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Contracts Paralegal

1 year ago

Reviewing, drafting and negotiating legal contracts, including master service agreements (MSAs), statements of work (SOWs) and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), and ensuring that any potential issues are flagged for consideration internally within the group.
Liaising with the group’s Legal, Sales, Information Security, Production and Finance teams to ensure that contracts are moved through the contracts workflow quickly and efficiently.
Processing new contract requests and providing the necessary information required with a view to progressing contracts through to signing stage.
Managing files and working independently to see matters through to completion.
Supporting the Contracts, Legal, Sales, Information Security, Production, Finance and Tax teams with ad-hoc queries about contract status and other required information.
Carrying out audits on the contract database and flagging contracts coming up for expiry/renewal.
Arranging for the signing of contracts using DocuSign.
Ensuring that contracts are archived correctly with the necessary information within the group’s customer relationship management (CRM) Salesforce system.
Providing copies of contracts, and information regarding contracts, to the Finance team in connection with the group’s audit process.
Identifying inefficiencies in the contracts workflow and working with the Contracts team to improve the function
Any other related duties as required from time to time

Requirements

Prior experience negotiating and drafting contracts required (either in-house with an international company
or in a law firm).
Educated to degree level.
Experience working with customer relationship management (CRM) tools such as Salesforce.
Understanding of basic legalese and standard legal contract terminology.
Ability to balance commercial demands against legal risk.
Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
Experience working independently and as part of a team, across all levels of an organisation.
Ability to be innovate and present creative solutions.
Fluency in English (additional languages are an advantage but not required