Legal Counsel

We wish to appoint a Legal Counsel to be part of the Legal Risk & Compliance function (LRC) and who will report directly to the Senior Legal Counsel of Fastmarkets. The focus of this role will be twofold:

• To provide general legal commercial support to the business on a global basis under the support of the Senior Legal Counsel.  This covers a wide range of issues including intellectual property information technology data licensing (in and out) disputes and litigation data privacy electronic contracting and employment; and
• To support the Senior Legal Counsel to establish and grow the legal function within Fastmarkets following the acquisition of Fastmarkets by Astorg in late 2022. This is an exciting opportunity to create a legal function to meet the needs of Fastmarkets as an independent fastgrowing business.

The role sits in the newly established Legal and Risk Function within Fastmarkets. LRC is responsible for managing legal risk compliance privacy and co sec on a global basis across the business. The General Counsel reports to the CEO and the team is viewed as a genuine business partner and critical to helping the organisation deliver its strategy and this message is set from the top of the company. 

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Support and manage the business commercial legal issues on a global basis.  This covers a wide range of issues including intellectual property information technology data licensing (in and out) disputes and litigation data privacy electronic contracting and employment
• Support the Senior Legal Counsel and General Counsel in a wide range of areas including establishing systems processes and controls to appropriately manage legal risk within the business 
• Manage the operation of the business selfhelp model for the provision of legal services ensuring continuous improvement measured against KPIs
• Work closely with the teams legal vendors to manage daytoday service delivery ensuring that work is triaged and prioritised appropriately 
• support Senior Legal Counsel and General Counsel on projects business implementation and commercial contracts
• Adopt a pragmatic businessorientated approach to the role with a focus on implementing practical and scalable solutions to support the business in meeting its strategic objectives
• Draft negotiate and advise on a range of agreements including both customer and supplier contracts
• Take the lead on projects where requested
• Partner with colleagues in Risk Compliance and Information Security and CoSec on a range of issues
• Represent the LRC at regular stakeholder meetings (for example in steering groups and working parties)
• Escalate risk issues quickly to the Senior Legal Counsel 
• Monitor legal developments and translating them into clear actionable plans for the business
• Horizon scan on legal and regulatory change in the business key markets.

Qualifications :

We recruit talented dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences all united by a belief in our mission to provide the worlds leading and most trusted price reporting events and intelligence service for the markets we serve. Were proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.

If you are openminded curious resilient solutionsoriented and committed to promoting equality then read on.

KNOWLEDGE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated driven and have a passion to be part of a fastpaced successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

you will have spent significant time operating either inhouse or private practice and have ideally 47 years legal experience though other PQEs with suitable skills may be considered

you will be a UK qualified solicitor/lawyer 

experience working in a global organisation

strong experience in commercial contract drafting and negotiation both on sales and supply agreement

experience with IT procurement contracts SaaS agreements and MSAs perferred

ability to produce high quality well and clearly written documentation whether contracts reports or notes of advice

a commercial pragmatic can do attitude robust enough to prioritise efficiently while bringing stakeholders with them

problem solving and decision making skills with the ability to analyse complex information to identify the key issues/action points and display excellent judgement

comfortable working in a small legal team (this role will not suit someone who is only used to the support and infrastructure found in larger inhouse teams)

confident independent and able to work autonomously

passionate and enthusiastic about their area of expertise as a businessenabling skill

confident designing and delivering tailored training on a regular basis.

If youre excited about the role but your experience skills or qualifications dont perfectly align we encourage you to apply anyway.

Additional Information :

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. Its this mix of brilliant personalities experiences and insights that gives us that warm open and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are there are six things we all have in common and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and theyre embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers experience and our business performance
   
• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done
   
• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
   
• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
   
• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customercentric in all that we do
   
• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect perspectives and experiences.

Youve read a little about us now its over to you!

If you like what youve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person its time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: its used to determine whether or not youll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions well ask you on the day.

Its vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why youre great.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime