Deputy Managing Lawyer, Helix
17 hours ago
Glasgow
Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Create Alert \n Location: Glasgow, GB Edinburgh, GB Milton Keynes, GB London, GB \n Department/Division: Commercial, Helix Duration: Permanent Location: Remote Type of Role: Commercial Deputy Managing Lawyer Reference number: 9103 \nThe Role\n An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled lawyer to join the Dentons Helix team as a Managing Lawyer, aligned to a specific client team at Dentons. This is an opportunity to work in innovative new ways for one of the UK's best loved and most iconic media brands. \n Our client has entrusted Dentons to manage their commercial contracts requirements and enter into a genuine long term partner relationship. Given the extensive nature of our client's business and its innovative and evolving approach, the work (which will encompass commercial contracts, technology and outsourcing agreements, third party supplier arrangements and other contracts relating to its business operations) will undoubtedly be varied, challenging and engaging. This is a unique role which will see you supervising a team of lawyers and paralegals as well as working directly with business partners and helping to develop and grow the service offering. \n We have assembled a skilled team to assist with this work, collaborating closely with our Band 1 ranked Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) team, as well as the client's in-house legal department. This opportunity will be ideal for experienced lawyers who are looking to join and be a part of a law firm while acting as part of an extension of a client in-house legal team to: \n\n • Manage and supervise a team of lawyers and paralegals;\n, • Be involved in shaping a business model that seeks to innovate the way law firms deliver legal services\n, • Optimize efficiency in legal process;\n, • Work with one client as a core part of its legal function, enabling the capable candidates to gain a deeper understanding of the client's business and a closer working relationship with the client's in-house team;\n, • Become the key contact and build a close working relationship with the Client.\n, • Allocate incoming legal work from the client to team members.\n, • Supervise and manage team capacity, quality and availability.\n, • Set and manage personal objectives with your team.\n, • Input to financial and operational reporting.\n, • Work closely with clients to manage work allocation across the in-house and Dentons teams.\n, • Attend key client and internal meetings.\n, • Facilitate quoting for certain work types.\n, • Provide on-boarding training to new members of the team.\n, • Support the development and update of precedents and playbooks.\n, • Input to and support improvement initiatives across legal, technology and operations work-streams.\n, • Advise and work on commercial contracts and client legal queries.\n\nRequired experience, skills, and attributes\n\n, • Candidates who are qualified solicitors.\n, • Solid academic record, including a degree or equivalent.\n, • Having experience working on media contracts.\n, • Having experience managing the time and workload of others.\n, • Candidates are expected to have technology awareness.\n, • Having experience working on similar work for sophisticated clients is desired.\n, • Proficient drafting skills and legal research ability.\n\nPersonal attributes\n\n, • Dedicated to high-quality client service.\n, • Proficient problem solving and decision making skills, coupled with good business awareness.\n, • Effective interpersonal and communication skills.\n, • Demonstrate initiative and drive.\n, • You will be a skilled leader, work well with others, and collaborative.\n, • Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.\n, • The capability to manage multiple tasks effectively while adhering to tight timelines.\n