Manager - Corporate Legal

The primary function of the role is to provide commercial transactional support to the business in the UK and continental Europe, and to support cross functional projects and initiatives. The focus of the work will be to support RFPs, negotiate new customer contracts and support in-life contracts (interpretation of terms, amendments, preliminary support on disputes etc.)

The commercial legal team is very well regarded within the European business for its ability to find solutions and lead contractual negotiations to closure.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

· Leading the negotiation of "standard" and "non-standard" sales agreements (with minimal supervision) and advising internal stakeholders of relevant issues in a timely manner;

· Managing multiple matters at a time, including more complex transactions, and proactively collaborating with internal stakeholders to drive deals to closure;

· Applying strategic and innovative thinking to support new business, including the review and launch of new products and services. The company is in a fast-paced growth phase (both organic and via recent acquisitions). The role will require working closely with relevant business teams to guide them on the established company processes and provide strategic advice on how to structure the contract/engagement;

· Communicating clearly and effectively with a variety of internal stakeholders (including senior management);

· Identifying issues requiring collaboration with other department teams (including tax, finance, procurement, compliance, regulatory and litigation etc.) and ensuring timely closure of transactions in accordance with company strategy and policies;

· Becoming a "subject matter expert" with respect to different products and types of more complex transactions (for example, joint provisioning arrangements, voice outsourcing etc.);

· Providing legal support for miscellaneous matters including HR, real estate, procurement, intellectual property, data protection etc.;

· Instructing and managing external legal counsel(s) where appropriate;

· Proactively addressing risk management;

· Supporting miscellaneous know-how and best practice documentation projects, including creating and updating standard templates and acting as a designated point of contact for cross-functional projects;

· Providing training for business/sales teams on legal or related issues for commercial agreements or processes; and

Tata Communications is seeking a highly-motivated qualified lawyer to be based in London (UK). The successful candidate will be part of our high performing commercial legal team., · A law degree (or equivalent) and qualification as a solicitor/barrister (or equivalent) in at least one relevant jurisdiction;

· Approx. 5 years' post qualification experience, with demonstrable high performance in multi-national organisations;

· Knowledge and experience related to telecommunications (strongly preferred) or other transferable technology industries;

· Excellent technical drafting skills with a strong understanding of contract law and judgment to escalate items to specialist teams (e.g. compliance/regulatory) and management early where appropriate;

· Experience of managing multiple matters at a time, including more complex transactions, and ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders to proactively drive deals to closure;

· Ability to think out of the box and to apply strategic and innovative thinking to support the business;

· Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in plain English (this is critical to the role);

· Ability to work both autonomously (with minimal supervision), and collaboratively with other members of the legal team as required;

· Excellent time management skills with ability to manage multiple transactions and stakeholders to deadlines;

· Ability to work in an at times less structured, fast-paced, multi-cultural environment to develop new products and routes to market;

· Familiarity with different cultures and legal systems and ability to make fast, accurate on the spot decisions on complex legal issues;

· Ability to work and thrive both in the office and remotely, to proactively build excellent working relationships and otherwise integrate within the wider organisation.

Desirable:

· Knowledge or experience of civil law systems;

· Language skills (in particular French and German)., corporate legal, corporate law, contract management, contract law, contract drafting, drafting, commercial agreement, legal support, negotiation

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