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 & IPLegal 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
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