Legal Counsel – Bristol Based
About the job
Commercial Lawyer
SSQ is partnering with a leading global professional services firm to recruit a 2+PQE Commercial Lawyer to join its growing legal team in Bristol. The role would suit a commercially minded lawyer with strong general commercial experience, whether coming from private practice or an in-house environment.
This is an excellent opportunity for a high-energy, generalist commercial lawyer looking to take on significant responsibility within a collaborative and non-hierarchical team. You will manage your own portfolio of work and work directly with key stakeholders across the business, as well as external clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements.
- Advise on and negotiate partnership agreements with clients, ranging from amendments to standard terms through to bespoke agreements drafted from scratch.
- Work on engagement letters, master services agreements and bespoke framework agreements.
- Advise on complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial matters.
- Manage a portfolio of your own work, taking ownership of matters from instruction through to completion.
- Work closely with key internal and external stakeholders to provide practical and commercially focused legal advice.
- Collaborate closely with Risk and other internal teams.
- Gain exposure to a broad range of clients, particularly across the financial services and public sectors.
- Support work involving technology and fintech start-ups.
Candidate Requirements
- Qualified lawyer with approximately 2+ years’ PQE.
- Strong general commercial contracts experience.
- Experience gained in private practice and/or in-house.
- Demonstrable experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.
- Experience with partnership agreements, engagement letters, MSAs and/or bespoke framework agreements would be advantageous.
- Comfortable working independently and managing a portfolio of matters.
- Commercially minded, high-energy and able to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Bristol-based or able to commute to Bristol, with the expectation of working in the office approximately one to two days per week.
For further information or to apply, please contact Poppy.Taylor@ssq.com / 07534087340.
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