Legal Advisor - Legal

Purpose of the Role                     

Working as part of an established legal team to provide a professional, high quality and timely in-house legal advice and support service to HarperCollins Publishers.

 Key Tasks and Accountabilities

• Supporting the General Counsel, the Director of Legal Services and Senior Legal Advsior

• Providing sound and sensible legal advice to designated areas of the business

• Managing day to day data protection questions and working with the HarperCollins Global Compliance Counsel based in New York on data protection, privacy and compliance initiatives and their implementation in the UK

• Identifying and resolving issues in proposed commercial transactions and identifying the implications upon the business (including risk/benefit analysis)

• Timely and accurate information gathering in order to provide prompt and authoritative advice

• Drafting contracts including licensing arrangements, complex publishing rights agreements and warehouse distribution agreements

• Reviewing third party contracts as applicable

• Assisting in the preparation of  basic transaction documentation to include reviewing NDA agreements and term sheets relating to M&A

• Negotiate contracts on behalf of the business where appropriate.

• Assisting in the resolution of disputes and avoidance of litigation

• Drafting appropriate agreements and assisting in structuring transactions for all digital initiatives including e-books, audio and print on demand

• Supporting pre-publication legal review of books, covers and publicity initiatives.

Skills required

• Qualified solicitor

• A highly competent commercial lawyer who has worked in a challenging legal environment with some experience of data protection and privacy

• Exceptional inter-personal skills and communications skills

• Highly organised and able to effectively prioritise and manage competing workloads

• Accustomed to working towards deadlines

• Capable of building relationships and trust with a diverse range of people from editors to members of the executive

• Knowledge or awareness of the media landscape

• A passion for books

Benefits 

• Hybrid working model (2+ days in the office) 

• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days) 

• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave 

• Private healthcare cover and life assurance 

• Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal 

• Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme 

• Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work and Pride at HC 

• Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes 

• Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers 

• Gym membership discount 

• Onsite physiotherapy (London only) 

• Charitable donation matching and volunteering day 

• We're a certified Carbon Neutral company 

• Free e-books and audiobooks, newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books 

• Subsidised canteen and retail discounts 

• Onsite prayer room 

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to our Talent Acquisition Manager at [email removed - click apply for more details] with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.