At Informa, no two days and no two people are the same, and you'll find the freedom, opportunity and support of a fantastic community to make a real impact.

We’re an international business that connects specialists with knowledge, helping them to learn more, know more and do more through live and on demand events, digital and data-driven services and academic research.

We are home to over 10,000 colleagues across 30 countries and are a member of the UK’s FTSE 100 group of leading public companies.

In Group Legal, we provide expert guidance and hands-on support to the Informa Group and Informa’s trading divisions. We work collaboratively and flexibly to help our brands serve their customers and help the company succeed.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Counsel to join our legal team supporting the diverse and dynamic operations of the Informa Markets division across multiple teams across  UK/Europe, Middle East, India, Türkiye, and Africa regions.

In this pivotal role, you will report directly to the Head of Legal, playing a critical role in ensuring legal compliance, providing strategic legal guidance, and contributing to the success of our global operations.

As a Legal Counsel, your responsibilities will include:

• Commercial Contracts: Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a diverse range of commercial contracts , such as event venue contracts, customer terms and conditions, supply chain agreements spanning the supply chain, IT agreements, marketing and barter agreements, licensing terms, confidentiality agreements, and procurement RFPs with associated terms and collaboration agreements
• Legal Support: Responding to ad hoc legal queries from Informa Markets' divisions and supporting the Head of Legal with business-as-usual (BAU) activities.
• Intellectual Property: Advising on IP-related issues and dispute resolution strategies.
• Data Compliance: Advising on arrangements with data processors (ensuring contracts are robust and required data processing addendums are in place)
• Risk Management: working with Compliance and others functions on discrete compliance and internal audit projects if required, such as anti-bribery and corruption, trade sanctions and health and safety
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engaging with internal teams across divisions and liaising with external counsel as required.

• A qualified lawyer with around 3 years post-qualification experience. PQE is given as a guide only. This will not be a determining factor of suitability and applicants of other levels of PQE may apply
• Demonstrable commercial experience gained in a well-respected law firm, with secondment experience or experience in a prior in-house role 
• Good team player who has a growth mindset and a desire to assist with a variety of tasks
• A passion for problem-solving and navigating complex legal landscapes
• The ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders across multiple regions
• Experience of cross-border work would be an advantage
• Experience of the events industry would be desirable but is not essential

This posting will automatically expire on 1/27/2024

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say at LifeAt.Informa.com

Our benefits include: 

• Freedom and flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to 4 days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 2 years, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to 4 weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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