Senior Legal Counsel

Role Purpose

We are currently recruiting for a talented Senior Legal Counsel to join the Informa Festivals Legal Team. This is an exciting opportunity to become a valued business partner to a global B2B events business.

Reporting directly to the Head of Legal for Informa Festivals and working closely with the divisional and vertical Leadership teams the role will provide strategic legal guidance and oversight to the Fintech vertical within Festivals.

The Informa Festivals Legal Team sits within the Informa PLC Legal & Governance Team a highly regarded and awardwinning business partner to the Informa Group.

Qualifications :

The role requires a proactive businessoriented legal mind with broad legal acumen who excels at ensuring compliance with laws whilst balancing mitigating legal risks with enabling business objectives. The individual will need strong expertise in commercial law contract negotiation intellectual property management and stakeholder management.

What makes you stand out:

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to influence stakeholders at all levels including excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to explain complex legal issues in a clear and simple manner.
• Commercially minded with strong understanding of business needs and the ability to balance legal considerations with commercial objectives/strategic imperatives.
• Ability to align legal strategies with the companys business goals helping to navigate challenges and seize opportunities.
• Strategic thinking with strong problemsolving and decisionmaking abilities.
• An enthusiastic and proactive approach to work with an ability to prioritise effectively.
• Comfortable rolling up your sleeves and managing a variety of tasks simultaneously in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• A keen desire to contribute to a strong fun and high performing team culture.

Qualifications and experience:

• 4 6 years of qualified legal experience (PQE is a given as a guide only) in the UK.
• Strong experience within an inhouse legal function preferably in a complex multinational organization with experience business partnering with a brand/commercial team.
• Demonstrated expertise in commercial legal matters of varying complexity legal risk management governance and commercial law as well as a good understanding of Data Privacy and AI issues relevant law and regulation would be beneficial.    
• Demonstrable experience of managing and resolving legal disputes to an effective solution.

Previous experience of advising on some or all eventsrelated sponsorship content and service procurement digital/technology and subscription models is desirable but not essential.

Additional Information :

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Heres some of what you can expect when you join us. But dont just take our word for it see what our colleagues have to say at

Our benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and with a balance of of 3 days in the office with teams with time working remotely
• Great community: a welcoming culture with inperson and online social events our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning mentoring platforms and ondemand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When its time for the next step we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave rising to 27 days after two years plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost! anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance mental health first aiders a healthy living subsidy access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

This role will automatically unpublish on 01/05/2025.

Were not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most although not all of the skills and experience listed we welcome your application.

At Informa youll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime