About the Organisation
Over the last decade, we helped define the alternative legal services market. As an independent company, Factor defines a new category in the legal ecosystem, bringing together the strengths of Traditional Law, New Law and In-house Law to solve complex legal work at scale. We call this new category Integrated Law.
Role description
Our client are looking for a Senior Contract Associate to join them in Bangalore. As a member of their team, you’ll be responsible for supporting our clients business by drafting and negotiating a wide range of contracts as part of a wider general support service to the client’s contracts management and in-house legal teams.
If you believe in being a team player, can collaborate and communicate well with technical and non-technical audiences while bringing a result-driven, focused, high energy, confident, curious, quirky, and most of all fun sense of self, then this is the place for you.
Responsibilities
- Be part of a team committed to overall delivery of services and compliance with all delivery commitments to the client
- Draft and negotiate a wide range of contracts including content and development contracts, software development contracts, professional and consulting services contracts, staffing contracts, licensing contracts, other IP/IT contracts and general commercial contracts;
- Working with junior team members and training and developing them to become skilled negotiators
- Assisting the Delivery lead by owning the more complex negotiations and providing oversight and QC of more Junior members of the team, some of who may not have negotiated before.
- Adhere to delivery processes and commitments;
- Identifying new opportunities to improve the client negotiation processes & procedures and to further develop our long-term relationships.
- Input and manage data on Factor and client systems and keep them up to date;
- Help develop contract templates, playbooks and other tools for use by the team;
- Remain up to date on legal and other relevant developments;
- Be part of a team committed to continually improving our service to the client and adding value.
Qualifications
Law Degree and/or Legally Qualified
Legally eligible to work in the country this role is based
5+ years’ demonstrable experience of independently drafting and negotiating commercial contracts within a law firm, as part of an in-house legal team or within Factor
Excellent attention to detail
Operates with substantial latitude, with minimal or no supervision
Strong commercial awareness, working directly with business managers
The legal knowledge to act as a senior advisor to the client and serve as an escalation point on issues for more junior team members
Very strong English written and verbal communication and presentation skills
Very strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite – especially Microsoft Word
Coaching and mentoring more junior team members
Experience of client relationship management
Working with a recognized matter management system as part of daily routine
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