Senior Counsel Legal

Principal Accountabilities

Impact on the Business

• Provide counsel and legal support on a variety of legal matters, or in a specialist area, including matters that may be complex or may have substantial impact.
• To be considered a trusted adviser to the businesses as stated above by ensuring that commercially sensitive, pragmatic, and practical legal support and advice is provided in a cost-effective manner.
• Provide support and guidance to the departments/businesses mentioned above, with regard to legal risks arising in the jobholder's area of expertise, including handling complaints.

Customers / Stakeholders

• Provide prompt, commercial, practical, and sometimes complex (under supervision) and/or specialized legal advice to the respective business/department.
• Be proactive in the provision of legal support and in advising the respective business promptly of material legal developments and their implications.
• Recommend selection of panel law firms and other appropriate external parties.

Leadership & Teamwork

• Maintain and develop positive and professional working relationships with all team members within INM LGA, and the respective business departments for which the jobholder is responsible.
• Participate effectively as part of the INM Legal Team.
• Share legal knowledge and best practices with legal colleagues.
• Manage internal support staff as appropriate.

Operational Effectiveness & Control

• Provide legal services in a cost-effective manner.
• Co-ordinate and manage the approach to legal risk in INM legal and business departments for which the jobholder is responsible, to ensure that the interests of the organization are adequately protected.
• Assist the business to remain compliant with legal risk management requirements set out in the Group Standards Manual and Legal FIM.
• Maintain awareness of the operational risk scenarios associated with the role and ensure that all actions taken during employment take into account the likelihood of operational risk occurring.