Senior Legal Counsel

August 22

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Description

• Acting as a dedicated Legal business partner for all German commercial transactions, with a strong focus on sales, and supporting other transactions in the EMEA region. • Structuring, negotiating and drafting sales, partner and related agreements which can range from standard contracts to bespoke, complex and enterprise transactions. • Advising senior executives and other business team members on general legal and contract specific issues and risks, their impact and mitigating actions. • Providing the requisite legal approval on sales contracts in accordance with our standard policies and procedures, escalating non-standard matters to the VP, Deputy General Counsel. • Partnering with our International Legal team and US Legal team to ensure we have a consistent global approach in the way we work with our internal clients. • Providing training to the sales teams on legal engagement and our standard legal policies and procedures • Attending regular meetings with the sales and legal stakeholders, providing written progress reports and delivering on process improvement initiatives. • Providing employment legal support where required.

Requirements

• Qualified German solicitor with over 5 years post qualified experience, with a strong academic background. • Previous in-house legal experience working as a sales lawyer for a global technology company. • Extensive background in information technology and data protection law • Proven experience in negotiating sales contracts on customer calls and leading complex contract negotiations. • A good understanding of cross jurisdictional issues that may arise when negotiating global agreements with multinational companies, particularly in relation to the EMEA region. • Ability to build strong relationships with internal client and legal stakeholders and act as a business enabler. • Confident in advising senior management on legal, risk and strategic issues with a willingness to challenge when required. • Flexible approach, willing to accommodate UK working hours to support our EMEA sales teams. • Ability to simplify, problem solve, multitask and work effectively against deadlines. • Excellent commercial and strategic business judgment. • Fluent in German and English.