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My client is a residential property asset manager offering a unique hybrid role where you will act as an interface with external counsel on numerous non-contentious construction matters relating to BSF (Building Safety Fund) whilst focusing on a mix of property management agreements and obligations. The General Counsel is a highly regarded professional within the UK’s Property in-house Legal Community and has an award-winning team of former City-trained Lawyers who will offer training and full-time support.Candidates must be UK qualified (England & Wales) with a minimum of 3yrs PQE gained in handling construction matters and advising on construction documents and contracts. Ideally, you will have experience gained from a reputable property law firm with a focus on construction and residential property and some knowledge of BSF (Building Safety Fund) work.This position is permanently remote with great flexible working conditions on offer for the right candidate.Please contact Liam Taaffe at EMEA Legal for further details at liam@emea.legal or 0207 183 9122 

Corporate Counsel – Digital Media Leader – London (2.5yrs+) 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 a UK qualified lawyer 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.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 

This FTSE 100 technology company has a newly created Junior Legal Counsel opportunity to assist the General Counsel and Senior Management on a broad range of general corporate and commercial IT work.You will work closely with the Tax, Treasury, Company Secretariat, Commercial Legal and Corporate teams on complex deals and to ensure that intragroup transactions are structured correctly and meet deadlines. Part of this broad commercial role will expose you to an array of board meeting advisory work where you will draft the preparation of materials in a pragmatic and easy to understand format for directors of subsidiary companies on corporate matters awaiting approval. You will provide advice on corporate governance matters, including requirements under the UK Corporate Governance Code, and assist with the preparation of the Group’s annual report.  As this position works closely with numerous non-legal teams you will need to be capable to build strong working relationships with business stakeholders in order to have an influence on key decisions.Candidates must have at least 2 yrs PQE with current experience in providing general corporate and commercial legal advice specifically within compliance policies. Experience of working for global publicly listed companies and/or within the Technology sector would be advantageous.  Applicants with knowledge of SaaS, Cloud, commercial contracts and experience working in commerce would be highly advantageous but not essential. This opportunity will work with a team that has won numerous Legal Awards for their outstanding achievements.Contact Liam Taaffe at EMEA Legal on 0207 183 9122 or email liam@emea.legal

A global SaaS/Cloud business has created a Senior Legal Counsel opportunity (fixed term contract for 12 months) to assist the General Counsel on complex compliance issues relating to corporate and commercial matters. You will be solely responsible for managing the compliance programme, providing risk-based advice both from a long-term strategic perspective and in managing day-to-day escalations.You will work closely with the Tax, Treasury, Company Secretariat, Commercial Legal and Corporate teams in assisting with legal compliance policies (such as Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Sanctions and Competition Law) and oversee the implementation of controls and procedures to ensure effective embedding of the policies within the business units across the globe. You will design and deliver training to business colleagues, in a way that adequately addresses legal risk but is also accessible, pragmatic and presented in commercial language which allows non-Legal colleagues to comprehend. You will manage last-minute compliance issues as they arise, where you will firefight escalating and involving issues for other stakeholders as appropriate. Must take the lead legal role in assisting with strategic projects, including third party financing (loan agreements, debt security issuances, etc.), capital returns, intragroup re-organisations and intragroup agreements. You will be expected to quickly identify risks that could impact the business commercially where you’re required to constantly improve the businesses ability to manage legal and compliance risk issues.Candidates must have at least 4 years PQE with current experience in providing corporate/commercial/compliance legal advice specifically within compliance policies. Experience of working for global publicly listed companies and/or within the Technology sector would really interest the General Counsel. Must have a natural ability to build strong relationships with business stakeholders to effectively influence in areas of compliance risk and provide legal advice which is appropriate for the commercial context. Ability to analyse legal and commercial issues and to provide clear explanations of legal matters with solutions-oriented advice that others can understand and implement. Applicants with knowledge of SaaS, Cloud, commercial contracts, competition law, data privacy and experience working in commerce would be highly advantageous. This opportunity is a Fixed Term Contract for 12 months.Contact Liam Taaffe at EMEA Legal on 0207 183 9122 or email liam@emea.legal