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In-House Property Lawyer (Building Safety) London/Hybrid (4-month contract)Our client is a leading Property Services and Development business based in the Westend of London however, this opportunity can be 3 days remote. Your role will focus on Building Safety legal matters where you’ll take full control and leadership on residential property matters with a direct report to the General Counsel.The RoleYou will focus on residential property and construction matters with a considerable workload relating to building safety remediation, disputes and compliance, including contentious and non-contentious issues arising from building safety construction defects. This role requires your full responsibility to manage external solicitors advising on obligations arising under Government funded remediation projects for cladding/façade materials on high-rise buildings. You will assist and advise on residential Lease and Tenant issues arising from the costs of major works and remediation of unsafe buildings and assisting compliance with the requirements of the Building Safety Act 2002 and ancillary secondary legislation.The CandidateMust be a residential property litigation lawyer with knowledge of Landlord & Tenant legislation matters. Must be a UK Qualified solicitor having gained considerable experience in handling substantial caseloads autonomously with minimal supervision. Candidates with prior experience of, and legal issues relevant to ground rent and residential long leasehold interests would be advantageous.For further information, please contact Liam Taaffe at EMEA Legal on liam@emea.legal or 0207 183 9122

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Risk & Compliance Officer to join a dynamic and innovative RegTech (Regulatory Technology) Startup to report to the CEO. This business is backed by an industry consortium of financial service market leaders and equipped with decades of industry experience and advanced technologies along with 35 global banks already signed up to use this unique service.As Senior Risk Manager, you will create and lead the development and implementation of the company compliance program, where your sound commercial judgment will help to best improve the risk culture for the company. You will act as a strategic advisor to the CEO and Management Board, where you'll gain the credibility and gravitas to work effectively as a member of the management team. Your level of experience for this role requires you to lead the entire Risk & Compliance function where you'll deliver the company framework for risk management and governance, whilst being constantly aware of possible commercial risks which might impact the business. As this business is still growing, unlike many Risk Management roles, you will be exposed to every major business change across all departments where you will drive compliance and data protection into everyday business language.The Candidate must have a minimum of 8yrs risk and compliance management working knowledge & experience gained from a leading business. Must be capable to work effectively within a fast-growth technology environment; ideally with a financial services environment and have a good understanding of Sanctions Screening, Payments, and Outsourcing requirements. Must have strong leadership skills and be accomplished in negotiating, advising, and reviewing a broad range of Risk & Compliance matters. Candidates with working experience gained within the technology and/or IT Industry would be highly advantageous but not essential.For further details please contact, Liam Taaffe at EMEA Legal Recruitment – liam@emea.legalFor more opportunities please visit https://emea.legal/vacancies/

Our client is a global technology leader (with an annual turnover of US$ 20 billion USD) which offers innovative and super efficient services to many of the world's most regarded corporations. As they expand operations across EMEA, a newly created employment counsel is now required to provide non-contentious employment law advice to support senior HR management and other internal stakeholders on strategic matters and employee relations. This position will be based in the EMEA Office in Amsterdam where you will report to the Head of Employment (EMEA).The Role As this role has a non-contentious employment focus, you will have a broad range of employment litigation and regulatory matters to manage where quick judgment is required with the support of an external counsel. This role requires you to offer sufficient training to the HR and Recruiting teams where you collaborate in developing and improving internal processes. Aside from your focus on EMEA jurisdictions, there will be a requirement to liaise with their “offshore” teams around the globe. You will work cohesively with the EMEA employment law team on matters relating to TUPE deal support, Trade Unions, and works council/employee representation matters whilst advising on Compensation & Benefits Policy review and HR Policy Review.The CandidateThe successful candidate must be Dutch Qualified with ideally 4yrs+ PQE gained from a leading international law firm. Must have a really good understanding of Dutch employment law while some exposure to EU employment law would be advantageous. Applications from lawyers with In-house employment law experience, or secondment, from an international business, ideally the IT Sector would be fantastic, but we know it’s a big ask! Must have the natural ability to prioritise employment issues in a fast-moving work environment where quick judgment and excellent interpersonal/communication skills are both paramount to succeed in this super exciting role. Valid working knowledge of TUPE/ARD issues in connection with service agreements would be advantageous.Please contact Liam Taaffe at EMEA Legal for further details at liam@emea.legal or 0207 183 9122.  https://emea.legal/dutchemploymentcounsel

