Legal Counsel

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to create a legal function to meet the needs of Fastmarkets as an independent fast-growing business.

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 role sits in the newly established Legal Risk & Compliance Function within Fastmarkets. LRC is responsible for managing legal risk compliance privacy and company secretarial services on a global basis across the business.

The General Counsel reports to the CEO/CFO 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 negotiating drafting and reviewing a wide range of commercial agreements intellectual property information technology data licensing (in and out) disputes and litigation data privacy data licensing (in and out) 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.
• Adopt a pragmatic business-orientated 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 taking the lead on projects when requested.
• Support Senior Legal Counsel and General Counsel on projects business implementation and commercial contracts.
• Partner and support colleagues in Risk and Compliance and the Company Secretarial team on a range of issues.
• Represent the LRC at regular stakeholder meetings (for example in steering groups and working parties).
• Work closely with the teams legal vendors to manage day-to-day service delivery ensuring that work is triaged and prioritised appropriately. 
• 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 open-minded curious resilient solutions-oriented 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 fast-paced 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 in-house or private practice and have ideally 3-6 years post qualification legal experience. although other PQEs with suitable skills may be considered.  You will ideally be a UK qualified solicitor.

You will have experience working in a global organisation with strong knowledge in commercial contract drafting and negotiation ideally on sales and supply agreement experience with IT procurement contracts SaaS agreements and MSAs preferred.

You will have an ability to produce high quality well and clearly written documentation whether contracts reports or notes of advice.

Other skillsets:

• 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 an agile legal team (this role will not suit someone who is only used to the support and infrastructure found in larger in-house teams).
• Confident independent and able to work autonomously.
• Passionate and enthusiastic about their area of expertise as a business-enabling skill.

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 customer-centric 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 :

Full-time