Legal Contracting Associate Manager with French

Global Legal Network (GLN) is a group of professionals operating globally from 11 countries. It provides a broad spectrum of differentiated services - focused on delivering value and innovation. We partner with Legal teams across our company to build efficiencies and centers of excellence related to Legal services; through our size, geographic spread, and language diversity.

The role of the Contracting Associate Manager is to support Gallia's business by being responsible for the legal reviews assigned to her/him facing the Clients, the business team, and the legal onshore team.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Advise and consult senior company executives, from business or other corporate functions, based on accurate interpretation of contract documents and the elements of a business opportunity.
• Lead, structure, negotiate, and close our company's complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective;
• Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into the company’s transactional practices;
• Educate and advise company executives concerning legal and risk management issues;
• Develop subject matter experience in one of more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business;
• Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues;
• Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives;
• Embrace and evolve to gain experience in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional
• Provide prompt legal advice to more junior members of the Contracting team that may be required during the daily course of business;
• Achieve accreditation in all service lines included in local scope following priorities set by Team Lead/Area Lead;
• Provide Contracting support to the business on basic contracting tasks using limited effort and minimal quantity of time;
• Represent company’s interests and interface directly with client negotiating teams;
• Structured client transactions are most advantageous from a contracting and business perspective.

By being part of our team, you will work from Monday to Friday, 09:00 AM - 18:00 PM (Romania time) in a 99% remote setup.

Requirements:

• Qualified lawyer /entitled to practice law /university degree in law;
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in contracting matters preferably in the IT /Technology field;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and French;
• Highly positive and collaborative outlook;
• Highly skilled and experienced in all aspects of contracting;
• Strong negotiation skills, executive presence and the ability to influence significant business and contracting decisions;
• Proven ability to manage escalations effectively;
• Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills;
• Excellent judgment;
• Highly developed touch and tone;
• Demonstrates proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Word skills;
• Apply the internal reporting process, including reporting required by Team Lead/ Area Lead;
• Ability to address contract discussions/negotiations, both internal and external with minor escalations.

Employee Benefits – Be well, work well, live well

Be at your physical best & take advantage of additional financial support:

• Flexible medical & dental subscription plan with Regina Maria;
• Nutrition counselling & Wellness subscriptions (7Card, Worldclass, SanoPass, or other providers);
• Benefit Online platform for gift vouchers, transportation passes, vacation, cultural activities and many others;
• Referral bonus, depending on the career level of the job opening;
• Life insurance for you and your loved ones.

Follow your purpose:

• 23 vacation days with our loyalty scheme, granting additional days: 1 extra day after 2 years, another after 5 years, and an additional day every 3 years until reaching a total of 30 vacation days;
• Additional private pension plan, starting the second month of employment;
• Flexible working hours depending on project specifics;
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities;
• Communities of interest: sport, volunteering, and employees' resources groups (parents, mental health allies, Pride, disability, expats).