London Area, United Kingdom
I am an in-house counsel with over 12 years of legal experience in IT contracts, data protection, and compliance. I work for Publicis Re:Sources, a leading communication group that provides shared services to its agencies worldwide. My mission is to deliver high-quality legal advice and support to the global IT procurement team and the agencies on various legal matters, such as intellectual property, data privacy, and compliance. As part of my role, I draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of IT contracts with third parties, such as MSA AI, NDA, EULA, POC, SaaS, SLA, and GT&C. I coordinate legal topics with colleagues from IT procurement and other departments, and ensure that the contracts are aligned with the company's policies, standards, and best practices. I also hold two international certificates from the University of Cambridge that attest to my proficiency in legal and financial English. I enjoy working in a dynamic and multicultural environment, where I can leverage my skills in legal compliance, insurance law, and contract law, and contribute to the success of the company and its clients.
Draft, review and negotiate a wide variety of IT contracts with third parties such as MSA AI, NDA, EULA, POC, SaaS, SLA and GT&C. Coordinating legal topics with colleagues from IT procurement and other departments. Review and interpret contract language, applicable laws and regulations and effectively communicate with various internal teams. Provide legal advice on an ongoing basis on other legal matters, including intellectual property, data privacy and compliance matters, and provide any assistance as required by the procurement/agencies supported.
Advising and auditing ZF departments on international data protection issues Create continuous overview of international data protection and IT-security legislation Development, initiation and implementation of new data protection measures in group processes to ensure data protection compliance (e.g. maintaining the records of processing activities as well as creating and reviewing data protection impact assessments) Negotiation of complex data protection contracts (e.g. with service providers) Contract management of group-wide data flows Support to ensure a sustainable group-wide data protection organization
o Develop strategic and tactical plans to respond to the changing regulatory environment in the UK and Ireland o Manage regulatory compliance reviews, audits, penetration tests, security assessments, and systematic reviews for all products within the scope of responsibility o Recognize and respond to emerging compliance issues both internally and externally o Engage with customers with regular updates to keeping them informed about ongoing compliance projects o Deliver internal and external presentations regarding compliance and risk o Provide compliance answers to submitted queries o Monitor external regular ISO 27001 audits as required o Represent the company in compliance-related discussions and meetings with internal and external stakeholders o Provide research, attend professional meetings, seminars, and continuing education programs to remain current in compliance, regulatory requirements o CCR, GDPR, AnaCredit, PSD 2, SCA and an international IT agreements implementation into o Data Protection Officer for Wellington IT
• To assist in the drafting of contracts, T&C's and internal policies. • To review all contractual documents prior to validation and signature • Provision of assistance in reviewing and implementing policies and procedures concerning all aspects of compliance in adherence with the requirements of the Central Bank of Ireland, international regulators and Credit Agricole Group • To monitor the external environment as regards changes in regulations and laws in Ireland and across Europe and the effects on contracting and customer documents and to communicate these accordingly. • To participate to and provide support to the governance procedures around approval of new products and activities partners (NAP Committee).