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    Senior Legal Counsel - London, United Kingdom - Fastmarkets Group

    Fastmarkets Group
    Fastmarkets Group London, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    Interim Legal Counsel – Commercial Contracts (6+PQE)
    Full-time

    Employment Type:

    Fixed Term Contract (FTC) Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets.

    Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management.

    We wish to appoint a Legal Counsel to be part of the Legal, Risk & Compliance function (LRC) and who will report directly to the Senior Legal Counsel of Fastmarkets.

    To provide general legal commercial support to the business on a global basis under the support of the Senior Legal Counsel.

    This covers a wide range of issues including intellectual property, information technology, data licensing (in and out), disputes and litigation, data privacy, electronic contracting and employment; To support the Senior Legal Counsel to establish and grow the legal function within Fastmarkets following the acquisition of Fastmarkets by Astorg in late 2022.

    This is an exciting opportunity to create a legal function to meet the needs of Fastmarkets as an independent, fast-growing business
    The role sits in the newly established Legal and Risk Function within Fastmarkets. LRC is responsible for managing legal, risk, compliance, privacy and co sec on a global basis across the business.

    The General Counsel reports to the CEO and the team is viewed as a genuine business partner and critical to helping the organisation deliver its strategy and this message is set from the top of the company.

    support and manage the business' commercial legal issues on a global basis. This covers a wide range of issues including intellectual property, information technology, data licensing (in and out), disputes and litigation, data privacy, electronic contracting and employment
    support the Senior Legal Counsel and General Counsel in a wide range of areas, including establishing systems, processes and controls to appropriately manage legal risk within the business
    manage the operation of the business' 'self-help' model for the provision of legal services, ensuring continuous improvement measured against KPIs
    work closely with the team's legal vendors to manage day-to-day service delivery, ensuring that work is triaged and prioritised appropriately
    support Senior Legal Counsel and General Counsel on projects, business implementation and commercial contracts
    take the lead on projects where requested
    partner with colleagues in Risk, Compliance and Information Security and CoSec on a range of issues
    represent the LRC at regular stakeholder meetings (for example in steering groups and working parties)
    escalate risk issues quickly to the Senior Legal Counsel
    monitor legal developments and translating them into clear, actionable plans for the business
    horizon scan' on legal and regulatory change in the business' key markets

    Facilities We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world's leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve.

    you will have spent significant time operating either in-house or private practice and have ideally 4-7 years legal experience though other PQE's with suitable skills may be considered
    strong experience in commercial contract drafting and negotiation both on sales and supply agreement
    ability to produce high quality, well and clearly written documentation, whether contracts, reports or notes of advice
    a commercial, pragmatic, 'can do' attitude, robust enough to prioritise efficiently, while bringing stakeholders with them
    comfortable working in a small legal team (this role will not suit someone who is only used to the support and infrastructure found in larger in-house teams)
    confident designing and delivering tailored training on a regular basis
    We use insights to improve our customers' experience and our business performance
    We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.
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