Contracts Advisor – Risk & Compliance
UK Wide
Hybrid

We're working with a brilliant leading national UK law firm that is looking to appoint a Contracts Advisor into its established Risk & Compliance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a contracts professional who enjoys working at the intersection of commercial contracts, legal risk and regulatory compliance, and wants to take ownership of a broad portfolio of client and supplier agreements.

You'll work closely with Partners, senior stakeholders, Procurement and the wider Risk & Compliance function, providing practical, commercially focused advice and helping the firm manage contractual and regulatory risk.

The Role?
As Contracts Advisor, you'll have a particular focus on client contracts and engagement terms

• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating client engagement terms, contracts and agreements
• Advising on outside counsel guidelines, panel terms, engagement letters and standard terms of business
• Identifying and assessing legal, regulatory and commercial risks within contracts
• Advising stakeholders on departures from standard contractual positions and supporting the relevant approval processes
• Working closely with Procurement on supplier contracts and terms of service
• Acting as a trusted advisor to Partners and internal stakeholders on contractual and compliance queries
• Maintaining and developing contract precedents, playbooks, guidance and contract databases
• Keeping up to date with regulatory developments and market practice
• Providing clear, practical and commercially focused advice that enables the business to move forward

This is a high-profile role with excellent exposure across the firm, offering the opportunity to become a key point of contact for contractual matters.

About You?
We're keen to speak with candidates who have experience in contract review, contract advisory or contract negotiation, whether that's within a law firm, professional services environment or another regulated sector.

You could come from a background such as:

• Legal Contracts
• Commercial Contracts
• Contract Management
• Risk & Compliance
• Legal Operations
• In-house Legal
• Professional Services

You'll ideally have experience with client engagement terms and/or supplier contracts, alongside an understanding of the regulatory or risk considerations that can sit within commercial agreements.

• Commercially minded and pragmatic
• Confident identifying and managing contractual risk
• Comfortable advising senior stakeholders
• Strong in contract drafting, review and negotiation
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• An excellent communicator, both written and verbal
• Proactive and comfortable working independently

Experience within a law firm or another highly regulated environment would be advantageous, but isn't essential

What's in it for you?

This is a great opportunity to join a high-performing Risk & Compliance function within a progressive and commercially focused national law firm.

You'll have the opportunity to work on a varied range of contracts, gain significant exposure to senior stakeholders and play a key role in supporting the firm's commercial and regulatory objectives.

Hybrid working - 2 days in office
Medical Insurance 
Pension Scheme 
25 days annual leave - rising with length of service 
Life Assurance 
Season ticket loans
Employee Assistance programme

Interested?

Know someone great?

Reach out, let's have a confidential conversation - Lauren.Eager-Hey@QEDLegal.com

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