Contracts Advisor - Compliance

Job Description

Contracts Advisor – Risk & Compliance

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UK Wide

Hybrid

We're working with a brilliant leading national UK law firm that is looking to appoint a Contracts Advisor into its established Risk & Compliance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a contracts professional who enjoys working at the intersection of commercial contracts, legal risk and regulatory compliance, and wants to take ownership of a broad portfolio of client and supplier agreements.

You'll work closely with Partners, senior stakeholders, Procurement and the wider Risk & Compliance function, providing practical, commercially focused advice and helping the firm manage contractual and regulatory risk.
The Role?

As Contracts Advisor, you'll have a particular focus on client contracts and engagement terms

 

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• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating client engagement terms, contracts and agreements

Advising on outside counsel guidelines, panel terms, engagement letters and standard terms of business

Identifying and assessing legal, regulatory and commercial risks within contracts

Advising stakeholders on departures from standard contractual positions and supporting the relevant approval processes

Working closely with Procurement on supplier contracts and terms of service

Acting as a trusted advisor to Partners and internal stakeholders on contractual and compliance queries

Maintaining and developing contract precedents, playbooks, guidance and contract databases

Keeping up to date with regulatory developments and market practice

Providing clear, practical and commercially focused advice that enables the business to move forward

This is a high-profile role with excellent exposure across the firm, offering the opportunity to become a key point of contact for contractual matters.

About You?

We're keen to speak with candidates who have experience in contract review, contract advisory or contract negotiation, whether that's within a law firm, professional services environment or another regulated sector.

You could come from a background such as:

 

 

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• Legal Contracts

Commercial Contracts

Contract Management

Risk & Compliance

Legal Operations

In-house Legal

Professional Services

You'll ideally have experience with client engagement terms and/or supplier contracts, alongside an understanding of the regulatory or risk considerations that can sit within commercial agreements.

 

 

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• Commercially minded and pragmatic

Confident identifying and managing contractual risk

Comfortable advising senior stakeholders

Strong in contract drafting, review and negotiation

Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities

An excellent communicator, both written and verbal

Proactive and comfortable working independently

Experience within a law firm or another highly regulated environment would be advantageous, but isn't essential
What's in it for you?

This is a great opportunity to join a high-performing Risk & Compliance function within a progressive and commercially focused national law firm.

You'll have the opportunity to work on a varied range of contracts, gain significant exposure to senior stakeholders and play a key role in supporting the firm's commercial and regulatory objectives.

Hybrid working - 2 days in office

Medical Insurance 

Pension Scheme 

25 days annual leave - rising with length of service 

Life Assurance 

Season ticket loans

Employee Assistance programme

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