Buyside Contracting Counsel Specialist

Listing expiry: 21 October 2026

About the role

Role Overview

The role provides legal support for procurement and business activities, with a focus on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating supplier-side and buyside agreements. It involves identifying and mitigating contractual risks, advising internal stakeholders on legal terms, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and company standards, and supporting improvements to contracting processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate supplier and buyside agreements for goods and services, including contractor services, human resources support, IT and telecommunications, marketing and communications, workplace services, and software-as-a-service arrangements.
• Customize existing contract templates in exceptional cases to meet business requirements while complying with applicable local laws and supplier contracting standards.
• Review supplier templates, identify deviations from contracting standards, and highlight contractual risks to the business.
• Participate in negotiations with suppliers, third parties, subcontractors, and other negotiating teams to agree on contractual terms.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including deal teams, Solution Architects, Procurement, HR, Workplace, Finance, and Marketing and Communications, as well as external suppliers and legal counsel.
• Explain contractual clauses, their interpretation, and their applicability to business opportunities.
• Advise business stakeholders on potential contractual risks affecting business operations.
• Conduct gap analysis and legal risk assessments, identify non-negotiable clauses, and recommend ways to minimize or mitigate risks.
• Structure legal transactions to achieve advantageous contracting and business outcomes and escalate matters to subject-matter experts or leadership when appropriate.
• Develop subject-matter expertise and serve as a point of contact for the relevant support area.
• Build effective relationships with internal stakeholders and team members.
• Support recruitment efforts, supervise resources when required, and assist team leads with people management.
• Identify training needs, coach and mentor junior team members, and support new initiatives within Legal and Global Legal Network functions.
• Manage SharePoint and communication records.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Law.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience at a law firm, as in-house counsel, and/or in legal outsourcing.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements.
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English and any additional language required for the supported geography.
• Ability to assess business and legal implications and recommend effective risk-mitigation measures.
• Knowledge of commercial agreements, contracting regulations, legal and compliance fundamentals, and general corporate business practices.
• Strong analytical, organizational, interpersonal, time-management, prioritization, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external teams and work across cultures.

Additional Details

• Travel may be required.
• The role may involve managing small teams or work efforts within the company or on client engagements.
• The official job listing identifies the position as full-time and lists experience of 5–10 years.