Legal Associate

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom IAG Loyalty Full time

**The function**
The Commercial Contracts team operates within the Finance department of IAG Loyalty. The Commercial Contracts team is responsible for managing the legal, contractual, commercial and regulatory risks associated with the establishment and management of Avios collection and redemption air and non-air partners for the Avios reward programmes, service agreements and ongoing legal support to the business related to these agreements.

**Job purpose**
This role requires an individual to provide legal and commercial support in the management and establishment of strategic Avios collection and redemption partners, with a focus on Spain, Latin America as well as the UK and may include some travel. The role demands a great deal of flexibility and an agile approach, so the need to work effectively as part of a team or individually is critical. It also demands initiative, discretion and professionalism at all times as the role involves dealing with confidential information across both IAG Loyalty and IAG at a group level.
- Key role **responsibilities**:

- Providing legal input with a commercial view when drafting and negotiating contracts with partners across territories with an IAG Loyalty presence.
- Taking the lead in providing contractual support for opportunities in the Spanish and Latin American markets and working closely with departments across IAG Loyalty to ensure requirements are efficiently captured in contracts. Such contractual support includes, but is not limited to clause interpretation, risk and opportunity evaluation and guidance around related activity.
- Working closely with various local and international teams within IAG Loyalty for the drafting of contracts with non-airline partners to enable their customers to accrue or redeem Avios, requiring the ability to effectively progress a negotiation while ensuring internal teams are aligned.
- Liaising with the Air Partner team to draft contracts for new Air Partners and renewals of existing agreements with airlines for their participation in the Avios programmes.
- Drafting other legal documents in either English or Spanish including:

- Avios earning and/or redemption Participation Agreements within various sectors including Financial Services, Leisure & Tourism and Retail;
- Heads of Terms and Memorandums of Understanding;
- Non-Disclosure Agreements;
- Variation/Extension Agreements;
- Side-letters covering a variety of changes reflecting the flexible nature of partnerships.
- Assist in the drafting and negotiation of service agreements related to procurement activity as well as digital, data and marketing opportunities.
- Corresponding effectively with partners and keeping up-to-date with current status of new and existing partnerships including being accountable for contract administration/correspondence.
- Collaborating with IAG Loyalty colleagues to ensure compliance requirements are raised, satisfied and maintained.
- Undertake continual commercial risk assessments of prospective partners and new revenue stream opportunities, including consideration of existing contractual covenants, management of IP flows and SLA management.
- Review customer terms and conditions for partnerships launched in multiple territories.
- Working with IAG Legal where appropriate to provide legal support on partner contracts and general legal queries and establishing relationships with legal teams of new participating airlines.
- Assist in the registration and maintenance of trade marks across various territories for a variety of marks.
**Key personal capabilities**
- Ability to work under pressure and respond to different requirements often within tight deadlines across the business.
- Agile approach to facilitate the varying requirements of the teams which require the services according to both sector and location.
- The ability to obtain, dissect and disseminate information confidently and efficiently within IAG Loyalty both at a local and international level and with external partners at all levels and in both English and Spanish.
- Relationship management skills to operate in an effective manner in building relationships with senior stakeholders within IAG.
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills and the ability to independently manage own workload.
- An awareness of the regulatory framework of customer loyalty operations in Spain and/or the UK is desirable
- Using original thinking to find solutions to potential issues and using own discretion to find the balance between legal and commercial considerations in contracting.
**Skills, qualifications, expertise and experience**
- Proven and established understanding of English and Spanish contract law.
- Capable of explaining legal matters to colleagues within and outside the team in both English and Spanish.
- Able to collect, analyse, research and summarise information for the preparation of contracts and other legal documents
- Keep up-to-date with relevant existing and amended legisla

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