# Senior Legal Counsel - Contracts

**Company**: Capital One
**Location**: Nottingham, Eng
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Capital One is seeking an experienced in-house commercial contracts solicitor to join the UK Legal Team. As a Senior Legal Counsel - Contracts, you will provide legal advice to Capital One's business teams on a range of supplier contracts, including outsourcing contracts, SaaS and other technology agreements.

**Responsibilities:**

- Prepare and negotiate contractual arrangements, including services agreements, outsourcing agreements, software licences, and terms and conditions of purchase.

- Manage contractual workstreams across multiple business areas, integrating legal considerations into initiatives.

- Advise on legal and regulatory risks, as well as strategic considerations in relation to third-party contracting.

- Supervise and mentor junior team members in contract negotiation and drafting, legal research, and advice.

- Develop and maintain great working relationships with stakeholders, including suppliers, sourcing managers, and business managers.

**Requirements:**

- Qualified solicitor with around 6-12 years PQE.

- Extensive experience in drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts, with a strong understanding of data protection law.

- Ability to leverage precedent terms or negotiate third-party terms as required for the business context.

- In-house experience strongly preferred, ideally with a financial services context.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive pension and performance-based bonus schemes.

- 25 days of annual leave, increasing with tenure.

- Access to premium care through private medical insurance.

- Enhanced parental leave.

- Up to £5,000 in funding for external qualifications.

**Work Environment:**

- Permanent position based in Nottingham or London office.

- Hybrid approach to work, with three days a week in the office and two days remote work.

## Skills

### Required
- commercial contracts
- data protection law
- drafting and negotiating
- strategic thinking
- problem-solving

### Nice to have
- in-house experience
- financial services context

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