Senior Legal Counsel

3 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Wolters Kluwer Financial Services United Kingdom Ltd Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Legal Counsel to join our team at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services United Kingdom Ltd. As a Legal Counsel, you will play a critical role in supporting our international business in EMEA, the US, and APAC in the Finance, Risk, and Regulatory Reporting Software market.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide hands-on legal assistance in structuring and drafting, negotiating, interpreting, managing, and enforcing complex and high-value commercial transactions, including software license and SaaS agreements, master services agreements, partnering, reseller, and strategic alliance arrangements, and vendor and consulting agreements.
  • Negotiate high-value deals opposite banks and large financial institutions across EMEA in English; other European languages, particularly French, are an advantage.
  • Help educate the business teams about contracting forms, intellectual property rights and obligations, commercial and legal risks, and approval procedures.
  • Provide legal counseling regarding a broad spectrum of corporate, commercial, and intellectual property matters impacting the businesses, including legal issues related to SaaS, on-premise software license, and professional service offerings and strategic relationships.
  • Provide hands-on legal assistance in structuring and drafting, negotiating, interpreting, managing, and enforcing complex commercial transactions.
  • Counsel with respect to regulatory and compliance matters impacting the businesses, including the European Banking Authorities' outsourcing guidelines, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR), and sanctions (e.g., U.N. and U.S. Sanctions Programs).
  • Develop a strong rapport and working relationship with an international sales team.

Requirements

  • Candidates must have a law degree from a recognized educational institution.
  • Ability to negotiate complex contracts in English; the ability to negotiate in additional European languages, particularly French, is also advantageous.
  • Experience negotiating with customers in the financial services industry is an advantage.
  • Minimum 3 years of progressively responsible corporate/commercial legal experience.
  • Experience preferably includes a prominent law firm, and/or the corporate law department of a medium-to-large-sized company.
  • Experience must include hands-on drafting and negotiation of sophisticated commercial contracts and technology agreements, including software license and support agreements, software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements, and consulting agreements.
  • Experience conducting negotiations in a global, matrixed environment managing urgent priorities from multiple stakeholders is preferred.
  • A 'can-do' solutions orientation.
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills.

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax, and accounting, risk and compliance, finance, and legal sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.

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