What is The Role
We are hiring a proven Legal Counsel with 3 5 years experience to join our APJ Commercial Legal department in this fast growing truly globally distributed company. Reporting to the Senior Director Commercial Legal this position will be ideal for a self-sufficient and resourceful mid-level attorney located in Singapore.
What You Will Be Doing
- Primarily responsible for negotiating and structuring a wide variety of commercial contracts (including cloud/ SaaS and software subscription contracts and related professional services contracts) in support of our Sales and Partner organizations in the APJ Region.
- Engage closely with the wider Legal Department spread across the USA and EMEA and Elastics go-to-market finance and compliance organization.
- Supporting APJ & Global Legal team members on ad hoc projects.
- Help to build and strengthen workflow processes between the Legal Department and other departments within Elastic to enable dealmaking and compliance initiatives.
- Partner with co-workers who are sharp and motivated combined with a company culture that is open welcoming and unequaled.
What You Will Bring
- You are qualified and legally permitted to practice law in Singapore and have 3 5 years experience in the drafting and negotiation of technology contracts (including cloud/ SaaS and software subscription contracts and related professional services supply contracts).
- Experience & knowledge of relevant laws and legal systems in jurisdiction(s) in the APJ Region.
- Have the ability to balance legal risks with business strategy. Candidates who have experience both in-house and at a major national or international law firm are preferred.
- Thrive while independently running your own time in a demanding fast-paced environment are able to handle ambiguity and rapidly shifting priorities with flexibility patience and humour.
- Ability to participate in some limited travel requirements.
- A self-starter by nature - you have the proven track history to balance multiple projects and recalibrate advice in view of shifting priorities legal developments and risk tolerance.
- Experience with or at least a good solid understanding of complex software licensing and cloud business models and related legal issues.
- Demonstrated ability to consistently deliver outstanding results.
- Familiarity with data protection and privacy issues and concerns in the context of technology transactions as a significant plus.
- Prior experience representing high-growth companies is strongly preferred.
- Ability to collaborate and function well in a distributed team environment.
- Written and spoken English.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
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