Commercial Contracts Legal Executive - London

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Background: EY is a global network of professional services firms engaged in consulting, transaction, assurance and tax services with member firms in over 150 countries worldwide. The UK firm of Ernst & Young LLP has over 1500 partners and 21,000 employees. The UK Legal team is well established and highly regarded. Led by our General Counsel, Lisa Cameron, we comprise 36 lawyers supported by 4 paralegals. The UK Legal team also forms part of a Global legal function.

The Opportunity: We have a vacancy for a legal executive or senior paralegal to support the GCO Commercial team. The Commercial team is currently comprised of 12 lawyers and the legal executive, or senior paralegal will be an integral part of that team providing day to day assistance and support. The work will be varied but will include:

• Initial triage of legal queries from personnel working on client services, procurements, alliances and other commercial or contracting matters;
• Creating and maintaining playbooks for managing processes and protocols related to commercial and contracting matters;
• Supporting the identification, adoption and use of artificial intelligence within the legal team (particularly relating to contracting matters);
• Project management for commercial matters (for example negotiations with clients and suppliers);
• General administrative support to lawyers working on commercial contracting and associated matters.

There will also be the opportunity to support the legal team in other areas including legal research and drafting, tracking of legal developments and management of know-how. The role includes a varied and demanding workload and we are looking for someone to support our EY All in Strategy by showing curiosity, intelligence, and energy.

Please note that this vacancy is a legal executive or senior paralegal role and will not lead to a training contract or count towards qualifying work experience (QWE) for the purposes of SQE qualification.

Essential requirements for the role:

• Law degree or non-law degree, ideally followed by successful completion of law conversion course (LPC, BPTC or SQE1/SQE2).
• Significant UK experience as a legal executive or senior paralegal, focused on a wide range of in‑house commercial agreements, with contracts forming the core of day‑to‑day responsibilities.
• Strong working knowledge of the commercial contracting process.
• Demonstrable experience in working on a broad range of commercial legal matters.
• Strong personal communication skills, including oral/written communication, capable of dealing with wide range of people at all levels.
• Good drafting skills and attention to detail.
• Strong team player who is both committed and flexible.
• Strong organisation, planning and project management skills.
• Ability to take responsibility and ownership of tasks and to be proactive.
• Proficient IT skills including document management systems and the Microsoft office suite in a corporate setting and, ideally experience of using artificial intelligence.
• Ability to prioritise, problem-solve and show good time management skills.
• Ability to work with autonomy.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• The ability to keep calm in a crisis and to cope well with conflicting deadlines.
• The ability to deal with problems in a practical and common-sense way, with limited supervision.

What working at EY offers: We offer a competitive remuneration package and with FlexEY, 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:

• The chance to be part of one of the broadest commercial services firms around, and work on a truly varied workload.
• Opportunities to develop new skills, with coaching and supervision from a deeply experienced group.

About EY: As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise, and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities, and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer a reality.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. Join us in building a better working world. Apply now.