Attorney | 6-Month Fixed-Term Contract | Part-Time 20 Hours per Week (R-19806)

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Join a small in house counsel team responsible for providing strategic and commercial legal guidance to the businesses in the United Kingdom & Ireland (UK&I).
The Attorney role is based in our London office (Paddington) and the successful applicant will join the existing UK&I-based members of D&B’s Global Legal Team for a part-time maternity cover contract.
The Attorney, is responsible for providing commercial legal advice and support on commercial contracts in the region, and identifies and resolves complex legal and data protection issues.

Essential Key Responsibilities

• Provides commercial legal support in the region.


• Drafts and reviews contracts and support contract negotiations, helps commercial teams close deals with customers, and also provide support to the partnership and procurement teams as needed.


• Provides advice on local and regional matters, identifies and resolves complex legal and data regulatory and business issues.


• Collaborating with the Corporate Legal Affairs team, to ensure legal advice, contracts align with company policies, legal requirements, and business objectives.


• Provides local expertise in support of the design, implementation and rollout of D&B’s standard commercial contracting forms and processes, including product terms, playbooks, contracting principles and approval/signing authority structures.


• Provides strategic legal advice on commercial requirements in product development, and contributes to improving processes, updating templates, reviewing governance structures and generally ensuring that the D&B business is effectively supported.


• Additional duties as assigned.

• A Master of Laws degree is required


• Qualified to practice in England and Wales with 2026 SRA practicing certificate


• Commercial legal experience, 4+ years from the financial industry, in-house legal counsel, or UK law firm or equivalent experience


• Strong verbal/written communication and negotiation skills.


• A good understanding of licensing models and how a Data & Analytics or Tech business works.


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite


• Show an ownership mindset in everything you do. Be a problem solver, be curious and be inspired to take action. Be proactive, seek ways to collaborate and connect with people and teams in support of driving success.


• Continuous growth mindset, keep learning through social experiences and relationships with stakeholders, experts, colleagues and mentors as well as widen and broaden your competencies through structural courses and programs.


• Where applicable, fluency in English and languages relevant to the working market.

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