Contracts Solicitor

Harbor is seeking a Contracts Solicitor to join our growing team.  By providing strategic, technology and operational services to clients in the legal, professional and financial services industries, our Contract Specialists are a highly talented group of professionals who offer a unique blend of Legal experience across several industries and disciplines. Our employees are our greatest competitive advantage. The Vendor Governance Solutions (VGS) team assists clients in procuring goods and services, reducing costs across a variety of areas, optimizing business processes and improving stakeholder value. 

As a part of Harbor's VGS team, we will rely on you to work closely with project team members and client personnel, facilitating the review of vendor contracts, supporting negotiations with vendors to optimize terms and conditions, and adhering to VGS’ contracts administration process.  We look to you both to mitigate risk and create value by developing contracts that meet or exceed the needs of our clients.  

This is a fully remote role with little to no travel involved.  Although this role will service clients in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, we are looking for a candidate located in England, preferably near London. 

Responsibilities: 

• Redline and edit contract language while incorporating client-defined standards and additionally suggest alternate terms based on the services and products related to the engagement 
• Identify terms and conditions options, and/or carve-out strategies, to VGS personnel and client stakeholders to resolve contract negotiation roadblocks while limiting risk 
• Liaise with in-house legal counsel in the review and final approval of initial contracts and renewals. 
• Engage with department leaders to discuss upcoming contract renewals. 
• Facilitate terms negotiation process and act as liaison between internal and external personnel throughout process including identifying points of escalation 
• Communicate pertinent information in the terms and conditions of each contract to appropriate end users. 
• Effectively manage pipeline of work including tracking status of reviews, providing proactive updates to stakeholders, timely follow up internal and external. 
• Assist with the contracts administration – by providing contracts and information our client teams to migrate contracts into our proprietary contract management technology, which analyzes, aggregates, and reports necessary contracts information to our clients 
• Act as key point of contact for any questions / needs regarding contracts. 
• Develop and administer standard agreement templates, including Non-Disclosure Agreements, Master Service Agreements, and Statements of Work. 
• Support Vendor Governance processes including on/off boarding of vendors, risk management, and relationship management 
• Maintain and facilitate proactive planning and contract management meetings with key stakeholders. 

Education + Experience Requirements: 

• Law Degree and Completion of the LPC with requisite training is required.   
• 4+ years of work experience in contract development, redlining, legal terms review, negotiations, contract management. Law Firm background preferable but not necessary. 
• Strong familiarity with Professional Services Agreements, Software as a Service Agreements, and software license agreements, along with related contract provisions, is required.  
• Experience with UK and US laws for contract review is required. 

Additional Qualifications: 

• Proven ability to interpret complex policies and legal language and assess business risk and help plan a risk mitigation approach. 
• Ability to build collaborative relationships and effectively communicate (orally and written) with managers, internal clients, vendors, colleagues and support staff 
• Demonstrates proactivity and takes ownership of daily responsibilities and projects, including contract administration 
• Effective time management, prioritization and organizational skills in a multitasked environment 
• Extremely responsive and customer-focused; appropriate follow-up and follow-through 
• Commitment to superior quality and accuracy 
• Willingness to learn and adapt to change 
• Working knowledge of data privacy and data security laws (such as GDPR), and experience with reviewing and negotiating related contractual language is preferable. 
• Experience in reviewing Canadian contracts is desired.