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About the Role
The Financial Times is seeking a Legal Counsel to join its legal team. This role will serve as a key legal contact for business areas including Product & Technology, Ad Tech, and Payment Processing, providing practical legal advice on technology-focused commercial matters. A significant part of the role involves drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various technology and commercial agreements.
Responsibilities
- Act as a key legal contact for business areas including Product & Technology, Ad Tech and Payment Processing.
- Provide clear, practical and commercially focused legal advice that reflects the operational needs of the business.
- Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of technology and commercial agreements, including software licences, SaaS agreements, software development agreements and service level agreements.
- Advise on data protection matters and draft and negotiate data processing agreements, including in relation to Ad Tech, cookies and similar technologies.
- Build effective working relationships with stakeholders across the business, including senior management.
- Collaborate closely with colleagues in Procurement, Compliance and Cyber on relevant legal and commercial matters.
Requirements
- Qualified to practise English law, with at least two years’ PQE.
- A genuine interest in working for a leading business news and information organisation.
- Excellent understanding of commercial and contract law principles.
- Strong experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, particularly technology contracts, including software licences, SaaS agreements, software development agreements and service level agreements.
- Strong knowledge of data protection law, including GDPR, with experience drafting and negotiating data processing agreements, including in the context of Ad Tech, cookies and similar technologies.
- Ability to manage the demands and competing priorities of a fast-paced in-house environment.
- A commercially minded approach, with the confidence and credibility to communicate effectively with stakeholders at different levels of the organisation.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong, collaborative working relationships.
- Training at a leading UK law firm.
- Previous in-house experience.
- Experience advising on the legal risks associated with generative AI, or a genuine interest in developing expertise in this area.
Skills
- Commercial law principles
- Contract law principles
- Drafting commercial contracts
- Negotiating commercial contracts
- Technology contracts
- Software licences
- SaaS agreements
- Software development agreements
- Service level agreements
- Data protection law
- GDPR
- Data processing agreements
- Ad Tech
- Cookies
- Interpersonal skills
- Collaborative working relationships
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 2+ years PQE
Education Level
- Qualified to practise English law
Benefits
- Generous annual leave
- Medical cover
- Inclusive parental leave packages
- Subsidised gym memberships
- Opportunities to give back to the community
About the Company
- The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy, with a mission to deliver quality information and services worldwide.
- At the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded.
- Here, you’re given the chance to reach millions, create work that matters and deliver impartial journalism in a polarised world.
- In our warm, collaborative culture, you’ll connect with a diverse community of experts who support your growth, career aspirations and wellbeing.
- Your future at the FT will be filled with opportunities that challenge and inspire you.
- With no fixed path, you’ll discover new skills and forge a career that can take you anywhere.
- Build a newsworthy career at the FT.
Equal Opportunity
- We believe in the power of unique perspectives and want all voices in our organisation to be heard, respected and valued.
- A supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves and operate to their full potential.
- We are committed to removing barriers for everyone, with a focus on addressing those faced by underrepresented groups.
- We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.
- Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview.