The Technology & CAO Law Practice Group, which reports to the Corporate Law General Counsel, provides legal coverage across all LOBs in the areas of Intellectual Property, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Outsourcing, Third-Party Risk Management, Cloud, Technology Transactions, and Emerging Technologies. The EMEA Technology & IP Legal team has accountability locally to the EMEA General Counsel.
As a Global Technology Legal EMEA – Assistant Vice President in Legal department you will work independently under light supervision to advise on a broad range of technology transactional and regulatory attorney who will work independently to advise on a broad range of technology transactions covering outsourcing, cloud, and software licensing, among others, as well as regulatory implementation projects and advocacy work.
Job responsibilities
Providing technology legal strategic advice and counsel to internal clients.Drafting and negotiating the full range of complex vendor contracts for technology products and services, outsourcing, cloud/SaaS arrangements, software development, licensing and maintenance agreements, website terms and conditions, and others.Supporting global transactions with a focus on EMEA regulatory requirements, and handling regulatory remediation projects.Reviewing and analysing new regulations, in particular for Outsourcing, Cloud, and Technology Risk Management.contact and support senior management in the Firm.Required qualifications, skills and capabilities
Qualified lawyer with current practicing certificate with at least 3 years of post-qualification experience;Candidate should ideally have trained at and previously worked for a multinational law firm with post-qualification experience in the Commercial/TMT or equivalent practice;Experience in structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial contracts involving technology, with a solid grasp of the key technology and data issues presented;Good understanding and familiarity with current legal and regulatory requirements relating to some or all of technology risk, outsourcing, offshoring, intellectual property, and related legal environment Ability to effectively partner with all levels across a diverse set of functions, locations and business;Strong analytic skills and ability to distill large bodies of information into key messages for business stakeholders.Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities
Ability to present and speak with clarity on complex, novel legal issues to legal and non-legal audiences is preferred;Understanding of regulatory environments desirable;Qualified with English law preferred