Managed Team Lawyer Managed Team Lawyer with verification
LOD, A Consilio Company is a global pioneer in the legal services industry. We’ve transformed the way in which lawyers, consultants and legal teams work.
Our people are at the heart of what we do by creating different and better ways of working for both lawyers and legal teams.
LOD is on a major growth curve as we expand our client base, our geographies, and the scope of our services. We’re looking to maintain this positive momentum by recruiting additional lawyers to work across our multi sector client base.
We are looking for strong commercial lawyers to review commercial contracts and provide advice to our portfolio of managed teams’ clients, including global household name brands across a range of sectors. You will work closely with the existing global managed team lawyer pool and delivery mangers based in South Africa and the United Kingdom.
You will be skilled at contract review in a fast paced environment and will have excellent drafting and communication skills in order to provide practical, in-house focused advice. You will also have excellent interpersonal skills as you will be client and client counterparty facing and may also be working with other members of our global LOD family.
This is a great opportunity to be part of our global expansion, and a team with a mission to improve the way law is done for our clients and lawyers worldwide.
Responsibilities
Ability to review contract instructions from a client and quickly ascertain if any information/ documentation is missing
Strong contract review skills to review a range of commercial contracts and explain any challenges in a clear and concise manner
Ability to follow specific client specific requirements in terms of style, format and positions as set out in any client playbooks or internal client instructions
Partner directly with the client interface (this may be the legal, business or procurement teams and may require interaction with the client counterparty) to progress the review and get the matter to completion
Proactively support the improvement of internal and client material with regards to playbooks and processes
Active participation in any training or client meetings as required from time to time
Provide support and cover for the Team Lead Lawyer and other members of the team as required
Working closely with clients to problem solve their needs and flag any additional support or services the client may benefit from
Your Approach
Make an impact, taking ownership, organizational skills
Authentic and clear communication, emotional intelligence, positive relationships internally and externally
Seeing the big picture without losing your eye for detail
A curious personality and an open mind to thrive and engage in an entrepreneurial team
A genuine interest in the legal market and ensuring that our c clients receive the best possible experience in their dealings with us
Pro-active approach and ‘can do’ attitude
Qualifications
Legally qualified with experience of reviewing commercial contracts, including MSAs, SOWs, SaaS agreements, technology agreements, NDAs and other common commercial agreements, under UK/ US jurisdiction
5 – 10 years’ post qualified experience with the majority of that experience being undertaken within industry
Intermediate to advanced computer skills in MS Office applications
Legal Fundamentals