Junior Legal Advisor

Job Details

JAB Recruitment is currently working with their Client to source a Junior Legal Advisor to join their legal team based in Kingston. 

Overview
As a Legal Advisor, you will be reporting to the Regional Legal Affairs Manager. You will play a pivotal role in mitigating legal risks and ensuring compliance for the relevant Business Lines and Operating Companies. You will provide expert legal guidance, support dispute resolution, and actively contribute to the company's strategic decision-making processes. Your responsibilities will span multiple jurisdictions, including the UK, APAC, and North America, offering a unique opportunity to engage in international legal matters

Key Responsibilities

• Legal Risk Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks across various business operations and projects.
• Contractual and Commercial Law: Provide comprehensive legal support in the drafting, review, and negotiation of contracts, agreements, and other legal documents.
• Dispute Resolution: Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external counsel to resolve disputes effectively, whether through arbitration, negotiation, mediation, or litigation, including investigating facts and drawing up negotiation documents and the settlement of disputes
• Legal Research & Analysis: Conduct thorough research on complex legal issues, staying abreast of legal developments in relevant jurisdictions, and providing well-informed advice to the business, based on an analysis of the sources of statutes, judicial precedents, legal articles, treaties, constitutions and codes of law, etc.
• Compliance & Governance: Ensure adherence to company policies, industry regulations, and local laws across all business units and operating companies.
• Knowledge Management and Reporting: Maintain and enhance the legal department's knowledge base, ensuring easy access to relevant legal information and best practices.
• External Counsel Management: Oversee the engagement and performance of external legal firms, ensuring cost-effective and efficient legal services.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships across different levels of the organisation
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Business level proficiency in a foreign language (French, German, Norwegian or Chinese) is also an advantage 

Skills

• Degree in law
• Professional qualification in law (SQE, LPC, BVC or the equivalent)

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