Team Lead - Legal - Law Firm

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