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Interim Legal Contracts Specialist - £450 p/d

Employer
1st Executive
Location
England, Surrey
Salary
Up to £450 per day
Closing date
15 Apr 2019

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Specialist Area
Contracts Manager
Sector
Defence
Function
Specialist
Contract Type
Contract / Interim / Temporary
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Interim Legal Contracts Specialist required to join a leading Aerospace and Defence organisation on an initial 6 month contract at £450 per day. Varied and challenging in-house role for a highly qualified solicitor or barrister in the Aerospace and Defence industry.

Key responsibilities;

  • Providing timely advice to senior management, commercial, project management and procurement teams on a variety of legal topics.
  • Evaluating risks regarding business decisions and operations.
  • Drafting and negotiating high value commercial contracts and advising on flow down of terms to subcontractors.
  • Identifying compliance and governance issues.

This role will be split between 2 areas within Defence & Space giving a lot of variation to the position

You must be able to demonstrate;

  • Post-qualified experience as a solicitor or barrister (English law or dual qualified) with in-depth knowledge of commercial law and commercial contracts
  • Strong understanding of concepts, background, legal and practical constraints to draft Sales and Services documents.
  • Proven counselling experience in a business environment with first class communication skills.
  • Ability to identify legal issues and risks and propose pragmatic solutions that will eliminate or mitigate risks.
  • Experience working with defence contracts would be extremely beneficial
  • Must be SC clearable, must have a UK passport and a willingness to travel throughout the UK.

Rate: £450 per day

Duration: Initial 6 months (likely to be extended)

Location: Multiple options across the UK.

Start: ASAP

If you are interested in this opportunity then please contact me directly on 01483 213 302 or alternatively drop me an email at ricky.kelly@1st-executive.com

Company

1st Executive

1st Executive are the forefront of 'Search' within the Procurement sector operating UK & Europe wide. Our focus in in interim management and permanent recruitment ranging from Senior Buyers through CPO's

At 1st Executive we understand that businesses are driven by people. We work in partnership with our clients to ensure that they improve the performance of their organisation through the right people. Our clients are organisations who are widely regarded as the most attractive to work for in their sector, consisting of FTSE 100 / Global 500 organisations as well as dynamic , growing consultancies. They are diverse in their sectors, covering FMCG, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Technology to name a few.

Our approach is professional, knowledgeable and above all, successful. This is why we are the partnership of choice for many of the UK's most prestigious organisations when it comes to finding the right person for the job.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 84321 630 30
Location
Connaught House
Portsmouth Road
Ripley
Surrey
GU23 7JY
United Kingdom

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