Our Office of the General Counsel advise on a wide variety of risk issues that arise in the delivery of professional services across the areas of assurance, tax and advisory in which the firm operates., We are looking to recruit a commercial contracts lawyer in our in-house legal team. In this role, you will :

negotiate contracts with clients, including commercial MSA's and public-sector framework agreements, and advise on contracts with sub-contractors, suppliers and others

consider how to improve our own standard terms of business from time to time in light of our experiences of negotiating contracts with other parties and of the issues that arise in the course of engagements with clients

deal with a wide range of other commercial contracting issues, including : advising on local-country adoption contracts for global framework agreements, agreements with other member-firms of Grant Thornton International Limited, data-sharing agreements, secondment and other placement agreements, and software supply contractsinterpreting and explaining contractual provisions for the benefit of colleagues in the firmproviding legal input into various other contracting situations that arise, including considering termination provisions in contracts with consultants, providing occasional legal input into non-disclosure agreements, tendering documentation and agreements to allow the disclosure of our work-product to third parties e.

advise on collaboration agreements and referral and introduction contracts

collaborate closely with colleagues in our Office of the General Counsel and our risk-management team to deliver advice to our people, including partners, directors and other stakeholders, and to help protect and enable them to deliver excellent services to our clients.

The minimum criteria are that you be a qualified solicitor or barrister and that you have the following skills.

experience of drafting and negotiating commercial contracts

a good knowledge of professional liability law

an understanding of professional services contracting and risk-management issues

a pragmatic and commercial, solution-based approach

a self-starting attitude and the ability to manage conflicting demands

excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the drafting of contractual terms.

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people. We never settle for what is easy;