Legal Counsel

At Smart, our mission is to transform retirement, savings and financial wellbeing, across all generations, around the world.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the General Counsel, we are looking for a driven and passionate lawyer to join our team who is used to dealing with commercial contracts, procurement contracts and commercial law.

Responsibilities:

• Advising and negotiating a range of commercial contracts including Non-Disclosure Agreements, supplier contracts (IT and non-IT), data sharing agreements, platform agreements and pension scheme terms and conditions.
• Maintenance of our contract repository.
• Provide high quality, business focused legal support directly to a growing and developing global business through a strong understanding of both legal requirements and commercial implications.
• Ability to balance risk mitigation and commerciality.
• Liaise with all stakeholders including customers and suppliers with the ability to influence such stakeholders.
• Advise the business on legal interpretations, internal standards and practices, new business initiatives and other commercial and regulatory matters.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and be a trusted legal adviser.
• Provide legal training to the business and be a knowledge-hub of best practices.
• Support the implementation of improved processes including the creation and implementation of contract templates and playbooks.
• Support the team’s legal operations and work-flow management.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The skills, experience, and aptitudes we are looking for are listed below but please don’t be discouraged from applying if you don’t meet every single one of these criteria – having a ‘can do’ attitude is sometimes more important than being able to tick every box:

• Qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Confident and pragmatic approach to problem solving and managing legal risk.
• Be highly motivated to deliver high quality work in a fast-paced environment and for a growth business.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and to deliver as an individual contributor within the legal team.
• Experience and/or knowledge of master trust pension scheme arrangements would be an advantage but is not essential.
• Full training will be provided for a candidate who is willing to learn and up-skill in this area.

BENEFITS

At Smart, one of the eight principles we work to is “We want happy and good people in our team”. We created a list of benefits that helps us achieve this goal:

• 25 days’ holiday per year, increasing with length of service.
• £500 annual training budget to spend on your professional development.
• Extensive private healthcare, including dental, eyecare and EAP.
• Enhanced sick leave (three months’ pay per year).
• Enhanced maternity and paternity (maternity – 6 months fully paid/paternity – 3 weeks fully paid).
• Death in service insurance cover.
• Fully-paid five-week sabbatical after five years of employment.
• In office wellbeing, such as manicures, massages and barbers.
• We also serve free lunch, breakfasts and social drinks weekly.
• Smart employees also enjoy a 50% discount on orders from our sister company Arena Flowers, Britain's most ethical florist.

Visit our careers page to find our Recruitment Data Policy. We think Smart is an awesome place to work. If it sounds like somewhere you’d like to work, too, and if you’re ready to play your part in our continued success in the future, then naturally we’d love to meet you.