Legal Counsel

2 months ago

London Area, United Kingdom HIA Legal Full time

Position: GERMAN SPEAKING LEGAL COUNSEL


Cracking opportunity with major global professional services firm - London Office


Our client is looking for a talented, German speaking mid-senior level lawyer to join the London Office which is responsible for legal matters across the UK and Europe. This role provides the opportunity to undertake a varied commercial in-house role with responsibilities across multiple jurisdictions. The legal team is expanding but still at a size where you get recognised for your contribution and our client has an immaculate market reputation both in terms of work culture and high standard of work.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Advise client-facing teams on the drafting and negotiation of engagement letters, confidentiality and ancillary engagement related agreements
  • Advise in relation to key risk management and compliance issues facing the business
  • Assist the HR department with employment matters
  • Manage litigation
  • Assist with drafting and negotiation of other commercial contracts, including supplier agreements


SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATION

You will have 4-8 years PQE and experience of working in-house.

Qualified to practice law in England & Wales.

An understanding of the complex legal challenges inherent to professional services firms is desirable but not essential.

Fluency in spoken and written business English and German is essential.


OUR FEEDBACK

This is one of my favourite clients as we always receive consistently good feedback from lawyers we place at the firm - the recruitment process is relatively quick and our firm is sole recruitment agent + we also have over 7 years working with this client. If you you are looking for a role with career development and long term job security, working on a very broad range of multi-jurisdictional commercial matters then this could be a hitting a home run. For further information on a completely confidential basis, please email myself, Max O'Hagan, max.ohagan@hialegal.com. We will only respond if requested and never hound our candidates with irrelevant or erroneous jobs

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