General Counsel

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, NottinghamshireLegal Counsel - Commercial Contracts

About this role

Capital One is excited to have a new opportunity for an in-house lawyer within the UK Legal Team to advise on supplier and other commercial contracts.

Our Contracts team within Legal plays a key role in managing risk when we are engaging suppliers who work for Capital One.  As a financial institution, ensuring robust supplier contracts is essential.  To complement our existing team, we are looking for a strong team player with great communication skills, contract drafting and negotiating experience and commercial acumen. If you're looking for a new, exciting step in your career this could be for you!

Reporting to Senior Counsel, Legal, you'll provide legal advice on contracts between Capital One and a variety of third parties, advising a wide range of business areas including on outsourcing and technology agreements.  

What you’ll do

• Prepare and negotiate contractual arrangements, including services agreements, outsourcing agreements, software licences, terms and conditions of purchase, variation agreements, termination agreements and renewals, following Capital One’s precedents

• Advise on legal risks in relation to third party contracting, including review of supplier terms and escalation to senior legal counsel where appropriate

• Manage requests for contractual changes from start to finish, ensuring relevant business processes are followed and involving appropriate stakeholders

• Develop and maintain great working relationships with suppliers, sourcing managers and business managers in Capital One UK and where appropriate within our US parent company

• Ensure contracts procedures and policies are followed and risks identified to business stakeholders

• Support senior legal counsel on major commercial transactions

• Advise on financial services regulation and data protection issues specific to third party contracts, escalating to the legal regulatory specialists where necessary

• Supervise and mentor junior team members in relation to contract drafting and legal advice

• Identify and assess the impact of new laws related to contracting and train other business areas where appropriate

• Manage your workload in a timely and effective manner and proactively communicate to stakeholders on progress

• Own your own development and support the development of others within the business through feedback, coaching and mentoring. 

What we’re looking for

• Demonstrated experience in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts

• Ability to work in a fast paced environment, with flexibility to adapt to our changing business needs

• Great team working – across our supplier and sourcing managers as well as our broader Legal department and throughout our business’ multi-functional teams

• Great communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to question and influence stakeholders when necessary

• A strong commercial mindset

• Confidence in networking and relationship building  

• Proven track record of delivery with a results focus

• Excellent self-organisation skills – detailed planning skills and management of workload pipeline with a proactive approach to conflicting priorities

• Genuine focus on delivering a best in class legal service to our business

Where and how you'll work

This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham offices.  

We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our offices and from home. 

We’re big on collaboration and connection, so you’ll be based in our Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Many of our associates have flexible working arrangements, and we're open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.

What’s in it for you

• Bring us all this - and you’ll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation

• We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers)

• Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance – with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave

• Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee café

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it’s about what you do, not just what you say. That’s why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.

We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in, to name a few:

• REACH – Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies

• OutFront – to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates

• Mind Your Mind – signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all

• Women in Tech – promoting an inclusive environment in tech

• EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact [email protected]  All information will be kept confidential and will only be used for the purpose of applying a reasonable adjustment.

Who We Are
At Capital One, we're building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.
Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.