Legal Counsel (Facility/ Events)

Job Title: Legal Counsel

Location: Goregaon East (NESCO)

Purpose of the job: To provide legal and commercial advice and solutions

Accountabilities:

• Providing effective legal and commercial advice and assistance
• Review, draft and negotiate contracts
• Assist the function supported regarding the identification, assessment, mitigation and management of legal and commercial risk in light of different risk profiles
• Help to ensure that business is conducted in accordance with relevant law and Sodexo's internal governance processes
• Provide preliminary advice on disputes
• Advise on regulatory compliance
• Support a range of standard and bespoke contracts and queries with relatively low to medium levels of revenues, complexity and impact
• General legal advice to the business supported
• Support the effective operation of legal processes, including maintaining accurate and timely legal reporting and ensuring the contract database is up to date and well‑managed

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

• Demonstrating the applicable core and legal competencies
• Technical accuracy and good judgment
• Timely advice and assistance
• Clear communication
• Being an effective and trusted business partner to the business/operations
• Ensure compliance with UK&I DOAs and policies and with contractual governance
• Deliver relevant training to the Business

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Qualified lawyer in EU jurisdiction with international commercial legal experience
• Good technical knowledge and experience of the law (including contract / commercial law and regulatory issues e.g. Data Protection, Anti-Bribery etc.),contracts and practice relevant to the Segments/Functions supported
• Good technical contract drafting and negotiation skills
• IS&T contract experience and procurement and distribution contract experience
• Problem solving – ability to identify and analyse key information to make balanced and appropriate decisions
• Problem solving - ability to advise on legal and commercial options and challenge others where necessary
• Ability to provide preliminary advice on legal disputes
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

Please note: Due to the expected volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further evaluation