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About the Role
Support commercial contracting, supplier agreements, and procurement-related legal matters. Manage contractual risk, negotiate agreements, and strengthen legal processes. This is a hands-on role requiring strong contracting experience, commercial judgement, and a pragmatic approach.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including supplier contracts, procurement terms, subcontracts, NDAs, and services agreements.
- Identify contractual risks, recommend amendments, and escalate complex matters.
- Ensure contracts meet business needs and manage commercial risk by collaborating with Procurement, Commercial, Finance, and Engineering.
- Support the contract lifecycle, including amendments, renewals, supplier disputes, compliance, and flow-down obligations.
- Develop and improve contract templates, playbooks, guidance, and governance processes.
- Manage legal requests, contract records, and trackers; conduct research and improve Legal Team workflows.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience in a paralegal, commercial contracting, or related role, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements.
- Strong supplier contracting experience across procurement, supply, technology, or services agreements, including negotiating terms and managing risk.
- Sound understanding of contractual risk allocation, liability, indemnities, warranties, intellectual property, confidentiality, termination, and payment terms.
- Strong drafting, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to identify issues and provide clear, commercially practical recommendations.
- Commercial awareness and experience working with Procurement, Commercial, Supply Chain, or other business functions.
- Highly organized, proactive, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage competing priorities, take ownership, and escalate matters appropriately.
Skills
- Contract drafting
- Contract review
- Contract negotiation
- Risk identification
- Commercial judgment
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Organization
- Proactiveness
- Detail-orientation
Location
- London
Work Type
- Fixed-term contract
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Experienced paralegals
- Contracting professionals
Education Level
- Legal qualifications advantageous
- Paralegal qualifications advantageous
- Procurement qualifications advantageous
Salary/Compensations
- Day-rate basis
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Stock options
- Private Medical & Dental
- Cycle to work scheme
- Lunchtime catering on site
About the Company
- The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe by building low-cost interceptors and surveillance systems.
- We have immense backing from the world’s best venture funds and are one of the fastest growing defence technology companies in history.
- We are hiring the best engineers to prosecute the mission.
Equal Opportunity
- We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.