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To provide appropriate legal advice to the newly established and fast growing ACS European Services Organisation supporting in particular the full requirements of the business lines: HR Services, Information Technology Organisation, Business Process Services, Financial Services and Document Management Services, including regulatory compliance. Significant level of exposure, impact on business continuity, time to revenue and cost of non-compliance if the role(s) did not exist.
Principal Accountabilities
Provide legal advice to ACS European Services on multi-country contracting, engaging local legal counsel where appropriate.
Produce wide range of legal documents (including standard and customised Services and BPO contracts, & supplier agreements, participation & framework agreements).
Support or lead contract negotiations with Client legal teams, in order to facilitate the conduct of business and protect Xerox’s and ACS’s interests.
Perform legal analysis and deliver practical solutions to maximise returns to Xerox and ACS and/or avoid adverse legal consequences.
Research and analyse pan-European issues relevant to BPO and Outsourcing matters, utilising the XE legal operations network.
Provide legal advice on specific areas of law, including competition & data privacy to ensure compliance and avoid sanctions and bad publicity.
Manage and implement regulatory compliance programmes within the Services business to ensure that Xerox and ACS operates within the law at all times and avoids potential sanctions.
Advise senior management on legal considerations to be taken into account in developing business strategy.
Present future potential legal / risk issues to senior management of Xerox, ACS and its business units.
Background, Experience & Achievements
Lawyer with minimum of 5 years’ post-qualification experience (ie, following vocational post-graduate course and prescribed training period – usually 2 years) in private practice or in-house. Working experience will be a minimum of 7+ years.
Significant experience in areas of outsourcing and specifically BPO (will be an advantage) , competition, employment law (especially in respect of the Acquired Rights Directive) and intellectual property.
Significant experience of commercial contracting & client negotiation
Education
Degree level
Legalpractice course and training period.
Commercial & Technical Knowledge
Strong emphasis on contract and commercial law principles.
Experience of transfer of undertakings and inherited liabilities through outsourcing would be a strong advantage.
Skills & Abilities
Good understanding of business processes.
Negotiation skills
Excellent drafting skills
Team orientated and willing to share information.
Ability to work autonomously
Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
Conscientious in continuing self-development and remaining up-to-date in relevant areas of the law.
Must be a self starter
Excellent word processing skills
Additional Requirements
Able to interact with all levels of the business.
Ability to work without close supervision
Must be prepared and willing to travel extensively throughEuropeand beyond
Excellent compensation
A well defined path career
Bonuses for well done projects
Beginning and periodical intensive and free training
And many other!
XL World is one of the leading and fastest-growing Outsourcing companies in Romania. We employ close to 600 professionals in 2 high-tech centers in Romania.
We are located in Iasi and Oradea and we have offices in UK, Italy and Albania.
We provide multi-lingual services to the largest multi-national companies in the areas of Customer Care, Marketing, IT and Back-Office.
Our work environment is higly dynamic and results-oriented.
We heavily invest in training and development of our employees.
For more information see our web site: www.xlworld.eu
