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Michael Bell

Legal Advisor

£500/day
3 projects
London, GB
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Michael

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Next Ventures
    Senior Legal Manager
    June 2024 - Today (2 years and 2 months)
    • Reviewing client contracts (standard & non-standard) across all international locations
    • Negotiating terms directly with clients where required
    • Drafting and issuing letters before claim
    • Ensuring new business is written in line with internal rules
    • Updating standard terms in line with industry and legislative changes
    • Managing RFP's and ITT's
    • Maintaining and developing relationships with key suppliers
    • Providing legal, commercial and compliance advice to the global business
    • Designed and created contract database to capture all signed terms across the Group
  • Roc Search
    Global Legal and Commercial Manager
    March 2022 - May 2024 (2 years and 2 months)
    • Sole legal representative for UK, US & Germany and two sister companies
    • Reviewing and negotiating all commercial contracts – client, supplier, office leases etc.
    • Resolving and settling all disputes – county court & employment tribunal claims
    • Recovering debt - £250k+ collected in 2023
    • Managing annual audits conducted by PWC
    • Seeking suitable routes to market in new international territories
    • Acting as Data Protection representative – managing SAR's, complaints, ICO matters etc.
    • Providing ad-hoc legal, compliance and commercial advice to the Group
    • Dealing with restrictive covenants
  • Salt
    Head of Compliance
    May 2021 - February 2022 (9 months)
    • Head of Compliance for northern operations – UK, US, Europe & Middle East
    • Managing a team of 5 with responsibility for strategic direction of the team
    • Incorporated legal entities in Netherlands, Germany and Canada
    • Creation and maintenance of corporate database
    • Managing group insurance renewals and identifying gaps
    • Building relationships and working closely with third parties in multiple jurisdictions
    • Designed a contracts worksheet, summarising key legal/commercial issues of all non standard agreements
    • Created rules of engagement for +25 countries
    • Managed and passed an audit conducted by Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate

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Education

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice
    De Montfort University
    2016
    Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice
  • LLB Law (Hons)
    University of Bedfordshire
    2012
    LLB Law (Hons)

Categories

  • Other