APAC Technology & Intellectual Property Legal - Associate Counsel

Join our dynamic and fast paced team in Legal function. This is a unique opportunity for you to be a part of our APAC Technology & Intellectual Property Legal in Mumbai India.

Job summary:

As an APAC Technology & Intellectual Property Legal Associate Counsel within the APAC team you will concentrate on technology transactional work primarily for wholesale businesses and corporate functions. You will be responsible for structuring drafting negotiating and analyzing agreements for acquiring global and domestic technology products and services in the APAC addition this role will support regulatory and advisory work across APAC with respect to outsourcing offshoring inter-affiliate services and other technology-related matters.

Job responsibilities:

• Review interpret and negotiate agreements with suppliers advising clients and partners on rights and responsibilities related to those agreements including compliance with JPMorgan Chase policies and regulatory requirements;
• Manage end-to-end negotiations and navigate internal processes and coordination between the business Legal and other subject matter experts to reach timely and successful execution of agreements;
• Interpret contractual requirements based on information provided by internal business partners;
• Negotiate standard and customized contracts in order to minimize the risk to the business through principled adherence to firm policies procedures and regulatory requirements;
• Analyze legacy legal documents for conformance to the firms current policies procedures and regulatory requirements;
• Provide guidance and subject matter expertise on documentation to internal business and functional partners;
• Serve as trusted advisor to internal clients and business partners;
• Help develop and enhance legal knowledge management training materials and procedures;
• Provide legal research on technology outsourcing and contractual issues as needed;
• Help drive the Legal Departments strategic agenda and actively participate in the Legal Departments people initiatives.

Required qualifications capabilities and skills:

• Qualified lawyer with minimum 4 years of post-qualification experience;
• Experience innegotiating contracts with suppliers and third party service providers;
• Strong knowledge of intellectual property outsourcing offshoring software licensing privacy and related regulatory and risks environments;
• Strong analytic skills and ability to distill large bodies of information into key messages for business stakeholders
• Ability to effectively partner with all levels across a diverse set of functions locations and business
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Outstanding problem-solving capabilities ability to analyze novel scenarios with limited precedent perform self-guided research and offer creative and practical solutions to complex business challenges

Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills:

• Prior experience in advising supply agreements will be an advantage.
• Candidate should ideally have trained at and previously worked for a multinational law firm withpost-qualification experience in the commercial technology media and telecommunications or equivalent practice;
• Good understanding and familiarity with current legal and regulatory requirements relating to some or all of technology risk outsourcing offshoring intellectual property and related legal and regulatory environments desirable.
• Excellent academic credentials preferred.