Commercial and Technology lawyer

To ensure that the commercial, innovation, technology, real estate, sponsorship, data licensing and service activities (CIT Areas) are conducted in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal and reputational risks associated with these activities.,

• Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance.


• Legal advice and support to the business on CIT Areas, including regulatory advice and advocacy, innovation and technology strategy, and contract drafting, review and negotiation.


• Representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to CIT Areas, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.


• Creation and review of legal documents including agreements and licenses for commercial services, technology, software, data, real estate, and sponsorship and other legal documents to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.


• Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws and regulations that may impact the bank across the CIT Areas.


• Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to the CIT Areas.


• Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.


Vice President Expectations


• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.


• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.


• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.


• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.


• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.


• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.


• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.


• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
  
  You will expertly advise on a range of commercial and technology agreement work-types - supplier, client and partner facing, including regulatory aspects, partnering with a variety of stakeholders including Barclays' Procurement and Technology teams and front-line business teams. You will need to be a dynamic, senior qualified lawyer (Solicitor, Barrister or similar in the UK or another comparable jurisdiction), used to working independently, with relevant post-qualification experience (in-house and/or private practice) and strong technical knowledge of and expertise in general commercial/technology agreements, including experience in negotiating and advising on these agreements - for example, software licences, hardware and software maintenance, SaaS and cloud services, sponsorship, professional services, data and index licensing and PoCs. (Experience in advising on these types of agreements as related to the financial services industry context will be an advantage but is not

essential).

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as legal practices, change and transformation, business acumen and strategic thinking as well as job-specific technical skills.