Legal Counsel
Job Description
Job title: Legal Counsel
Company: Confused.com
Job description: Legal CounselCardiff – HybridAbout Confused.comConfused.com is the UK’s first comparison platform for car insurance. We’ve been helping customers since 2002 by empowering them to make better decisions around insurance and financial services. Our mission is simple: take away the confusion when comparing financial products and services to help you save time and money.We’re part of RVU, a group of online brands (including Uswitch, Tempcover and Money.co.uk) that empowers people to make confident decisions across a range of household services.About the roleWe’ve got an unique opportunity for a qualified legal professional to join us, providing trusted legal advice to our commercial teams and contributing to new products and initiatives – no two days will be the same!You’ll have an interest in a varied commercial legal workload, with strong drafting and negotiating skills, and the ability to apply them independently to drive the business forward and create real value. Outside of daily contracting, you’ll have a focus on developing and maintaining the legal processes, policies and precedents that underpin our business.What you’ll be doing:● Working with our business teams to draft, negotiate and execute commercial agreements, whilst proactively maintaining and improving the processes that underpin them.● Providing day-to-day legal perspective and guidance, as well as risk assessment and mitigation● Advising our business teams on compliance with data protection and e-privacy laws● Assisting with acquisitions and corporate integration projects● Helping to establish and manage a framework of policies and guidance to manage legal and commercial issues within our businessWhat you’ll bring to the role:Essential:
- 1 to 4 years’ post-qualification experience in-house or at a commercial or corporate law firm with experience providing full service commercial legal support (the reference to PQE is a guide only. We welcome applications from candidates with more or less PQE)
- An experience and appreciation of the challenges and requirements of delivering legal support in a fast moving commercial in-house team with ability to be impactful from an early stage..
- Qualified to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales (or another common law jurisdiction)
- Proven technical ability to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements to tight timescales
- Experience of advising on IT, data protection/e-privacy laws as well as commercial and corporate law
Desirable:
- Knowledge of intellectual property, competition law and regulated sector experience
- Knowledge of the insurance and/or financial services
You don’t need to tick off everything on this list – so don’t let that hold you back from applying. We want to make sure you’re learning plenty during your time with us!Our commitment to you:At RVU we believe that we can be the change we wish to see in the world. We hold ourselves accountable to being open and inclusive teammates and community members. We embrace our differences and are committed to creating an inclusive environment that reflects the world we live in.BenefitsWe want to give you a great work environment. We want to contribute to both your personal and professional development, and give you great benefits to make your time at Confused.com even more enjoyable. Some of these benefits include:
- A competitive salary and bonus package
- Employer matching pension up to 7.5%
- A hybrid approach of in-office and remote working, and a “Work from Home” budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
- Annual leave of 25 days (excluding bank holidays) which will increase with length of service (up to a maximum of 30 days) and additional leave options.
- A ‘Work from Home’ budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
- Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Simply Health Scheme and access to the Calm app.
- Regular events – company-wide events with insightful external speakers as we want to make sure our colleagues continue to feel connected.
- A healthy learning and training budget, as well as the chance to go to conferences around the world every year
- Private medical scheme
