Position: In House Legal Counsel
Reporting to: Senior Legal Counsel
Position Type: London
Purpose of the Role:
Reed & Mackay leads the global travel and event management arena with extraordinary service and
proprietary, client-led technology. Ranked first in the Sunday Times International Fast Track 2020, we are a
business that is always looking forwards, while ensuring that we’re everything that our clients need today. In
May 2021, we became part of the Navan Group, and together we are setting the agenda for the future of
business travel.
Role Summary:
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a commercially astute solicitor or employed barrister, with broad
ranging experience to join this small but fast paced and exciting Corporate Travel Management Company’s legal
team.
The position would suit an NQ lawyer or above who hopes to progress their career in a broad commercial legal
role, ideally including travel industry experience or an interest in the travel industry, and commercial contracts
experience, who is looking for the next step in their career or a change in career direction.
Salary is dependent on individual experience. Broadly commercial in scope, the candidate will support the
business with a range of commercial contracts and agreements, as well as supporting the legal team with various
regulatory and transactional matters.
Will draft, review and negotiate various contracts, including NDA’s, master service agreements, supplier
agreements, IT contracts, addendums and renewals and templates. Leading client-facing negotiations, explaining
standard agreement terms to counter parties and negotiating positions to those terms. Final closure on
agreements, including obtaining required approvals, creating final agreements, and managing their delivery and
execution.
Assist with advice on regulatory and compliance matters relating to travel, including with GDPR, and due
diligence on various ventures. Also advising the business on any upcoming developments to the legal or
regulatory landscape.
Assist the team’s global offices with a range of matters.
The newly appointed Legal Counsel would report into the Senior Legal Counsel. Most legal work is kept in house
so the successful candidate will draft, review, and negotiate on a wide variety of documents across the business
including supplier and service agreements and customer agreements.
What we are looking for:
- Commercial exposure.
- Willingness to hit the ground running.
- Ability to understand complex areas of legal work.
- Ability to work collaboratively.
- An understanding of client’s needs.
- Experience in software, IP licensing and commercial contracts.
- Experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts internationally.
- Ability to effectively communicate and translate legal matters and risks into actionable guidance in
simpler terms. - Pragmatic approach to legal and business problems.
- Ability to effectively manage own priorities and tasks in a fast-paced environment.
REED & MACKAY / CORPORATE TRAVEL 2
Internal Use Only
- Confidence and calmness under pressure.
- Other language skills (such as any major European language) would be beneficial.
- Any levels of experience will be considered for the right candidate.
- There may be some limited travel.
Internal Responsibilities: - Responsible for assisting with compliance to Reed & Mackay’s certification programmes and policies.
