored to relevant audience and their needs.
• Confident, clear, accurate. Concise. Plain English – no legal jargon.
• Highly organised.
• Priorities appropriately. Willing and able to report effectively on same.
• Remains productive and a team player under pressure.
• Plans, anticipates and manages issues and workload to achieve priorities, timelines and objectives.
• Solution-oriented. Proactive and pragmatic in risk and stakeholder management.
• Consistently reliable in attention to detail and thoroughness.KNOWLEDGE
• Experienced commercial lawyer with expertise in contract law.
• Prior relevant industry experience in FCA regulatory framework highly desirable.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office (especially Word) features – dab hand at basics like tracking features and automated cross-references for ensuring quality control in work.QUALIFICATIONS
• UK qualified lawyer with strong academic background.OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
• As part of a small Legal team, flexible and adaptive.
• Displays understanding of the needs of clients and colleagues.
• Applies skills and expertise to achieve desired outcomes.
• Takes responsibility for developing links to wider team.
• Enthusiastic, professional, highly motivated team player.
• Strives for continuous improvement.
• Culture carrier of 7IM vision, purpose, values and personality.

PURPOSE

Reporting directly to the Head of Legal, effective legal risk management in line with Group risk profile and
strategic and financial objectives and with a focus on general commercial and contract matters.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, and advising on the management of associated risks and regulatory considerations, including:
• third party supplier agreements for all business areas (IT, data, services, outsourcing, HR, Marketing);
• legal advice and deliverables for Change Management project delivery;
• day to day advice and support on Group contracts, legal risks and resolution of queries and issues.
• Legal Team lead on third party supplier contracts and associated risk management.
• Legal advice and support on Group governance and risk management associated with data protection, cyber security, and the protection of Group trademark and domain name portfolios.
• Actively contributing to embedding and enhancement of team risk management controls, reporting mechanisms and Legal operations management.
• Close regular liaison with Risk & Compliance as necessary.
• Management of role’s direct reports within team.
• Maintaining working knowledge of Group product and service offerings, and relevant regulatory matters, in order to deliver tailored and effective legal advice and review.
• Identify and proactively escalate risks and issues appropriately to relevant stakeholders, challenge robustly as necessary, propose solutions.
• Ensure timescales for legal deliverables are consistently maintained, completing tasks in a timely manner and prioritising as necessary.
• Maintaining complete records in accordance with team procedures for ensuring the integrity of Group contracts repositories and Legal team matter management data.
• Take accountability for own work and its accuracy.
• Assist team members as required and work effectively with colleagues.
• Team support / other as reasonably required by Head of Legal.
• While not directly interacting with customers, your actions should align with upholding the FCA’s Consumer Duty principles, thereby contributing to fair and beneficial outcomes for our clients.