Legal Counsel, Informa Connect (9-month FTC) in London

At Informa, no two days and no two people are the same, and you'll find the freedom, opportunity and support of a fantastic community to make a real impact. We’re an international business that connects specialists with knowledge, helping them to learn more, know more and do more through live and on demand events, digital and data-driven services and academic research. We are home to over 14,000 colleagues across 30 countries and are a member of the UK’s FTSE 100 group of leading public companies.

This role is based in our 5 Howick Place office.

Role Purpose

We are currently recruiting for a talented Legal Counsel to join the Informa Connect Legal Team in London on a temporary basis. This is an exciting opportunity to become a valued business partner to a global B2B events business. You will report directly to the Interim Senior Corporate Counsel for Informa Connect, playing a key role in ensuring legal compliance, providing strategic legal guidance, and contributing to the success of our global operations, predominantly across the following Informa Connect verticals: Tech, Global Finance, Life Sciences, Food Services, Aesthetic and Longevity Medicine and B2C events. The role will support a wide portfolio of marquee event brands such as SuperReturn, BIO-Europe, The AI Summit and Fan Expo, as well as Informa Connect’s training, subscription and media businesses.

The role requires a proactive, business-oriented legal mind with broad legal acumen who excels at enabling business objectives whilst ensuring legal compliance and mitigating legal risks. The individual will need strong expertise in commercial law, contract negotiation, brand protection, and stakeholder engagement and management.

Key Responsibilities

• Commercial Contracts: drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a diverse range of commercial contracts, such as customer terms and conditions, vendor agreements, IT agreements, barter agreements, speaker agreements, event management and collaboration agreements, and NDAs;
• Template Management: updating various agreement templates to align with changing business policies, legal risks and regulatory compliance requirements;
• Legal Support: responding to ad hoc legal queries from the Informa Connect division, including contract and payment disputes, attendee misconduct, and waivers for event activities;
• Intellectual Property: advising on IP-related issues and dispute resolution strategies, and assisting with management of Informa Connect’s trademark portfolio;
• Stakeholder Engagement: engaging with internal teams across Informa Connect and the Informa Group to build strong working relationships, including showing initiative and participation in the wider Connect Legal Team. The role may involve liaising with external counsel, as required.

Qualifications

Key Competencies and Skills:

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to influence stakeholders at all levels, including excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to explain complex legal issues in a clear and simple manner.
• Commercially minded with strong understanding of business needs and the ability to balance legal considerations with commercial objectives/strategic imperatives.
• Ability to align legal strategies with the company's business goals, helping to navigate challenges and seize opportunities.
• Strategic thinking with strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• An enthusiastic and proactive approach to work, with an ability to prioritise effectively.
• Comfortable rolling up your sleeves and managing a variety of tasks simultaneously in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• A keen desire to contribute to a strong, fun and high performing team culture.

Qualifications and Experience:

• 3 years or more of qualified legal experience (PQE is a given as a guide only).
• Strong experience within an in-house legal function, either through secondments or prior in-house experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in commercial legal matters of varying complexity, legal risk management, governance, and commercial law. A good understanding of Data Privacy and AI laws and regulations would be beneficial.
• Experience managing and resolving legal disputes to an effective solution.

Additional Information

We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at an Informa event – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us.

• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after two years, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

If you would like to request reasonable adjustments or accommodations to assist your participation in the hiring process and, or in the advertised position, please inform the appropriate Talent Acquisition Partner for the role once they have been in touch. Your request will be reviewed and considered in confidence. At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law.