Senior Counsel

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Overview

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Key responsibilities

• Provide corporate advice and support on a wide range of legal issues and projects to the OWG businesses in the India Middle East Africa region.
• Negotiate and draft various types of legal documents including contracts, memos, subcontracts, vendor agreements and other legal documents.
• Analyze new and changing laws and regulations.
• Identify liability exposure and provide creative solutions to manage and reduce risk.
• Interact with outside counsel for the Company as well as outside counsel for adverse parties.
• Conduct negotiations with external third parties, elevating unresolved legal issues to other members of the legal department as appropriate.
• Provide business colleagues with practical advice and guidance and develop solutions to issues while managing business and legal considerations.
• Interpret and explain contract terms and legal issues to internal business colleagues.
• Assist with responding to RFP proposals to prospective clients.
• Manage workflow effectively in a proactive and responsive fashion.

Experience Required

• Requires 3+ years of legal experience obtained at a law firm or corporate legal department.
• Experience with review and independent negotiation of contracts. Good understanding of contractual risk.
• Experience with software licensing agreements and data privacy terms is strongly preferred

Technical Skills

• Requires qualification and license to practice law, ideally in a common law jurisdiction.
• Bachelors or University degree required.
• Law degree required.

Skills And Attributes

• Exercises good judgment, possesses financial acumen, demonstrates strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively.
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• Keen attention to detail and excellent analytical ability.
• Exercises sound judgement and discretion with highly confidential information.
• Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines and changing priorities.
• General fluency with business issues, and the ability to formulate legal solutions based on both our clients and Oliver Wyman's business priorities.
• Reading/speaking in Arabic is essential and writing is highly desirable

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal
• Industries: Internet Publishing

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