Commercial Contracts Solicitor

Commercial Contracts Solicitor

This role represents an exciting opportunity to be involved in helping to implement the firm's strategy through its key commercial contracts with a view to protecting the firm and ensuring that our arrangements with our suppliers are aligned with our internal requirements, policies and values and with our client commitments.

The individual will work closely with colleagues across the firm, including business management, information security and IT team leaders. The individual will be part of the Risk & Compliance team which supports the firm in ensuring that all aspects of the firm's practice meet the highest professional standards in key areas, including cyber and information security, regulatory and professional compliance, GDPR, AML and anti-bribery & corruption compliance and ESG standards.

Responsibilities:

• Helping to formulate and implement procurement policies, procedures and safeguards (including related polices such as ABC, ESG, GDPR)
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts (including renewals) from a risk and compliance perspective
• Strategic, risk based, application of contract principles, laws and regulations to specific commercial requirements
• Securing relevant contract approvals and consents and monitoring implementation and contract compliance
• Central management of organisation's contract database for audit and supplier management purposes
• Strong collaborative relationship with other team members and business leaders throughout the organisation
• Broader ongoing support to the Risk & Compliance team in terms of provision of general related advice to the organisation on regulatory, compliance, corporate governance and data protection issues and alignment with our contractual and professional commitments to clients

Skills and Experience:

• A qualified lawyer with at least 5 years' experience/training with commercial law firm or in-house department
• Particular knowledge of IT/IP and GDPR related issues desirable
• Constructive, professional manner
• Pro-active communication skills both oral and written
• Good organizational and prioritising skills
• Sound commercial acumen and general business knowledge
• Flexible working arrangements open for discussion

The firm

A&L Goodbody (ALG) is a leading Irish law firm with six international offices in Dublin, Belfast, London, New York, San Francisco, and Palo Alto. There are currently 116 partners and over 900 employees. The strong international and domestic business community in Ireland forms a valuable part of the ALG client base.

ALG is incredibly proud to be recognised as the leading Irish law firm in the Chambers and Partners Europe 2024 Guide with the highest number of Band 1 practice area rankings. ALG is also ranked as a 'top tier' law firm in The Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2024 and the IFLR1000 Guide 2023. The firm is consistently ranked number one in the Irish market and on a European level.

A sample of other recent notable awards include:

• Law firm of the year – Republic of Ireland 2023 at The Lawyer European Awards
• Irish Law Firm of the Year 2023 at the Chambers Europe Awards
• One of the top 50 most innovative law firms in Europe 2023 by the Financial Times
• Best client support 2023 by the Managing Partners Forum
• Business Working Responsibly Mark 2023
• Ireland's top 25 best places to work by LinkedIn's Top Companies list for 2022
• Most Popular Graduate Recruiter in Law 2023 by GradIreland (for 12 consecutive years)

ALG has a reputation for leading the way in continuously developing its service to clients and internally to its business. This is delivered through the use of new processes, ways of working, innovative use of technology and marketing-leading business service teams.