Legal Counsel

Are you looking to go on a journey with a highly successful & ambitious global company?

Do you want a role that’s solution focused and offers you complete autonomy?

Are you keen to share your knowledge across a global team offering support and mentorship to colleagues?

If the answer is YES!!.....then our Legal Counsel role could be your next career move.


Who are Insights?
Insights are a Learning and Development company with people and innovation at our heart.

We operate in over 50 countries around the world in more than 11 languages with over 650k learners per year and provide a range of amazing learning and development solutions used by some of the biggest and most influential organisations around the world.

We never rest though and are continually developing the organisation to meet the evolving needs of our international customers. To support this growth, we need an experienced Legal Counsel to help us in a fast-moving multilingual business environment.

What’s the role?
Reporting to the Head of Legal & Risk this opportunity will form part of a global in-house Legal & Risk Team serving all of Insights’ offices around the world.

We have 2 positions available one is permanent and the other would be for a minimum of 9 months. Ideally you'll be based in the East Coast of Scotland so you can travel to our H/O in Dundee regularly. Most of the team are UK based but you do have colleagues in Singapore and Canada that you’ll connect with regularly.

Day to day you’ll

• Support our implementation of legal tech solutions to automate our global contracting processes
• Lead, review and conclude contract negotiation to finalise Terms & Conditions in a timely and pragmatic manner
• Spot potential issues across the organisation and make recommendations to resolve them, consulting with Head of Legal & Risk or other peers
• Manage the provision of legal advice and guidance by the team, (across jurisdictions) managing and protecting IP assets
• Participate in cross functional teams as a legal and risk representative offering guidance and support, keeping the wider legal team appraised on progress
• Champion policies and actively implement processes to support smooth transactions
• Manage more junior legal team members globally

What you’ll bring

• At least 2 years’ PQE from practice or in-house and qualified in Scottish Law
• A good foundation in commercial law, data protection, intellectual property, governance and risk
• An ability to negotiate providing general commercial legal advice
• Strong skills in building and maintaining client relationships
• The instinct to dig deep into the needs and interests of clients to generate ideas and solutions to problems.
• Ability to quickly grasp key issues and understand their strategic importance as a context for project coordination
• A strong focus on the customer experience and always prepared to ‘go the extra mile' in delivering service on time and to the highest standards
• A proactive approach to problem identification and solution
• Highly motivated, action oriented and thrives on a challenge
• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure with great time management

In return we’ll offer you a highly competitive basic salary along with a discretionary annual bonus and the benefits listed below:

• 35 days holidays (plus your work anniversary)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Income Protection
• Pension Plan
• Health Cash Plan
• Critical Illness cover
• Life Assurance
• Electric Car Scheme
• My Advantage – Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Gymflex
• Holiday Purchase Scheme

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