Stephen Baigrie Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

Senior Legal Counsel for IT & Group Procurement.

Farnborough, Hampshire, Gb

Principal Legal Adviser, Shared Services covering Group Procurement, FM & Commercial Property, IS and Security across categories including IT, Corporate, Construction and Direct Bids and Aviation amongst others. Sitting on Group Procurement Leadership team. Managing a Legal Assistant and supervising other team members on Procurement/Property activities. Leading from legal perspective on subcontracts/ major supplier negotiations for strategic bids / long term agreements across Indirect functions and Air & Space, Maritime Land & Weapons and Cyber & Training businesses . Advising on regulatory issues in the supply chain such as Data Protection, TUPE and health and safety. Successfully settling a number of complex disputes delivering positive outcomes to the business. Implementing and maintaining suite of precedents and contract negotiation / checklist guidance tools and up-skilling Procurement team from a contractual/legal awareness perspective. Delivering training to Procurement, Commercial function and Commercial Property teams. Supporting wider Legal team on range of Commercial Sales projects/opportunities for Cyber, Weapons and Maritime such as joint venture consortium arrangements, commercial sales agreements, legal review of bids and commercial intermediary appointments. Assisting colleagues in development and roll-out of Anti-Bribery/Ethics, Sanctions and Modern Slavery compliance programmes from supply chain perspective.

Farnborough, Hampshire, Gb

Legal Advisor for QinetiQ Group Procurement & Shared Services advising on a range of commercial contracts, disputes and regulatory matters. Principal legal support for Direct and Indirect Procurement covering categories such as aviation, research/academia, weapons, maritime, investments, major works construction, IT, facilities management, energy & utilities and corporate professional services amongst others. Major projects include development of precedents and customer flow-down terms, support on UK and cross-border major bid subcontracts, advising on supply chain terms for multi-million pound research consortium programmes, roll-out of NEC3 form of contract for major works construction. Responsible for supervision of Legal Assistant and advising wider business divisions on regulatory and corporate compliance.

Promoted to Associate Solicitor at a firm of pragmatic and flexible commercial lawyers providing innovative ‘virtual in-house’ modelled, as well as traditional, legal services to clients.

Trainee Solicitor at a firm of pro-active commercial lawyers advising a wide range of clients from the technology, telecoms and transport research sectors amongst others. Have gained broad experience in commercial and intellectual property law, litigation, property and employment law.

Acquired excellent in-house experience in the Legal department of a leading global electronics supplier advising business divisions and senior management on a range of legal issues including commercial contract law, intellectual property, dispute resolution, property and employment law. Secured promotion from Assistant Manager to Acting Legal Advisor (Dept Head) for the UK and Ireland business.

Worked as a Royal Courts of Justice Law Reporter for an innovative legal publishing company providing a comparative law subscription website reporting International and English cases on a daily basis for legal and business sector clients. Gained experience of reporting House of Lords, Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court cases as well as international cases from jurisdictions such as the US, Australia and EU amongst others.

Professional Skills Course, Financial & Business Skills, Advocacy & Client Care

Legal Practice Course, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation & Media Law

2:1 Llb (Hons), Law