EY Legal Counsel - Commercial Lawyer Associate 

United Kingdom, England, London 

441570415

Your key responsibilities

This in-house role includes:

• advising on, drafting, and negotiating contracts, such as:
  • Master Services Agreements and Global Framework Agreements with our clients.

• Large complex commercial contracts pursuant to which we provide an ever more diverse range of services (which increasingly relate to AI).
• Managed services and outsourcing agreements.
• Subcontracts, where EY is either the prime, or the subcontractor.
• Collaboration agreements.
• Software and Licensing agreements, both traditional and SaaS.
• Government and public sector agreements.
• Advising on the use of technology, including GenAI, and the provision of technology related services.
• Advising on tenders and RFP responses.
• Advising on, drafting, and negotiating contracts with suppliers.
• Providing legal advice to the firm’s service lines and its other internal support functions such as real estate and facilities, procurement, finance, Talent, IT, knowledge and marketing and the opportunity to be the legal lead on firm-wide projects.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong team player with excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Demonstrable commitment to the attributes of our highest performing teams – focus on results, accepting of accountability, committed, embracing healthy conflict, building trust.
• Ability to keep calm and cope well with conflicting and ever-changing deadlines.
• Ability to lead, provide a view, take responsibility and ownership of issues, including an ability to take difficult decisions and provide substantiated arguments.
• Commercial awareness of the business issues facing us as we evolve, coupled with an active desire to get alongside our business, scanning the horizon for new service offerings to provide legal insight and support.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• 8 or more years of post-qualification experience.
• Significant experience gained in-house.
• Ability to provide practical legal advice and support with a high degree of professionalism in a fast-paced environment and to establish a high degree of credibility, respect and trust at all levels including with senior members of the firm, some of whom have a considerable understanding of the law.
• Be a self-starter, adept at responding promptly/juggling deadlines who actively looks to build relationships based on trust and confidence.
• Ideally, experience of advising on the use of GenAI in the context of service provision and experience of using GenAI in the provision of legal services.

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with MyReward you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around.
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.