Legal Counsel

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

Legal Risk and Business Integrity (L&BI) partners with the business, providing specialised legal, commercial and risk management support to enable confident growth. Everything from shaping and negotiating client and supplier contracts, to strategic partnerships, geographical expansion, insurance and company secretarial, restructuring, support for our corporate team (Baringa Enablement), to enterprise risk management.

• Prepare and negotiate all types of contracts with Baringa’s clients and sub-contractors in line with the Baringa Contract Risk Scorecards, working closely with the consultancy staff and engagement partner. These will include Engagement Letters, MCAs, Licence Agreements, Reliance Letters, NDAs, Sub-contracts, etc.
• Prepare and negotiate supplier contracts, working closely with the relevant consultancy staff member or member of the Enablement team.
• Deliver contract risk analysis to Baringa’s senior management and arrange for escalation of higher risk contract items to Baringa’s risk executive group for approval.
• Liaise with Baringa’s insurance brokers to ensure client contract language during negotiation remains within coverage.
• Support the Legal Director (Head of Commercial & Corporate) and Head of Commercial in the maintenance of the existing catalogue of Baringa contract templates, template clauses and model RFP responses and challenge Baringa’s current positions if improvements / updates can be made.
• Undertake allocated corporate projects as required including the analysis of structures for overseas entities and to work with local law firms and Baringa’s tax advisers in handling such corporate matters.
• Complete registrations at local Companies House and Data Privacy regulator as necessary.
• Review and contribute to developing and preparing commercial (pre-contract) propositions for clients from a contract risk perspective; in particular RFP, ITT and RFI responses.

• Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales or a Commonwealth or common law country with 2+ years PQE
• Good commercial law experience (with emphasis on contracts)
• Exposure to corporate, company secretarial and data privacy work
• In-house experience advantageous but not essential
• Strong contract drafting skills and confident negotiator
• Ability to present to and work with Baringa’s Leadership Teams
• Positive, solution-finding mentality to help meet client requirements and to protect Baringa appropriately
• Organised and with an ability to work independently or as part of a small team as required

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy:
  We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave…