Legal Academy Associate

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, such as non-disclosure agreements, product trial agreements, and various technology and date licensing agreements (may include vendor and client contracts and amendments) under the supervision of Digital Enterprise Legal attorneys.
• Assist with updating agreement templates.
• Provide support on special projects, as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve legal support and business processes, and devise plans to implement appropriate changes.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests for contract information regarding both client and vendor contracts.
• Work with colleagues in multiple time zones as part of a global team.

Requirements

• Exceptional analytical, written and verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, and must be able to work effectively both independently and as a member of the team, in a demanding, fast-paced, global environment.
• Able to manage a large volume of concurrent tasks within specific timeframes, with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness in work.
• Strong written (clear and concise), verbal and interpersonal communications skills in English. Ability to interact comfortably and communicate clearly with a variety of levels of personnel.
• Strong interest in learning about BlackRock, financial technology services, and the investment management industry, and have the ability and desire to develop expertise in new or unfamiliar areas of law.
• 2- 3 years of contracts management/administration experience in a corporate or legal environment (contract review, corporate transactions, etc.) gained either in-house in financial services and/or specialist consulting firms or in a law firm.
• Ability to work in BlackRock's Budapest-based office.
• Proficiency in Excel and Word is required.
• Completion of an LLM in or outside of Hungary is an advantage.

Benefits

Additional Information

About this role The Digital Enterprise Legal team within BlackRock is seeking a Legal Trainee in its Budapest office to join BlackRock's multi-year professional development program for recent law school graduates. This program will enable candidates to achieve Hungarian legal qualification, while being trained under the supervision of a global team of commercial transactions attorneys at BlackRock. Successful candidate would potentially reach attorney role by the end of the professional development program. This role will have a diverse workload supporting a number of BlackRock's global business teams, including: client technology and data information services, sourcing/procurement and third-party vendor management, under attorney supervision. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, driven, organized, resourceful and detail-oriented. Essential job functions will include:

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