What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Legal Counsel - 12 month FTC position at Informa Group Limited?
Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.
Taylor & Francis Group operates globally and produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.
Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.
Job Description
We are currently recruiting for a talented Senior Legal Counsel to join the Taylor & Francis legal team (maternity cover for up to 12 months). This is an exciting opportunity to become a valued business partner to a global content business, and to be part of a collegiate and supportive legal team.
Reporting directly into the General Counsel for Taylor & Francis, you will be responsible for supporting Taylor & Francis on all legal matters, with particular focus on the Researcher Services (Journals) business. In this business-facing role, you will work closely with senior management and other key stakeholders, including in the Editorial, Production, Marketing, Commercial and Product / Technology functions.
The Taylor & Francis legal team is a highly respected and valued business partner to Taylor & Francis, with lawyers based in the UK, US and Singapore. The team combines technical legal expertise with commercial insight and an appreciation for the business’ objectives to provide constructive, balanced and effective advice. You will also sit within the wider Informa Group legal team.
Responsibilities are expected to include :
- Taking a lead on the legal team’s support to the Researcher Services (Journals) business, for example including :
- Proactively building effective working relationships with senior leadership in the business and representing the legal team at management meetings contributing expertise and influencing
- Identifying and managing projects end to end to mitigate any identified areas of legal risk
- Identifying and then leading support to the Researcher Services business on upcoming changes to legislation or policies that might impact its operations
- Representing Taylor & Francis at external events, trade body meetings and industry initiatives as appropriate
- Oversee work of junior Legal Team members if required
- IP / copyright / commercial
- Leading support to the business on complex IP / copyright-related matters, including for example advising on rights in a licensing context or IP policy developments
- Drafting, negotiating and advising senior leaders on a wide range of commercial contracts, including customer contracts, publishing agreements, author / editor contracts, distribution and agency agreements, supplier agreements and IT / technology contracts
- Advising on content-related issues and disputes, both pre- and post-publication, including issues related to copyright, defamation and privacy
- Taking a lead on managing and resolving third party disputes
- Instructing external counsel where necessary and managing external legal costs
- Collaborating effectively with the other lawyers in the Taylor & Francis legal team (based in the US, UK and Singapore) to ensure a consistent and effective approach to managing legal risk across the business globally
Qualifications
Knowledge and experience required
What makes you stand out
Additional Information
Location : The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required.
Closing Date : Applications will close on 10 / 3 / 2025
What we offer in return :
Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis : If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.
Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit based factor.
We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.
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