Senior Corporate Counsel – EMEA

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Job Description:

Job Summary

Job Description Summary: This position focuses on corporate, commercial and employment transactional work for Epiq Systems, Ltd. and its subsidiary companies including drafting, evaluating, and negotiating company contracts including service agreements, license agreements, non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements, commercial leases, vendor and supplier contracts, and other complex commercial agreements; developing and modifying agreement templates; assisting with client-requested RFPs/RFI; and assisting with collection efforts against delinquent clients. This position will also provide practical and regulatory assistance in Epiq’s flexible legal talent businesses. This position will be in the UK but will have responsibility across all of Epiq’s EMEA operations. This position will report to the Vice President of Legal.

A familiarity with corporate governance, employment law, UAE regulations, technology, and/or intellectual property is a plus. Must be familiar with a variety of the concepts, practices, and procedures relative to corporate law practice and rely on experience and judgment to accomplish goals. This position performs a variety of tasks and is expected to coordinate with senior legal counsel and other members of the in-house law department team. Must collaborate with other departments company-wide. A wide degree of independence, innovation, leadership, and creativity is expected.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Ready to contribute immediately to a dynamic and challenging environment with opportunity for growth & willingness to take on novel areas of practice.
• Excellent project management/organizational skills and ability to balance numerous projects and deadlines under pressure.
• Flexibility and willingness to work on a broad variety of legal matters.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; must be dynamic as well as highly team- and service-oriented.
• Commitment to professionalism and collegiality.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Education: Qualified Solicitor in England and Wales.

• Experience: 6 years of experience in corporate law.

• Skills:

  • Excellent analytical and research skills.
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills, including an ability to concisely describe complex situations to business executives.
  • Excellent writing, drafting and negotiating skills.
  • 6+ years of substantive corporate law experience (top law firm or top law firm and in-house environments).
  • 6+ years of strong contract drafting and negotiation experience.

Leadership Competencies

Building Effective Relationships - Identifies opportunities to build strategic relationships with individuals in other areas of the business in an effort to achieve business goals; develops partnerships through information exchange, clarifies partnership benefits and defines partnership scope and expectations; recognizes the business concerns and perspective of others; shares information and expertise with others to enable them to accomplish group goals.

Managing Change – Facilitates the implementation and acceptance of organizational change; addresses resistance to change and helps individuals adapt to change; encourages and rewards others to identify opportunities to do things differently; eases change through effectively simplifying complex, contradictory situations.

Strategic Agility – Clearly understands and articulates the business strategy; continuously ensures team and individual goals are aligned to broader strategic objectives, particularly when there is a change in direction; anticipates future consequences and trends, accurately including their potential impact; maintains broad business knowledge and perspective; creates new, competitive strategies aligned to the broader business strategy.

Influencing Others - Uses appropriate interpersonal styles to persuade others to accept a position or initiative that results in action to positively impact business results; assesses the current situation and adapts interpersonal style to suit the target audience; makes recommendations to achieve a specific impact, effect or course of action adopted by others; seeks mutually beneficial solutions; obtains cooperation from others, including those who are not direct reports.

• Certifications: Licensed to practice law in the relevant jurisdiction.

• Physical Requirements: Ability to work in an office environment and perform tasks that may require sitting, standing, and using office equipment.

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