Corporate Counsel – Compliance (Investigations)

Do you have experience as a compliance or litigation Attorney who can support internal investigations with fact gathering and contributing to written reports?

Do you also enjoy commercial transactions and collaborating with teams to deliver impactful legal support that makes a difference?

About our Team

Our team works individually and collaboratively within the Elsevier Legal Department, which consists of lawyers in various disciplines, paralegals, and specialists in data privacy and artificial intelligence. We are strongly committed to supporting the professional growth and career development of our team.

About the Role

In this supporting role, you will work with the company’s compliance and litigation attorneys to support compliance investigations. There will also be an opportunity to gain experience in other compliance tasks, such as policy drafting and counselling. You will also be asked to support one of the company’s sales segments with customer negotiations and transactions.

Responsibilities

Compliance

  • Assist with compliance investigations, including evidence collection and analysis, witness interviews, and report preparation
  • Provide advice, interpretation, development, roll out and implementation of compliance policies
  • Advise legal colleagues on compliance-related issues in commercial transactions

Commercial

  • Provide support to our Sales group for transactional matters, including legal advice, contract negotiation and drafting of contracts.
  • Participates in the development of tools and information to help clients be more efficient and independent in using contract templates

Provide best in practice professional legal services to the organization to ensure delivery of impactful results.

Requirements

  • 3 to 5 years PQE experience, preferably in compliance and/or litigation matters
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Prior transactional contracting experience a plus
  • Effectively and efficiently prioritize and execute tasks and demonstrate flexibility in a complex and constantly changing environment
  • Show a high degree of integrity and authenticity
  • Be a collaborative team player with a willingness to deliver successful solutions to interesting problems
  • Knowledge of basic copyright concepts a plus
  • Be client and partnership-focused and able to build and maintain relationships by being approachable and flexible

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. With an average length of service of 9 years for Elsevier employees, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

  • Working flexible hours – flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working with us

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do, and how they do it.

We want to protect your health; help you accumulate wealth and secure your future. We are therefore delighted to offer:

  • Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
  • Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance
  • Tax-free childcare support
  • Parental leave options
  • Health screening and private medical benefits
  • Season ticket loan

Working for you

About Us

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

PURPOSEFUL WORK
When you work with us, your work matters. You are part of an organization that nurtures your curiosity to stimulate innovation for the communities that we serve.
GROWING EVERY DAY
Like the communities we serve, you are on a constant path of discovery to shape your career and personal development.
COLLEAGUES WHO CARE
You will be part of the Elsevier family. We will support your well-being and provide the flexibility you need to thrive at work and home.

Together, we create possibilities.
Join us

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