Deputy Managing Lawyer, Helix

The role

Dentons is seeking a Deputy Managing Lawyer for its Commercial Helix team, aligned to a specific client team. This remote role is for a senior lawyer experienced in supervising others and handling general commercial contracts, media, technology/outsourcing, and IP, who wants to work in innovative ways for iconic retail and media brands.

What you'll do

• Lead a team of skilled individuals to deliver the full spectrum of commercial contract requirements for our client
• Draft, review and negotiate contracts
• Provide advice on contract or other queries
• Support your team in taking full ownership for contracts
• Manage and supervise a team of lawyers and paralegals
• Become the key contact and build a close working relationship with the Client
• Allocate incoming legal work from the client to team members
• Supervise and manage team capacity, quality and availability
• Set and manage personal objectives with your team
• Input to financial and operational reporting
• Work closely with clients to manage work allocation across the in-house and Dentons teams
• Attend key client and internal meetings
• Facilitate quoting for certain work types
• Provide on-boarding training to new members of the team
• Support the development and update of precedents and playbooks
• Input to and support improvement initiatives across legal, technology and operations work-streams
• Advise and work on commercial contracts and client legal queries

What we're looking for

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