Business Line
Enabling Functions
Date published
06-Jun-2025
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Global General Counsel provides legal guidance and expertise to Deloitte Global, the broader Deloitte organization, and our business leaders. We advise on regulatory, claims, and corporate legal matters, as well as additional issues that may pose novel or unique situations.
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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.
What brings us all together at Deloitte?It’show we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, whereverwe arein the world, welead the way,serve with integrity, take care of each other ,fosterinclusion, andcollaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision wemake and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it mattersmost .
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Our Office of General Counsel is currently seeking a Senior Counsel to advise on technology matters, within the Deloitte Global OGC Technology & Business Solutions group.The Senior Counsel will help the Deloitte network innovate and deploy new technologies while managing legal and regulatory risks and compliance.They will serve as counsel in the Technology and Data team within the Technology & Business Solutions Group.
The Senior Counsel will provide legal advice, counsel and support on compliance with technology regulations (including AI and other emerging technologies), development of Deloitte technology products and platforms, and software and data licensing and other commercial contracting arrangements. The Senior Counsel will have a broad range of responsibilities including:
* Providing guidance to technology teams and business leaders on IP, regulatory compliance, and other legal risks associated with development, operation, and implementation of technology products, platforms, systems and innovations.
* Reviewing products and features of technology products and platforms, identifying legal risks, and developing practical mitigation strategies focused on business goals
* Reviewing open-source software and language models and determine whether they are appropriate for use within Deloitte
* Reviewing and analyzing technology regulations (including related to AI) and creating plans to operationalize them
* Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating licenses; terms of use; policies, disclosures and other documentation associated with use and deployment of Deloitte and third-party technology products
* Reviewing and negotiating software and data licensing and other commercial agreements with vendors
* Developing legal and risk policies and guardrails, including for use of vendor products and services
* Developing and maintaining FAQs, templates, policies and processes to create efficiencies and scale within the OGC team
* Engaging and managing outside counsel, as requested
* Responding promptly to a wide range of legal requests from engineering and product development teams, at all levels within Deloitte
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Required:
* Licensed attorney in jurisdiction in which attorney lives and practices.
* Proven track record of successfully advising product development teams and/or advising teams working on complex technology deployments in how to address legal and regulatory requirements
* Experience translating legal concepts and requirements into actionable, practical guidance for IT and business teams
* Experience negotiating and drafting technology-related commercial agreements (software licensing, content and data licensing, software services, licensing of models and other AI-related products and services etc.)
* Experience drafting terms of service, licensing agreements, and technology-related policies
Preferred:
* Experience working in an in-house environment, preferably with a technology or professional services provider or supporting technology teams at a large multi-national institution
* Expertise in and ability to advise on AI, data, cybersecurity, and/or privacy matters
* Experience working in a global or cross-border environment with individuals from different geographies and cultures
* Licensed attorney in jurisdiction in which attorney lives and practices.
* Proven track record of legal experience
* Proven track record of successfully advising product development teams and/or advising teams working on complex technology deployments in how to address legal and regulatory requirements
* Experience translating legal concepts and requirements into actionable, practical guidance for IT and business teams
* Experience negotiating and drafting technology-related commercial agreements (software licensing, content and data licensing, software services, licensing of models and other AI-related products and services etc.)
* Experience drafting privacy notices, terms of service, licensing agreements, information security policies and other data protection policies
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Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.
Personal independence
Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.
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"Everyone at Deloitte builds relationships with their peers and puts in effort to get to know one another, making the work more enjoyable." – Deloitte employee
Our hybrid working policy
You’ll be based in one of our UK locations with hybrid working.
At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life.That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritiseyour wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.
Our commitment to you
Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.
We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.
Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.
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A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level .
Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers
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