Legal Counsel

About the role

We’re looking for a dynamic Legal Counsel to support our growing U.S. business, partnering closely with Commercial (AECO) and Government Sales teams to help drive revenue while thoughtfully managing legal risk.

Responsibilities

• Legal Sales Support
• Working as a team with sales to support, negotiate, review, and draft SaaS agreements (primarily using Nearmap’s MSA) and related agreements, including machine learning licensing provisions when applicable
• Advising on legal risks associated with relevant contracts
• Supporting the business with customer support requests and enquiries from the legal perspective and department specific legal issues
• Providing applicable training to the commercial and government teams regarding legal concerns, such as risk exposure in sales contracts
• Representing the company’s interests and interface directly with customer counsel and negotiating teams
• General Legal Support
• Providing training to relevant departments and rolling out compliance initiatives across the company
• Staying abreast of legal developments affecting the company and its target industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s transactional practices
• Assisting in overseeing and improving internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge on various legal and business issues
• Participate with senior lawyers and management to understand Nearmap’s business strategies and needs to maximize value
• Serve as the legal POC for identified ‘swimlanes’ beyond Sales, including reviewing and negotiating applicable procurement contracts and ad hoc partnering with the Finance team
• Compliance
• Keep up to date and comply with all local legislative requirements
• Adhere to company guidelines and the corporate Code of Conduct
• Act in an ethical way when dealing with company assets and other people

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited university with a strong academic record
• Qualified to practice law in the U.S. and admitted to at least one bar in good standing
• 3+ years post JD experience negotiating B2B engagements, preference given to experience selling to or procuring on behalf of government entities

Skills

• Experience navigating government contracts at the local, state, and federal levels, including responding to RFPs
• A good understanding of cross jurisdictional issues that may arise when negotiating global agreements with multinational companies
• Experience drafting and negotiating a broad variety of corporate transactional documents and commercial contracts including SaaS subscription agreements (vendor side)
• Knowledge of intellectual property issues as they apply to a SaaS provider
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Salesforce, Conga and X-Author, and JIRA (preferred)

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work autonomously with independent thinking but know when and how to escalate matters/issues
• Ability to collaborate using virtual meeting and communication platforms in a remote-first environment
• Able to manage multiple assignments and projects competing for priority, while meeting established deadlines and requirements
• Ability to provide commercially focused, pragmatic legal advice that is translated into simple to understand language
• High level of attention to detail with solid written and communication skills
• Establish positive working relationships with colleagues and peers
• Flexible approach, willing to accommodate working outside of core hours when required

Additional Information

In addition to your annual leave, Nearmap offers:

• 4 extra "YOU" days off each year—take a break, no questions asked!
• Company-sponsored volunteering days to give back.
• Generous parental leave policies for growing families.
• Work from Overseas Policy - explore the world in the approved list of cities while you work!
• Access to LinkedIn Learning for continuous growth.
• Discounted Private Health Insurance plans.
• Monthly wellbeing and technology allowance.
• A Nearmap subscription (naturally!).

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