Contract Advisor in Birmingham

Contracts Advisor – Risk & Compliance

We are recruiting for a Contracts Advisor to join our in-house Risk and Compliance team at TLT.

You will play a central role in reviewing client contracts across the firm, helping to protect the firm’s interests while supporting strong, commercial client relationships.

The role focuses primarily on client terms, with occasional involvement in supplier contracts and wider compliance queries.

The Risk and Compliance team advises on regulatory and operational risk across the firm, ensuring compliance with our professional and regulatory obligations.

The team is commercially minded and includes experienced lawyers and technical specialists who apply practical, proportionate thinking to a wide range of regulatory and ethical requirements.

Your role

• Review and draft client engagement terms, including client-drafted terms (such as outside counsel guidelines and panel terms) and the firm’s standard terms of business and engagement letters, working within the firm’s established contract playbook to ensure legal and commercial risks are appropriately managed.
• Review supplier contracts and terms of service in collaboration with Procurement, liaising with relevant internal stakeholders to ensure proposed arrangements are suitable.
• Advise partners and internal stakeholders on contractual and compliance queries, providing clear, commercial and risk‑based guidance.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, acting as a trusted point of contact on client contract matters.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of precedent documents, guidance materials, contract playbooks and the firmwide database of client terms.
• Identify legal, regulatory and commercial risks within client agreements, advise on deviations from standard terms and ensure appropriate approvals are obtained.
• Keep up to date with regulatory developments and market practice, feeding insights into team guidance and materials.

Skills and experience

• Relevant experience in contract review, ideally gained within a law firm or professional services environment.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating client engagement terms and/or supplier contracts, with familiarity with standard law firm‑client terms; experience using contract playbooks is desirable.
• Strong commercial judgement and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to provide practical, business‑focused advice.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging stakeholders at all levels across the firm.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritise effectively and work at pace.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications (including Teams and Share Point) and an interest in generative AI tools and their use in contract management.
• A proactive, flexible and collaborative approach, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US.

Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.

Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values.

We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.

In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued.

You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review.

You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach.

We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm.

Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people.

We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.

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