Senior Legal Counsel (London / Hybrid)

About Our Client

Our Client is an organisation whilst works on technology infrastructure throughout the UK.

Job Description

Lead on high value transactions and advise stakeholders on a range of commercial and legal issues, typically involving technology, telecommunications and outsourcing (covering cloud, data, hosting, IT infrastructure, information security, software, networks and professional services).

• partner with stakeholders to work toward their objectives and work collaboratively with them to reach optimal solutions quickly in a complex regulated environment.
• work with other members of the Legal Senior Leadership team to evolve the function in order to continuously improve the way legal services are delivered.
• coach, train and develop junior members of the Legal Team and develop training sessions with the wider business in key areas.

The Successful Applicant

• be a lawyer, qualified in the UK or another Common Law Jurisdiction, who has several years' experience working in house in a commercial organisation and ideally also in a law firm recognised for technology, media, and telecommunications.
• be capable of operating at a senior level with C suite and stakeholders, with good stakeholder management skills, commercial awareness and the ability to see and grasp the bigger picture.
• have experience and expertise in deal shaping and negotiation across the life cycle of technology and telecommunications contracts (from procurement, to in life change, exit and re procurement), managing external firms in a cost effective way.
• be able and willing to work in the Organisation's London office 2/3 days per week on average to deepen their knowledge of the business and their relationship with stakeholders, and at home.

What's on Offer

For further information about the package on offer for this role, please apply to this advert.