Commercial Counsel (2-3 years PQE)

Company:Marsh Corporate

Description:

An exciting opportunity has come up within the Marsh Legal team for a Commercial Lawyer looking to develop their career within a leading professional services firm. This role will be based at our Belfast office and is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Given the success of our Legal Commercial Team in Belfast, we are looking to further expand our team to bring in a commercial counsel to join our high performing and well-regarded legal team.

We will count on you to:

• Draft, review and negotiate client agreements and ancillary legal documentation
• Act as an escalation point to the commercial paralegal team in the first instance and provide technical feedback where necessary
• Collaborate with the commercial paralegal team to maintain and update template agreements and implement process developments
• Support the wider Legal team with internal projects and various commercial matters
• Maintain up-to-date legal knowledge to ensure compliance with relevant policies and legislation

What you need to have: 

• 2-3 years’ PQE (qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales or an equivalent common law jurisdiction)
• Relevant experience in a professional services firm, financial services organisation or law firm
• Excellent document drafting, communication, and negotiation skills
• Strong commercial acumen with an ability to deliver clear and pragmatic solutions
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage expectations well

What makes you stand out? 

• Experience with general commercial legal matters (commercial contracts, IP and digital technology matters, vendor contracts)
• Experience in supervising junior team members/paralegals or being a contact for contractual escalations would be advantageous
• Experience working with data protection legislation and negotiating DPAs

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit corporate.marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at [email protected].

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.