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Corporate Counsel

Riskonnect

Riskonnect

Legal
London, UK
Posted on Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Riskonnect is looking for an ambitious, commercially focused Corporate Counsel to join our in-house legal team. The position will be involved with the whole spectrum of the business’ legal and compliance needs and will play a key role in supporting Riskonnect’s Global Sales, Customer Success, and Professional Services organizations in structuring, drafting and negotiating agreements for commercial transactions. This is a standalone role in the UK, this position will report to the General Counsel in USA.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Drafting, review and negotiation of commercial agreements with customers, vendors, partners and other third parties
  • Developing and maintaining standard contract templates, contract playbooks, and contract policies and processes and interfacing with multiple teams to optimize them
  • Partnering with Finance, Sales Ops, Tech Ops, Customer Success and other stakeholder teams to ensure agreements are consistent with internal corporate guidelines
  • Partnering with internal business constituents throughout the customer lifecycle to ensure customer success and protection of Riskonnect’s legal interests
  • Analyzing, interpreting and educating on complex contract provisions to ensure compliance and consistency with Riskonnect’s business model
  • Preparing and providing internal training materials and presentations to Riskonnect stakeholders
  • Providing general legal advice on a variety of topics impacting SaaS providers
  • Advise on legal challenges, risks, complex agreement structures and company policies.
  • Advise senior management and business clients on various aspects of English and European law.
  • Negotiate a range of agreements with customers and partners throughout UK/EMEA. Consult on a range of commercial agreements and create and maintain templates that comply with company policies and local law. Draft and maintain templates that comply with company policies and local law.
  • Engage procurement for UK using the G-Cloud supplier services framework.

Required skills/experience:

  • Qualified solicitor with 5+ years relevant experience in private practice and/or an in-house team in the UK.
  • BA/BS/LLB degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • Ability to work independently and resolve questions or concerns with minimal oversight.
  • Experience with negotiating technology agreements.
  • Knowledge and experience with privacy and/or data protection regulations.
  • Ability to multi-task and desire to work on a wide range of legal matters.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • High work quality and attention to detail and ability to resolve time sensitive issues.
  • Ability to operate in a fast-paced work environment, stay calm under pressure, and organize, prioritize and manage a high-volume workload while maintaining quality.
  • Basic Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
  • Highly responsive and service-oriented attitude.
  • Ability to maintain strong working relationships with internal clients.
  • Excellent commercial acumen and sound and practical business judgment.
  • Prior experience working in high-growth, innovative and fast-paced work environment.
  • Experience of working in a standalone role.

Desirable skills/experience:

  • Experience in supporting sales departments as an internal client.
  • Salesforce CRM experience would be an advantage.