Legal Senior Associates at Ernst & Young

About EY

EY is a global professional services network headquartered in London, providing assurance, tax, consulting, and strategy and transactions services to businesses worldwide. Formerly known as Ernst & Young, the firm rebranded to EY in 2013 and is one of the “Big Four” professional services firms. Its purpose is “Building a better working world” for clients, people, and communities through data, AI, and technology.

EY is hiring a Senior Legal Associate.

• Law Graduate, with 3-5 years of experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal terms and conditions, statements of work, Consulting and technology contracts or other complex contracts with an appreciation of general legal and risk management issues. Experience in UK law is preferred
• Experience in dealing with IT contracts – S.I programs, niche projects / agile approach, IT advisory, Program Management / Change around IT programs, Program/software development projects
• Experience of senior management and stakeholder management
• Interest in the area of risk management or compliance
• Knowledge of GDPR concepts and other data protection and security considerations
• Confidence delivering subject matter content to peers and seniors (to facilitate training either in person or via MS Teams)
• Project management experience
• Understanding of compliance related concepts such as Independence and Conflicts.
• Holds experience of collaboration in multi-vendor IT landscapes
• Experiences in drafting and negotiating IP terms in contracts

• Act as a first point of contact for UK business in Quality matters and support the Quality team based in UK in its advice to EY’s partners and people on risk management issues
• Have a thorough understanding and appreciation of general key business risks that need to be managed (training will be facilitated in respect of EY’s specific risk management framework)
• Review engagement agreements (including statements of work and terms & conditions), NDAs, MSAs, framework agreements, proposals, subcontracts and other ancillary documentation, providing risk management advice in relation to each
• Maintaining an understanding of the impact of changes in EY policies, organizational structure, and procedures.
• Assist with creating, facilitating and delivering training to the UK business.
• Liaising with internal specialist functions including Independence, onshore legal teams, Security, Privacy and Risk Management.

Onsite

Gurgaon