Senior Commercial Lawyer

Commercial Contracts Lawyer

About

Titan Wealth is a fast-growing wealth management business with a fairer, more efficient, and effective business model, structured to deliver leading advice-led wealth management services. We provide a dynamic work environment full of opportunity where individual and team initiative is encouraged.

This role is to provide expert commercial contracts legal advice, drafting, and negotiation support to the Titan Group. The role involves leading on all legal aspects relating to third-party supplier contracts and services agreements, supporting legal risk management across the Group, and working closely with senior management on commercial contract matters and associated legal and regulatory issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead the drafting, negotiation, structuring, and management of commercial and technology contracts across the Titan Group, including outsourcing, IT services, Cloud, SaaS, AI, software licensing, data processing, and Intragroup Agreements.
• Identify and mitigate legal, regulatory, and data protection risks across the Group, including compliance with FCA requirements, EBA Guidelines, and DORA, and maintain third-party supplier management policies and procedures.
• Draft and maintain contract precedent templates and associated guidance material, and provide training to internal teams on commercial contracts and regulatory developments.
• Act as legal lead on AI-related initiatives, including AI supplier engagements, internal AI projects, the AI governance framework, and identifying opportunities for AI within the legal team’s operating model.
• Oversee registration, protection, and management of the international Trade Marks portfolio.
• Lead the Intragroup Agreements program, including framework design, drafting, negotiation, and execution.
• Deliver tailored legal advice to central functions including Marketing, Operations, Finance, Facilities, Property, Compliance, and IT.
• Manage and oversee external legal counsel relationships, ensuring high-quality legal support in line with budgetary requirements.

Requirements

• Significant in-house experience drafting, negotiating, and managing large-scale technology, AI, and commercial contracts across multiple jurisdictions, including engagements with start-ups.
• Strong academic credentials with a proven track record in commercial contracts within regulated financial services, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• Strategic, commercially minded, and self-motivated, with strong communication, analytical, drafting, and negotiation skills and the ability to work autonomously and manage junior team members.
• 6+ years PQE in commercial contracts within a regulated financial services organisation, preferably FinTech.