Senior Legal Counsel - Tech

Job description

Our client, a leading Technology and Business Consultancy, seeks to recruit a senior commercial counsel to join their in-house legal team (due to business growth) to lead complex contractual and commercial deals, negotiating with clients who are top of their game in the Private, Financial Services and / or Public Sector, within the technology and consulting space.

You will deliver business-focused solutions, acting as a strategic legal and deal advisor and partner directly with their Business, to assess and understand how risks can be managed and mitigated, while advising on deal structure and strategy. Your role will involve:

• Leading negotiations for multi-million pound complex technology based contracts for software implementation and application management services, including regularly facing off with client legal teams and their external counsel.
• Advising the Business on potential pitfalls in design, build and run/operate proposals.
• Primarily providing support during the sales cycle from supporting the engagement teams with their responses to tenders and bid response development to negotiating contracts for services.
• Review and negotiation of engagement contracts across Consulting and MSAs/framework agreements including direct discussion with clients and their legal advisors.
• Working closely with the business to discuss and develop commercial offerings as they move to a more innovative way of pricing their services.
• Drafting and negotiating ancillary commercial contracts, including alliance agreements, product/asset licences, engagement letters, sub-contracts and teaming agreements.
• Advising senior management and practitioners on general legal and risk management issues.

Applicants should have a minimum of 6-10 years PQE experience in negotiating complex commercial and technology contracts and professional service framework agreements. Experience in one or more of Cloud Solutions, Managed Services or Assets is preferable.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

03-04-2026

Profession type

ICT

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English