Janes
Location
Croydon, Cambridgeshire | United Kingdom
Job description
An excellent opportunity to Join a fast-growing 125+ years old global Military and Defence intelligence business as Legal Counsel within a demanding Legal and Compliance function.
The Legal Counsel role will be based at Janes HQ in Croydon, London and will report into the Group General Counsel, UK. You will be an integral part of the global Janes Legal and Compliance function. The role will involve providing day to day legal counsel and support to Janes business and requires multi-tasking capabilities, and operating with absolute accuracy, efficiency and attention to the detail. Along with legal expertise there will be an emphasis on assisting with corporate governance and Compliance matters including drafting boards resolutions, maintaining corporate risk registers, counterparty screening activities, supporting on risk governance framework and roll out of compliance trainings.
Being part of a very demanding Janes Legal function, you will get opportunity to support global and highly varied legal issues arising relevant to a data and analytics business, including general commercial contracts/orders, procurement (IT, marketing etc) contracts, corporate governance and IP matters.
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE AT JANES
• Review, draft, interpret and advise on variety of commercial contracts (including data/ software licensing) with customers/ partners (in government and industry) and other procurement/supplier arrangements as per Janes standard playbook/precedence and policies.
• Support Compliance matters including assisting maintaining Corporate Risk registers, drafting policies, risk governance framework, compliance trainings and counter party due diligence and risk assessment.
· Provide support on corporate governance/company secretariat matters incl drafting board resolutions, minutes and filings.
• Demonstrate strong legal acumen and legal drafting and interpretation skills. Ability to negotiate legal contracts with external customers/suppliers and provide legal support to internal stakeholders.
• Ensure the organization's internal contract documents/repository are well maintained.
• Identifying legal gaps in the business/contracting processes for improvement and ability to identify (or keenness and ability to learn) legal intricacies of complex data licensing.
• Evaluate efficiency of various current legal and compliance processes and controls and highlight gaps to the GC for process improvement.
• Ability to run workshops but stakeholders to impart legal training and education.
• A team player and ability to collaborate with GC and other team members to achieve personal and team’s success.
• Meticulous self-starter and proactively able to identify opportunities of legal support and someone with willingness and ability to travel (if required).
Requirements
• Qualified lawyer (3+ PEQ) in any jurisdiction (UK preferable) with proven ability to demonstrate a solid legal acumen and drafting skills.
• Experience working in a global fast-paced Data and Analytics business or Software and Technology in one of more of key areas of compliance, regulatory, govt. contracting.
• Hands-on and comfortable working as part of a multidimensional team and comfortable escalating matters to the GC for awareness and input.
• Exemplify a strong attention to detail and rolling out processes and policies
• Previous experience working within Legal, corporate governance or compliance role is strongly preferred
• Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills and legal interpretation skills
• Capable of professionally managing confidential information
• High emotional quotient, proactive and keenness and ability to learn and grow within the team.
We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally.
Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender.
Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believes that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this.
We will always consider part time or flexible applications.
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