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About the Role
Provide commercial legal services in a technology-enabled, data-driven corporate legal department. Serve as the dedicated legal partner to the sales organization selling the Thomson Reuters Confirmation product, offering advice on customer agreements and partner arrangements throughout the sales cycle. Collaborate with sales leaders, product, finance, and the wider legal team.
Responsibilities
- Review, draft, and negotiate customer-facing agreements for Confirmation, including SaaS, software, and non-disclosure agreements.
- Advise the Confirmation sales team on contract positions, fallback options, and deal-specific risk to ensure sound legal terms without unnecessary delay.
- Draft and update contract templates and online user terms.
- Collaborate with privacy, product, and security teams on data protection, cross-border data transfer, and information security matters.
- Provide strategic legal advice to business leaders and assist in shaping the sales playbook and approval processes for Confirmation.
Requirements
- At least eight (8) years' post-qualification experience in private practice and/or in-house, with substantial experience advising a sales organization on customer contracts.
- Experience supporting deals in multiple regions (North America, AEM, Europe, UK) and understanding of varying contracting practices.
- Experience negotiating complex SaaS and software agreements with financial institutions.
- Excellent technical legal knowledge of contract and commercial law, particularly SaaS and software/technology contracting, including generative and agentic AI products and solutions.
- Excellent negotiation and drafting skills, balancing commercial pragmatism and legal risk.
- Familiarity with data protection and privacy principles (e.g., GDPR, UK GDPR) and ability to work with specialist privacy colleagues.
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
- Ability to think strategically, creatively, and practically to resolve legal issues and explain complex legal concepts concisely.
- Desire and ability to quickly learn Thomson Reuters products, services, internal processes, and organizational structure.
- Desire to build a legal career within a large corporate setting.
- Authorization to practice law in London: Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (or equivalent), with a current practising certificate.
Skills
- Contract negotiation
- Contract drafting
- SaaS agreements
- Software agreements
- Commercial law
- Technology contracting
- Generative AI
- Agentic AI
- Data protection
- GDPR
- UK GDPR
- Strategic thinking
- Problem-solving
- Communication
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 8+ years post-qualification experience
Education Level
- Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (or equivalent)
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid working environment
- Flex My Way policies for work-life balance
- Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
- Career development and growth opportunities
- Grow My Way programming
- Skills-first approach
- Comprehensive benefit plans
- Flexible vacation
- Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
- Access to the Headspace app
- Retirement savings
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee incentive programs
- Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Two paid volunteer days off annually
- Opportunities for pro-bono consulting projects
- Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives
About the Company
- Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together trusted content and technology for professionals in legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media.
- Products combine specialized software and insights to empower professionals with data, intelligence, and solutions for informed decisions.
- Helps institutions pursue justice, truth, and transparency.
- Reuters is a world-leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
- Powered by 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries.
- Committed to objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency.
- Global business relying on diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Equal Opportunity
- Thomson Reuters seeks talented, qualified employees regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law.
- Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
- Makes reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.