Overview
This role involves serving as Corporate Counsel specializing in Disputes & Litigation within a legal department supporting a global technology organization. The position is remote within the U.S. and requires an attorney to independently manage a portfolio of pre-litigation disputes, claims, arbitrations, and litigation matters. The counsel will act as a frontline legal advisor and strategic partner, providing practical, business-focused legal guidance.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary legal contact for commercial disputes, claims, arbitrations, and litigation, including matters outside the U.S. in coordination with regional teams.
- Independently assess legal and business risks, develop dispute resolution strategies, and provide solution-oriented advice.
- Support responses to software licensing, usage, audit, and compliance disputes, including license scope, deployment rights, overuse allegations, and settlement negotiations.
- Manage disputes involving cybersecurity incidents, data security obligations, customer notifications, indemnity demands, bankruptcy, insurance matters, and related investigations.
- Support intellectual property and competitor-related disputes involving trade secrets, patents, copyrights, confidential information, and unfair competition.
- Draft, review, and negotiate settlement agreements, releases, demand and response letters, tolling agreements, and other dispute-related documents.
- Oversee dispute and litigation management tools and processes, including legal hold and e-discovery.
- Manage outside counsel, matter budgets, legal hold and e-discovery processes, and relevant company policies.
- Conduct factual investigations and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather evidence, assess risk, preserve information, and develop litigation and settlement strategies.
- Prepare concise matter summaries, risk assessments, settlement recommendations, and reports for legal and executive leadership, board of directors, finance, and auditors.
- Assess litigation risks related to mergers, acquisitions, and strategic transactions, including due diligence and post-closing integration.
- Monitor legal, regulatory, and litigation developments impacting the organization's risk profile and advise stakeholders.
- Develop and deliver training, guidance, and best practices to help the business manage litigation and dispute-related risks.
- Support other legal initiatives, including U.S. employment-related matters, disputes, and litigation as needed.
- Occasional domestic and international travel may be required (less than 10%).
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
- Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience managing or supporting commercial disputes and litigation in a law firm, in-house legal department, or both.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to analyze contracts, facts, evidence, and legal issues accurately.
- Ability to interpret complex contractual provisions and provide practical, concise, business-oriented legal advice.
- Experience handling commercial disputes involving contracts, software licensing, B2B customer relationships, intellectual property, data security, bankruptcy, competition issues, or other complex business matters.
- Experience drafting and negotiating settlement agreements and dispute resolution documents.
- Knowledge of litigation management, legal holds, e-discovery, document preservation, and outside counsel management.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting complex legal issues clearly to business and executive audiences.
- Ability to build trust, foster collaboration, and partner effectively across multiple business functions.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple matters independently, prioritize competing demands, and drive issues to resolution with limited supervision.
- Proven track record of exercising sound judgment and handling sensitive and confidential matters.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in a corporate legal department.
- Experience supporting or advising a global SaaS, cloud, professional services, or enterprise technology company.
- Experience in corporate bankruptcy, insolvency, or creditors’ rights matters.
- Familiarity with litigation-related insurance coverage issues, including cyber, errors and omissions, and commercial liability policies.
- Awareness of U.S. GAAP revenue recognition principles related to commercial settlement structures and dispute resolution.
- Experience or willingness to learn employment law and related disputes/litigation, including restrictive covenant matters (non-disclosure, non-solicitation, non-competition).
Compensation & Benefits
- Annual salary range: $130,769.27 - $189,615.38 USD.
- Salary range reflects anticipated base salary based on current national data; actual salary may vary by location and individual qualifications.
- Eligibility to participate in an annual performance bonus or commission program, depending on position nature.
- Benefits package includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible time off.
- Corporate fitness program.
- Various voluntary benefits such as legal plans, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, and more.
Location
- This is a remote position within the United States.
Equal Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.