Legal Counsel

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Legal Counsel </p>
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To work as part of a team to provide direct support to the Chief Counsel - Corporate in managing the legal matter</p>
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<br />Areas of Responsibility Competence Level: Responsibilities:<br /><br />Supporting the Corporate legal team members and the Chief Counsel - Corporate in providing accurate and timely legal advice on a broad range of corporate matters. Key clients will include functions across the business such as Treasury, Finance, Trading, Strategy/M&amp;A, HR, Pensions, Contracts &amp; Procurement, Investor Relations, IP and others.<br /><br />Drafting and negotiating, and supporting the business with driving through to conclusion, a variety of corporate, financing and other commercial contracts<br /><br />Demonstrating project management skills and ability to coordinate input from multiple teams on larger projects such as diligence exercises and delivery of conditions precedent<br /><br />Coordinating and managing external counsel where required<br /><br />Keeping abreast of legal developments affecting our business and clients/relevant functions and advising other team members of developments at regular intervals<br /><br />Performing any other duties or assignments that would be ordinarily expected of the role holder or as otherwise required by the business from time to time<br /><br />Critical Skills* Qualifications Experience, etc.:</p>
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<br />Ability to take on the varied nature of the role and related ability to manage numerous such projects and conflicting demands<br />Enthusiastic about the role and takes a keen interest in changes to the relevant legal and regulatory landscape and communicates them to the business in a timely manner<br />Clear and confident communicator who can apply relevant legal regulation to the business and who knows when to ask for guidance from more experienced team members<br />Excellent team player who shows willing to support the wider team on tasks however big or small</p>
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