Legal Counsel (9-12 month maternity cover)

Type of role: Fixed Term Contract

Duration: 9 – 12 month (maternity cover)

Working hours: Full time (or potentially 4 days a week)

Location: Mainly remote, but in Alpha’s London office 1 day per week.

About Alpha:
Headquartered in the UK, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is a leading global consultancy to the financial services industry. Alpha combines highly specialist, sector-focused management consulting and technology expertise to support the client transformation lifecycle. We have over 1,000 consultants globally, operating from offices spanning the UK, North America, MENA, Europe and APAC.

The position:
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Legal Counsel to provide legal advice and support across the Alpha Group, principally in respect of client contracting. Alpha is a fast-evolving business and the role provides opportunity for personal development and growth as the business continues to expand in terms of size, services and geographies.

The Legal Counsel will be part of our Legal and Corporate Affairs Team and will receive mentoring from a senior individual. Alpha’s operations team operates globally and includes Finance, HR, Recruitment, Risk, Legal & Corporate Affairs, IT and Business Support roles. The objective of the team is to set minimum group standards, oversee the day-to-day business of Alpha and to facilitate the coordination, efficiency and alignment across the Group’s processes and people.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Provide support to the business in respect of contractual relationships with new and existing clients, including drafting and negotiating MSAs, terms and conditions of engagement, SOWs, NDAs and sub-contract arrangements
• Reviewing and negotiating supplier contracts and partnership arrangements
• Drafting and maintaining template documentation across Alpha’s business units
• Providing support on other legal matters on an ad hoc basis, for example: data privacy and HR matters.
• The Legal Counsel will work alongside key operational stakeholders, in particular:
  • Business operations management
  • Risk
  • IT and infrastructure
  • HR
  • Finance

You will:

• Be a qualified lawyer with 3-7 years PQE (guide only) with proven in-house experience preferably within a relevant industry (for example, professional services or financial services)
• Have a background in contract negotiation and with complex agreements
• Have strong business focus and ability to successfully manage multiple senior external and internal relationships
• Display first-class communication, presentation and problem-solving skills and gravitas by communicating with confidence, influence and authority
• Have a track record of developing excellent stakeholder relationships
• Focus on team achievement and not just individual goals
• Be comfortable working in a fast-moving corporate environment