NES Fircroft
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nesfircroft.com
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Senior Legal Associate – MSP
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Legal Associate – MSP to join our global legal team and provide legal and compliance support across our Managed Service Provider (MSP) operations. This role combines commercial contracting, supplier compliance, risk assessment, and team leadership, supporting a diverse international supplier network and contingent workforce programs.
The successful candidate will play a key role in drafting and negotiating supplier agreements, leading compliance reviews, supporting supplier onboarding decisions, and mentoring junior legal professionals. This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded legal professional who enjoys working across multiple jurisdictions and collaborating with global stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage supplier agreements, amendments, and related legal documentation.
- Provide legal support on MSP and second-tier supplier matters across multiple regions.
- Conduct and oversee supplier compliance reviews covering employment, tax, immigration, insurance, data protection, sanctions, anti-bribery, and modern slavery requirements.
- Review client contractual obligations and translate flow-down requirements into supplier documentation and onboarding processes.
- Assess legal and commercial risks associated with subcontracting models, supplier structures, and extended supply chains.
- Support implementation of new MSP programs and operational changes by identifying jurisdiction-specific legal requirements.
- Develop and maintain compliance guidance, legal templates, country-specific requirements, and training materials.
- Partner closely with Supply Chain, Account Management, Finance, PMO, Compliance, and regional Legal teams.
- Advise suppliers on onboarding requirements and regulatory obligations.
- Supervise, mentor, and develop Legal Executives while reviewing work quality and workload allocation.
- Support audit activities and remediation initiatives while driving continuous process improvements.
What You'll Bring
- Law degree from an accredited university.
- Minimum 4 years' experience in commercial law, supplier contracting, compliance, staffing, workforce solutions, MSP, or supply chain legal environments.
- Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial and supplier agreements.
- Working knowledge of MSP, contingent workforce, recruitment, staffing, subcontracting, or supplier-management models.
- Understanding of compliance and due diligence requirements, including employment law, tax, immigration, data protection, sanctions, anti-bribery, and modern slavery regulations.
- Experience conducting legal research across multiple jurisdictions and translating legal requirements into practical business guidance.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring, coaching, or supervising junior team members.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- High levels of professionalism, commercial awareness, integrity, and sound judgment.
Why Join Us?
- Work with a global legal team supporting international workforce solutions programs.
- Gain exposure to complex multi-jurisdictional legal and compliance matters.
- Lead meaningful projects that influence supplier governance and risk management.
- Develop leadership skills through mentoring and team supervision.
- Be part of a collaborative and dynamic environment focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Apply today and help shape legal and compliance excellence across a global MSP ecosystem.
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