Senior Legal Counsel

About the role

Infosys Ltd. (NYSE INFY) is seeking a senior attorney to join the commercial transactions group of our Legal department, with responsibility for the Americas Sales region.

Responsibilities

• negotiating various agreements with external clients and vendors;
• providing legal and business counsel to internal clients to resolve issues;
• managing external counsel (as applicable);
• ensuring that all agreements are concluded in accordance with Infosys’ corporate risk parameters and policies;
• working or leading various department and organization projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years’ legal work experience after law school graduation;
• JD from an accredited law school; with strong academic performance;
• Must be a member of a State Bar;
• Blend of relevant law firm and in-house experience; preferably transactional IP/IT focused with at least 4 years of prior in-house experience;
• Experience with litigation (including mediation and arbitration); responding to complaints; drafting settlement agreements; etc.;
• Experience with state and federal government contracting, including public sector procurement terms and compliance requirements (e.g., FAR/DFARS and state/local government contracting provisions), preferred.

Qualifications

• Excellent drafting skills: demonstrated experience with commercial transactions, specifically the drafting and negotiation of, but not limited to, the following types of agreements:
• complex master outsourcing services and technology-related agreements;
• software licensing agreements;
• software reseller and services agreements;
• sponsorship and marketing agreements;
• teaming agreements;
• RFPs and RFIs;
• settlement agreements;
• non-disclosure agreements;
• statement of work(s);
• subcontractor agreements;
• cloud hosted services agreements.

Skills

• Project Management Skills - experience overseeing and closing multiple projects and transactions simultaneously;
• Ability to organize, prioritize and manage deadlines in a fast-based and demanding work environment;
• Creative problem-solving skills;
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team with rapidly changing deadlines and priorities;
• Commitment to ethics and integrity; professionalism and attention to detail and the ability to maintain strong working relationships with demanding internal clients;
• Ability to identify and manage legal and business risk;
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills;
• Sense of humor.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance;
• Long-term/Short-term Disability Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts;
• (Accident, Critical Illness , Hospital Indemnity, Legal)
• 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level;
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off.

Pay

Approx. 15 – 20% - business travel may be required

Estimated annual compensation range for candidate based in the below locations will be CA / CO / IL / MA / MD / MN / NJ / NY / VT / WA

• Min : USD 141738 p.a.
• Max : USD 166750 p.a.

Schedule

Remote flexibility, with occasional travel for litigation and stakeholder meetings