Interim Legal Consultant - Flexible In-House Roles

Simmons & Simmons Adaptive

Clients today need flexible resourcing solutions to meet the changing demands of the marketplace.

Simmons & Simmons has always been willing to adapt and embrace new forms of service delivery to meet changing client demands.

Simmons Adaptive is a flexible resourcing solution to meet client requirements at the same high quality you expect from Simmons & Simmons.

We understand that our firm is equal only to the strengths of our people and place great emphasis on recruiting and retaining staff who meet our high standards.

Main purpose of the role

Simmons Adaptive are keen to hear from junior Australian or New Zealand qualified lawyers across a range of specialisms including:

• Commercial: general commercial, outsourcing commercial IT contracts, AI and digitalisation
• Corporate and M&A: cross-border transactions and private equity
• Banking & Finance: leveraged finance, acquisition finance, project finance and general banking
• Intellectual property & technology: technology transactions, software licensing, Saa S agreements, data protection.
• Competition / Antitrust: regulatory investigation and merger control

Responsibilities

Assignments will typically involve working in-house with our clients or supporting internally at Simmons & Simmons teams on key matters, depending on business needs.

Person specification

• You are a qualified lawyer with experience from a top tier law firm.
• You are a problem solver and offer a collaborative approach.
• You are able to work in a dynamic and fast moving environment.
• You are able to work quickly and effectively to tight deadlines. You have excellent organisation skills with the ability to effectively prioritise workloads.
• You can work autonomously but can also collaborate as part of the wider team.
• You will be required to hold the relevant right to work in the UK (visa sponsorship is not available).
• You will be based or shortly relocating to the UK.

Benefits

• You will have access to high-quality roles and work within Simmons & Simmons’ market‑leading clients
• You’ll have support from a Simmons & Simmons ‘sponsor Partner’ whilst on external assignment
• You will be given access to the Firms’ resources and Know-how when on assignment
• We will invite you to our in‑person and virtual networking events exclusively for Adaptive consultants, along with firmwide webinars and events
• You will have the backing of a leading international law firm.
• Equal opportunities
• We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to equal opportunities in employment.
• We believe in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re‑assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity.

This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

• At Simmons & Simmons we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us, should this be something you are interested in.

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