Stephen Chow Email & Phone Number

Coventry, United Kingdom

- Drafting and negotiating commercial and academic agreements with corporate entities, government bodies and other higher education institutions.- Advising on academic and commercial international projects to legal and financial risk to the University Group (Group).- Review, update and develop precedents and templates to ensure that the Group’s international activities comply with statutory and regulatory requirements and sector best practice.- To instruct and work with external UK and / or overseas legal advisors where appropriate.- To evaluate, monitor and report on the progress of international matters as required to the Group.- To develop and deliver training programmes in international areas.- Gather and organize complex information and data to advise upon proposed and current international projects and to use that information to draft appropriate legal documentation.- Developing, strengthening and implementing improvements and adaptations needed to ensure the Group’s duties and responsibilities are carried out in the most efficient way possible and recommending future changes.- Keep up to date with legislation, regulations, best practice, alerts and vulnerabilities and advise the Group accordingly.- Undertake travel to jurisdictions in which the Group has a presence to provide legal advice where required to support Group activities and to ensure compliance.- Supervise and work with trainee solicitors and paralegals to ensure that they have adequate support in respect of their work to assist with their development.- Other duties as are within the scope and spirit of the job purpose.

Nuneaton, Uk

- Devising the strategy and management of all legal drafting.- Updating the corporate internal policy for fully satisfied the legal and regulatory compliance.- Reviewing and negotiation of commercial contracts with the business stakeholders.- Undertake the global responsibility across all jurisdictions the company operates in.- Manage the review and protection of the company's Intellectual Property.- Advising on key legal aspects of the business and mitigate business legal risk.- Supporting the Business Development Function.- Providing professional, timely and proactive legal services.- Provision of advice up to board level on the key legal aspects of issues that arise.- Manage the company secretarial function.- Provide advice to the business on a range of contractual and legal issues.- Work across all aspects of the organization group’s commercial functions.- Provide advice to the business on a range of contractual and legal issues.- Lead and manage projects.- Providing legal advice and supporting Human Resources Department in employment matters.- Ensure the organizational operations fully satisfy regulatory and legal compliance.- Supervise junior legal staff and manage CPD requirements.

Various Locations

- providing advice on general commercial matters;- resolving consumer claims, contractual disputes and associated pre-action litigation;- providing corporate support, such as preparation of confidentiality agreements, conducting due diligence investigations, drafting legal documents etc.;- reviewing and drafting a wide variety of commercial contracts;- conducting legal research;- provide guidance on compliance of legal / regulatory requirement;- dealing with: employment issues, consumer issues, to review of property leases etc.; and- advising on intellectual property matters.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Key responsibilities:• The sole In-House Legal Counsel of the MG / SAIC Motor Group Companies in UK.• Undertake the global responsibility across all jurisdictions the company operates in.• Reviewing, negotiating, revising, drafting various commercial contracts and documentations.• Advising on all legal matters to the Management Team.• Maintaining good working relationships with external institutions and organisations.• Keeping up to date with the changes in relevant law.• Documenting intellectual property rights agreements.• Handling infringements and disputes.• Advising and supporting Human Resources and Employment matters.• Collaborating with external professionals.• Reviewing, updating and implementing various regulatory compliance. • Formulating internal policy for Data Protection Compliance.• Managing any litigation matters and resolving them satisfactorily.• Controlling effective debt collection functions.• Collaborating with external professionals on particular projects.• Review and manage leases and other property agreements.• Planning and preparing for Board Meetings.• Handling and managing Landlord and Tenant matters.• Preparing and filing Companies Houses annual returns.• Handling risk management, governance and compliance.• Conducting legal training to relevant staff members.

Family, Commercial, Civil and Criminal Litigation, Mental Health, Personal Injury, Legal Costing.

Noble Solicitors, Luton, Uk

Department of Commercial, Civil and Criminal Litigation.Account Department, Legal Costing

Luton, Uk

Department of Mental Health, Civil Actions, and Personal Injury Claims.

Birmingham, Uk

Gdl, Lpc, Law

Mba, Master Of Business Administration