Associate Commercial Counsel

Associate Commercial Lawyer (Fixed Term)

The Mimecast Business Legal team is looking for an Associate Commercial Counsel for a fixed period to join our dynamic and fastpaced global legal team. This exciting role focuses on customer vendor and partner deal negotiations but with a mixed workload providing inhouse legal support globally.

As a key member of the legal team supporting all Mimecast regions youll need strong analytical skills the ability to assess and mitigate contractual risk excellent communication skills and the ability to work to a high standard within tight deadlines. Its an energetic solution driven environment and youll be required to negotiate contracts with customers from many different industry sectors. Youll work alongside and advise key stakeholders and business partners across the company including sales marketing finance engineering and customer operations.

What Youll Do:

• Review negotiate and advise upon commercial contracts including:
  • NonDisclosure Agreements
  • Services Agreements (as Vendor and as Customer)
  • Data Processing Agreements (POPIA GDPR UK GDPR CCPA HIPAA)
  • Channel Partner Agreements (including distribution)
  • Technology Alliance Agreements
  • Software License Agreements
• Assist with the submission of responses to Requests for Information/Requests for Proposals relating to both public and to private sector entities
• Draft contractual provisions and standard terms
• Advise on antitrust and competition law requirements
• Review and updating contractual templates and maintaining version control
• Assist with contractual policy and process development
• Format proof and finalise contractual documentation and manage the appropriate signature process
• Legal research and analysis
• Provide support for legal operations initiatives and representing the legal team in crossfunctional project meetings
• Assist with legal due diligence and other adhoc corporate matters

What Youll Bring:

• Sound legal drafting and contract negotiation skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Sound analytical skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work autonomously with initiative and confidence and also as part of a team
• Ability to demonstrate sound commercial acumen and recognize and balance risk appropriately
• Be able to prioritise effectively and adapt to changing priorities
• A cando attitude and flexible approach

Qualifications:

• Qualified Lawyer with current practicing rights in any of the following locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • Republic of South Africa
  • Massachusetts USA
  • New York USA
  • Delaware USA
  • California USA
• A minimum of 3 years post qualification experience working within the technology (preferably SaaS) space negotiating drafing and advising on commercial contracts
• Experience of Data Protection Law and/or IP Law would be an advantage

What We Bring:

Join our Business Legal team to accelerate your career journey working with cuttingedge technologies and contributing to projects that have real customer impact. You will be immersed in a dynamic environment that recognizes and celebrates your achievements.

Mimecast offers formal and onthejob learning opportunities maintains a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees and their family members to sustain a healthy lifestyle and importantly working in cross functional teams to build your knowledge!

Our Hybrid Model: We provide you with the flexibility to live balanced healthy lives through our hybrid working model that champions both collaborative teamwork and individual flexibility. Employees are expected to come to the office at least two days per week because working together in person:

• Fosters a culture of collaboration communication performance and learning
• Drives innovation and creativity within and between teams
• Introduces employees to priorities outside of their immediate realm
• Ensures important interpersonal relationships and connections with one another and our community!

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