Team Lead - Legal - Law Firm (4-8 yrs)
The new recruit will complement the activities of the members of the onshore team by:
- Assisting client service teams in the negotiation and agreement of engagement and other contracts
- Responding to miscellaneous engagement contract-related enquiries
- Providing advice on engagement contract and related matters
- Drafting and advising on contract terms
- Providing solutions to engagement contract-related problems
- Working on framework and master service agreements
- Providing support on confidentiality and other agreements
- Liaising with and supporting other technical departments
- Helping with the development of policies on engagement contracting risk
- Assisting other KPMG firms with engagement contract and related queries
Preferred Skills :
- Experience handling legal or contracting queries and drafting or amending legal documents
- Indian or UK qualified solicitor/lawyer with a minimum of 4 years of relevant post qualification experience
- Analytical abilities
- Ability to articulate points in writing and orally, clearly and succinctly
- Ability to persuade where necessary
- Negotiating abilities
- Capabilities in Outlook, Word and use of websites
- Willingness to acquire knowledge of OGC's practices and processes
- Ability to be calm under pressure
- Ability to handle difficult or pressurized situations or people
- Commercial judgement and the ability to balance conflicting demands
- Initiative, self-confidence and authority
- Understanding of the risks faced by providers of professional services
- Awareness of cultural issues affecting regulated professional services firms
Preferred specific experience :
The person appointed will have particular experience in the following areas:
- Contracts for complex business advisory projects, such as business transformations
- Contracts for services relating to IT systems integration, and large IT installations
- Software licensing agreements and contracts with software suppliers
- Experience of negotiating multi-jurisdictional master service agreements
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