Director - In-house Banking and Financial Services team at Taylor Root

A leading financial services organisation is looking to hire a Legal Counsel with a technology bias. The role is a 9-month contract.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft and negotiate a wide variety of legal agreements, with a focus on contracts relating to information technology, data, artificial intelligence and third-party services including, but not limited to, software licences, SaaS agreements, support and maintenance agreements and IT resource agreements
• Serve as the primary legal contact for the IT, Operations/Transformation and Procurement teams, providing proactive advice, support and strategic guidance to the business to achieve its goals and mitigate legal risks in those areas
• Provide guidance on the legal risks associated with proposed AI use cases in line with applicable Artificial Intelligence (AI) laws and regulations and ensure any AI use cases a...