Group Head of Legal – Digital Telecoms – LondonA Group Head of Legal & Regulatory opportunity has arisen with a dynamic and market-leading technology telecoms provider of virtual networking systems. This role is based in central London where you will support the General Counsel and manage the Legal Team. This position will have some exposure to major joint venture agreements and new product launches in multiple jurisdictions.This opportunity offers considerable autonomy where you can lead your legal team on multimillion contracts and report to the General Counsel who is a highly respected International Lawyer with considerable telco and mobile operations knowledge. This position is ideal for a Senior Legal Counsel looking for career progression or currently Head of Legal for a major telecoms business.The Candidate must have a minimum of 8yrs PQE with management experience gained in-house. Must have strong leadership skills and be accomplished in negotiating, advising and reviewing a broad range of commercial contracts. Candidates with Telecoms and/or mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) experience would be highly advantageous but not essential.For further details please contact, Liam Taaffe at EMEA Legal Recruitment – liam@emea.legalFor more opportunities please visit https://emea.legal/vacancies/

A super exciting opportunity with a world-leading Digital Media business that specialises in Audio requires a Senior Legal Counsel to act as a country lawyer for Germany to support content development, production and distribution deals across Germany and the mainland EU. This role will expose you to an array of technical and complex commercial legal matters where you’ll be required to advise on IP and digital media.You will lead in drafting and negotiating a variety of digital media legal agreements with publishers, production studios and celebrity talent who all provide amazing content for this iconic digital business. You will advise the business on IP/trademarks/copyrights including production clearances and deliver pragmatic advice in ambiguous situations which might impact the business. You will develop a legal team and structure for Germany where training non-legal professionals and instruct and manage external counsel when required.Must be a German-qualified lawyer with good academics in both German Bar Exams and be bilingual in written and spoken German and English. Must have a minimum of 3 years PQE specifically gained in commercial media/entertainment law gained from a leading Media/IP law firm in Germany. Ideally, candidates will be currently working in-house legal or completed an in-house secondment with a digital media business.Please contact Liam Taaffe at EMEA Legal for further details at liam@emea.legal or 0207 183 9122.   

This is a truly amazing opportunity for a talented lawyer to pursue their first in-house career move with a leading Tech audiobook/podcast subscription service. Lawyers at this business are trusted members with a complete commercial overview where they feel part of the entire business cycle. The quality of this work is intellectually challenging, exciting and fast-paced where you’ll provide commercial solutions as well as being a tech-savvy lawyer.The Legal team is headed up by an exceptional General Counsel who is highly admired for his work and well respected by his peers, you will be part of an excellent team of gift lawyers in a dynamic environment where customer obsession and pioneering on behalf of their clients is at the heart of everything they do. You will support UK and EU business units and will be responsible for drafting and negotiating strategic agreements with content and production partners, advising on marketing materials and business development opportunities whilst providing legal support for local and regional services and initiatives.Candidates must be UK or EU qualified with a minimum of 2yrs’PQE having trained and qualified at an international law firm with a focus on digital media or wider media content. Must have strong academics with an LLB from a leading UK and/or International Law School. The ideal candidate will have gained in-house secondment experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts within the TMT space. Candidates with additional EU languages i.e. French and/or German would be advantageous. Aside from this role offering an excellent salary and benefits, there is an attractive signing-on bonus and generous stocks/share scheme on offer.We are expecting a high volume of applications for this unique opportunity and would appreciate candidates to remain patient with the application process.For further details please contact Liam Taaffe at EMEA.Legal – liam@emea.legal or 0207 183 9122