In-house Commercial Law Undergraduate Placement - 12 months

Location: UK - Hatfield | Job-ID: 213209 | Contract type: Fixed Term Contract | Business Unit: Legal

Life on the team

Salary: £23,500

Start Date: 16th June 2025

Recruitment Process: Online application, CV review, interview

Duration: 12 months

Location: Hatfield, Hertfordshire or Blackfriars, London

Positions: 1

Applications closing date: 9th May 2025

Group Legal are a dedicated team of Lawyers and Contract Managers, delivering expert legal advice and contracting support. Our services encompass pre-sales opportunity assistance, management of high-value client contracts, and oversight of corporate legal and compliance matters.

We are seeking a legal intern/placement student to come and join our UK in-house legal department for one year. During your time here, you will gain first hand practical experience of what it is like working as an in-house lawyer in a fast paced, sales environment. The role will highlight exposure to customer contracting, supplier contracting, bid negotiations, and many more areas as you deal with a broad range of legal queries and work with people internally and externally. Please note that this role is an in-house commercial environment for the entire placement.

The position reports directly to the UK Head of Legal.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintaining our internal legal records/ resources/ databases
• Conducting legal research on topics as requested
• Providing regulatory and compliance support to legal advisers and contract managers
• Dealing with ad hoc administrative legal requests
• Working alongside legal advisers to support them in advising on, negotiating and drafting customer and supplier contracts, such as confidentiality, goods/ services agreements and other documentation such as order forms, local services agreements and statement of works
• Managing our legal inbox, this includes dealing with legal queries and allocating the matters to the wider team, requested by internal teams on behalf of customers and suppliers
• Providing legal support to bid teams
• Mentoring work experience students
• Attending external keynotes and seminars/ webinars hosted by customers or relevant organisations

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Current student, studying a law degree (or equivalent) and completed/or about to complete second year of study
• Genuine interest in commercial law
• Inquisitive 
• Proactivity, attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Enthusiastic, willing to learn, self-motivated and a helpful attitude
• Good written and oral skills
• Ability to work independently, and be part of a collaborative team
• A calm professional manner, even during times of rapid change

Experience you will gain:

• Insight into working in a busy in-house legal environment
• Understanding the IT market and the interaction with legal
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Exposure to interactions with customers and suppliers
• Appreciation of the different legal career paths
• Insights into different departments internally

PLEASE NOTE: This is an in-house commercial legal position only available for undergraduates looking to gain experience to support their legal studies. At the end of the placement the successful candidate will return to university to complete thier degree. 

About us

With over 20,000 employees across the globe, we work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology, and helping our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure in over 70 countries. We deliver digital technology to some of the world’s greatest organisations, driving digital transformation, enabling people and their business.

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