Director of Commercial Contracts, Liberty Global
B2B
+ Bonus
40 hours per week
Global telecoms company & tech investor
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Global telecoms company & tech investor
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Bonus
40 hours per week
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build tomorrow’s connections today, bringing people together through the power of technology.
Role
Who you are
- The successful candidate will have a proven track record in drafting, negotiating, and reviewing commercial contracts, and will be able to provide strategic legal advice to the business
- Proven track record in drafting, negotiating, and reviewing complex commercial contracts
- In particular experience with B2B contracts for selling services and products to third parties
- Strong commercial acumen and ability to understand complex business issues
- Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
- Ability to manage diverse workload
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to manage upwards and engage a diverse range of stakeholders
- Law degree (LLB or equivalent) with a strong academic record
- Qualified lawyer with around 8 years of post-qualification experience in commercial law / customer contracts
- Experience in a top law firm is preferred
- Experience at a start up / scale up is beneficial
- Experience working in house
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Director, Commercial Contracts (B2B) to join our team in London, UK
- The Director will provide expert legal advice and support on a wide range of complex commercial contracts emanating from Liberty Blume (an exciting and emerging new business within the LG family)
- This role requires a high level of commercial acumen and the ability to manage complex legal issues in a fast-paced environment
- Drafting, negotiating, and reviewing a variety of complex commercial contracts, including but not limited to:
- B2B contracts (including building a precedent bank)
- Sales and distribution agreements
- Supply and purchase agreements
- Licensing and technology transfer agreements
- Service level agreements
- Proactively advising the different pillars of the Liberty Blume business and their varied stakeholders on legal matters
- Providing strategic legal advice to the business on commercial matters, including risk assessment and mitigation
- Managing and coordinating external legal counsel as required
- Developing and implementing contract management processes and procedures (for the business to manage)
- Staying up-to-date with relevant legal and commercial developments
- Actively progressing legal aspects of commercial transactions and other allocated matters to conclusion through efficient and effective planning and management to meet challenging demands
- Preparing and maintaining a bank of customer facing contracts to be used to commercialise new services and products to third party customers (ie not customers within the LG ‘family’) - this will require a deep understanding of each service and product and bespoke agreements dealing with service descriptions, delivery, service levels and so on
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Liberty Global is a world leader in broadband, video, and mobile communications, responsible for top brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, and Sunrise in Switzerland. The company also actively invests in and launches infrastructure, content, and technology ventures, such as EV charging network company Believ (formerly Liberty Charge), green energy brand Egg, and AtlasEdge Data Centers, among others.
The company has been undeniably successful, having created an impressive family of brands containing both big names and smaller innovators - its investment arm has a portfolio of more than 75 companies ranging from ITV to cloud-native app protection platform Lacework. In its own words, its scale allows it to "transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments", enabling all brands within its roster to benefit from its industry leading experience.
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Company benefits
- Comprehensive health plan
- Paid volunteer time off
- Healthy food and snacks
- Flexible working
- Learning and development opportunities
- Retirement scheme
Company values
- WE ARE STRAIGHT UP: We are authentic, transparent and do the right thing for our customers and our organization.
- WE ARE LIMITLESS: We’re bold and set new standards in all that we do.
- WE ARE UNITED: We collaborate and embrace our differences to achieve our goals.
- WE ARE AGILE: We are resilient. We strive to embrace change, evolve, transform and adapt quickly.
Company HQ
Hammersmith, London, UK
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Leadership
Mike Fries
(CEO)Was a member of the Liberty Global founding team, and launched the company’s international expansion. Since then, they have served in various strategic and operating capacities, finally being appointed as CEO in 2005.
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