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The successful Legal Counsel, EMEA will provide robust legal support and guidance across the EMEA region for a highly regarded Technology Business. The role includes managing a range of legal matters, ensuring compliance, and providing strategic legal advice.
Client Details
Our client is a well-established player in the Technology sector, with a significant presence across the globe. They are known for their innovative solutions and have a large workforce of dedicated professionals committed to driving the company's continued success.
Description
- Provide Legal support to the Sales teams to enable them to conclude licensing, services and other commercial contracts, including conducting negotiations with customers and their legal advisors.
- Collaborate with and coordinate closely with other members of the Legal, Sales, HR, Procurement and Marketing teams, and manage outside counsel, to drive desired outcomes.
- Assist in handling disputes, litigation, and questions relating to intellectual property and IT ownership.
- Partner with and manage our obligations to, our distributors and other ecosystem partners.
- Manage employee processes to ensure compliance with our code of business conduct and related policies, and provide training to staff on best practice in compliance matters.
- Collaborate cross-functionally and globally to anticipate and assess emerging legal risk areas across the company, resolve issues and mitigate risks.
- Prepare reports for our executive management team, board and board committees regarding contract escalations and the operation and status of our compliance programs.
Profile
A successful Legal Counsel should have:
- 0-3 years of commercial/IT/IP legal and compliance experience
- In-house legal experience is a plus.
- Current practising certificate in the UK.
Additional Skills/Preferences:
- High degree of integrity and ability to instill trust.
- A goal-oriented team player with excellent strategic and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex legal issues to non-lawyers.
- Proven ability to produce high-quality work product in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
- Adaptability and an openness toward cross-functional development.
Job Offer
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Opportunities for professional development and growth
- A supportive work environment that fosters innovation
- The chance to work with a team of highly skilled professionals
