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    Senior Legal Counsel - London, United Kingdom - Boston Consulting Group

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    WHAT YOU'LL DO


    As a Senior Legal Counsel within BCG's Legal Team's Commercial Contracting CoE, you will work in a global team as a champion of BCG's supplier contracting and risk management standards. You are a seasoned and skilled lawyer, able to independently address the full range of global legal issues facing BCG and with a particular expertise in all aspects of commercial contracting with a focus on supplier or buy-side contracting. Among other things, you will:
    • Draft, review, and negotiate agreements for a wide array of goods and services categories such as: Professional Services; Marketing and Communications; HR; Technology; Real Estate and Facilities; Data and Research Services and various other essential operational and logistical agreements for BCG's Enterprise Procurement & Payables team, as well as other BCG stakeholders.
    • Negotiate legal terms based on BCG's specific business requirements including coordinating with other colleagues in on the Legal team, and colleagues on BCG's insurance, risk, compliance, and IT security teams.
    • Provide general support and management of a full spectrum of business and legal issues; identify risks and issues and suggest alternative solutions; implement, help create, and champion BCG contracting and other policies and processes; contribute to developing and maintaining Legal team know-how and templates;
    • Team successfully across BCG and integrate fully into BCG's Global Legal Team to resolve or support resolution of complex legal issues;
    • Perform other duties as assigned or required

    YOU'RE GOOD AT


    The successful candidate will:
    • Be a pragmatic, collaborative, kind, high-energy, confident, self-starter who is able to work both independently and in a team environment with colleagues across the globe;
    • Have superior analytical skills and creative problem-solving ability, with an appreciation for striking a practical balance between business and legal objectives;
    • Be a life-long learner with a growth mindset, intellectual curiosity, open to technology and new ways of working, with a talent for absorbing new skill sets and areas of expertise quickly and comfortably and the flexibility to deal with a diverse international set of stakeholders, suppliers, and clients;
    • Be experienced in quickly and independently redlining and drafting legal documents;
    • Effectively manage competing priorities and exemplify grace under pressure.

    YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

    • Law degree from an accredited law school and admitted to practice in at least one jurisdiction
    • 7+ years of commercial contracting experience with international exposure. Broad supplier contracting experience including familiarity with regulations such as data protection and ESG compliance
    • English fluency; one or more additional European languages strongly preferred (German, French, Spanish, Portuguese)
    • A proven ability to identify issues, analyze problems and provide commercial direction in plain English to non-Legal team stakeholders
    • Excellent verbal, written, organizational and negotiation skills, good business judgement, and strategic thinking

    YOU'LL WORK WITH


    BCG's legal group manages a full spectrum of legal issues, including contracts, intellectual property, regulatory matters, corporate compliance, and corporate governance. The firm's legal team serves as both a trusted advisor to the business and an activist agent of change.

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