Legal Counsel – Commercial Contracts and Payments Birmingham or Manchester- Global Banking Group

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Legal Counsel – Commercial Contracts and Payments
Birmingham or Manchester- Global Banking Group
Overview:
Legal Counsel for Commercial Contracts and Payments based in Birmingham or Manchester for a Leading UK Global Banking Group
Providing strategic and day-to-day legal assistance across the Group, by acting as a business-savvy service provider and partner to clients and colleagues.
The main types of commercial contract work will include Commercial / Technology and Payments contracts with Clients across the Group

The Role:
•   A member of the Central Legal Team working with colleagues across the bank in different locations and across a wide range of business areas and functions
•    Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts in order to effectively manage and mitigate legal risk actively
•    Liaising with and involving other members of the legal and compliance functions and other stakeholders throughout the Bank on legal risk matters pro-actively
•    Maintaining effective file management practices including use of the team’s electronic filing platform
•    Influencing the development of processes, policies and procedures designed to manage, mitigate and reduce legal risk and/or increase the efficiency of the team
•    Keeping effective file management practices including use of the team’s electronic filing platform
•    Providing know-how and experience to other legal advisers within the team and elsewhere within the Legal Function
•    Forging relationships with a broad range of legal and business areas and third parties in order to encourage the best quality output and service from the team
•    Ensuring that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements

Candidate Profile
•Qualified lawyer with in-house or private practice experience 1-4 Years PQE  
•Experience in  one or more of the following areas: software/fintech, commercial contracts , financial services, e-commerce
•Excellent technical knowledge of commercial agreements and experience in negotiating and advising on general commercial/payments/technology contracts
• Sound stakeholder management, ability to work cross-functionally in a collegiate and professional manner, and willingness to assist on projects led by other teams and functions
Skills that will be an advantage for this role:
• Experience with innovation, FinTech/payments businesses and regulatory aspects of these business areas
• Familiarity with tender processes (public and private sector)

Flexible Working
The Bank is committed to providing a flexible working environment for all employees with hybrid working on offer for this role

Bruin recognises the positive value of diversity, and aims to promote equality and challenge unfair discrimination. As a champion of equal opportunity employment we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions and beliefs. We particularly encourage applications from women, disabled, and Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as these groups are underrepresented throughout the financial services industry. Our clients work with us because they value a diverse workforce, and subscribe to our shared principle that all appointments are made on merit and that ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.