Legal Counsel

Overview

The organization has issued a recruitment fraud alert. Scammers may impersonate team members—including HR and leadership—via email or text to conduct fake interviews and request personal information (including your social security number).

Key points:

• The organization does not conduct interviews by email or text.
• The organization will never ask you to submit sensitive documents (including banking information, SSN, etc.) before your first day.
• Legitimate recruiters may contact prospective candidates through LinkedIn and other professional networking platforms regarding career opportunities. If you’re unsure whether a recruiting communication is legitimate, review the profile to ensure they have a badge verifying them as an employee.

Position Summary

This role is within the legal department supporting business growth. The employer is seeking a self-driven, solution-oriented Legal Counsel to support EMEA business activities from the UK or France.

Responsibilities

• Act as the day-to-day contracts partner and liaison to the business, with focus on EMEA region sales teams and the professional services teams.
• Review and negotiate software license agreements, SaaS contracts, service provider agreements, and support service agreements using the organization’s standard templates and customer contract templates.
• Provide legal counsel on data privacy, cybersecurity, sovereignty laws, and other data-related legislation as needed.
• Provide training on the organization’s standard agreements to the sales community.
• Support Deal Desk/Bid Desk activities, including tender offers and special licensing provisions.
• Collaborate with and facilitate cross-team decision-making among Legal, Finance, Deal Desk, and other internal teams.
• Support the Professional Services team with Statements of Work (SoW) and other service-related agreements.
• Assist with corporate governance for the EMEA and APAC regions.

Requirements

• At least 3 to 5 years of post-educational professional experience in a similar Contracts/Legal role within an international commercial in-house environment.
• Legal or commercial degree.
• Excellent negotiation skills, with an emphasis on software licensing and SaaS contracts.
• Strong teamwork and client management skills, with a demonstrated track record of success in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.
• Comfortable communicating with stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
• Self-motivated and able to work remotely under limited supervision.
• Proactive communication style with a problem-solving mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Not specified.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified.

Location

• UK or France

Additional Information

• This is a remote role.
• The employer is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status, and the employer does not discriminate based on other protected characteristics under applicable laws and regulations in the locations where it operates.
• The employer aims to make interviewing inclusive and accessible. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to participate in the interview process or apply for a position, request an accommodation through the appropriate accommodations channel.