Commercial Counsel, Procurement and Real Estate

Position Summary & Key Areas Of Responsibility

As part of the legal team, you will work on a broad variety of legal matters supporting a wide range of business units and functions globally. You will support Global Procurement and Real Estate, and the Products and Services Operations (“PSO”). You will be part of a large integrated worldwide in-house legal team.

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating various types of international contracts and other legal documents, including but not limited to non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), real estate documents, master framework agreements, statements of work, software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements, novation agreements, partnering, licensing, reseller, and outsourcing agreements
• Provide rapid, proactive, practical, and pragmatic business-oriented legal advice
• Drafting and revising contract and other legal templates
• Managing legal disputes with vendors, partners, landlords including but not limiting to coordinating with the internal team as well as the outside counsels in handling the disputes
• Support the Global Real Estate team in reviewing property agreements and dealing generally with matters relating to real estate globally
• Handling matters pertaining to regulatory authorities in various jurisdictions for the PSO organization
• Cook up and advise on commercial disputes and assist on litigation matters
• Advise on complex commercial law projects such as partnerships and joint ventures
• Advise on other areas such as competition law, regulatory compliance including data protection, and anti-bribery laws
• Participate in the law department activities including development of best practices, special projects, developing and maintaining templates that comply with company policies and local law
• Analyze and interpret law, rulings and regulations that affect company and recommend changes accordingly
• Provide internal training on relevant legal issues to clients and members of the Law Department
• Manage outside legal counsel and external legal spend

Basic Qualifications

• Graduate of a well-regarded law school
• PREFERRED: At least 4 – 7 years’ experience in a major law firm and / or in-house at a multinational company, with focus on real estate and commercial contracts
• Experience working on commercial real estate leases in the US and other jurisdictions
• Experience in complex IT services contracts (IP / IT expertise valued) as well as in IT technology / consulting, SaaS contracts
• Experience in multi-jurisdictional transactions
• Strong organizational talent who enjoys working in a global distributed team
• Results-oriented thinker with self-initiative and able to interlink both legal and business perspective
• Proactivity, flexibility, and willingness to work on a broad variety of matters in a dynamic busy environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including a clear and concise drafting style