Senior Associate Legal Advisor

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The Senior Associate Legal Advisor is a developing subject matter expert who provides Legal support on engagements of moderate legal complexity and/or scope, often varied and non-routine where analysis requires a review of a variety of factors.
This role focuses on providing standard professional advice and creating initial analysis and solutions for review and may assist with the analysis of Legal documents or other assignments.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides standard legal support to business and/or operations.
• Prepare and offer credible and reliable legal opinion and advice
• Supports the team with the implementation of internal and sector specific policies and the dissemination of regulatory information within the assigned operating unit.
• Contract cycle management including negotiations and reviews to protect company interest
• May support other Legal Counsels in the team or functional area.
• Prepares regular reports on the status of legal issues being dealt with based on detailed instructions and templates.
• Performs such legal work as may be assigned by Senior Legal Advisor/Management.

Knowledge and Attributes:

• Possesses legal qualifications and may have some legal practice experience.
• Able to review and provide standard advice on simple agreements and/or on a specific functional area or legal discipline.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain good stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders and colleagues.
• Ability to work in high-pressure situations.
• Ability to manage urgent tasks simultaneously.

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Law.
• Post graduate diploma in law
• Current practising certificate and in good standing with LSK

Required Experience:

• 2-4 years post admission experience in a similar role as an in- house counsel or in a law firm dealing with corporate/commercial law practise.
• contract review, negotiation and life cycle management
• demonstrated success in providing sound legal advice and support.
• esolves and assesses a wide range of issues in creative ways and suggests variations in approach.

Workplace type:

On-site Working

About NTT DATA
NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo.

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