Global Technology Legal EMEA – Assistant Vice President

The Technology & CAO Law Practice Group which reports to the Corporate Law General Counsel provides legal coverage across all LOBs in the areas of Intellectual Property Cybersecurity Privacy Outsourcing Third-Party Risk Management Cloud Technology Transactions and Emerging EMEA Technology & IPLegal team has accountability locally to the EMEA General Counsel.

As a Global Technology Legal EMEA Assistant Vice President in Legal department you will work independently under light supervision to advise on a broad range of technology transactional and regulatory attorney who will work independently to advise on a broad range of technology transactions covering outsourcing cloud and software licensing among others as well as regulatory implementation projects and advocacy work.

Job responsibilities

• Providing technology legal strategic advice and counsel to internal clients.
• Drafting and negotiating the full range of complex vendor contracts for technology products and services outsourcing cloud/SaaS arrangements software development licensing and maintenance agreements website terms and conditions and others.
• Supporting global transactions with a focus on EMEA regulatory requirements and handling regulatory remediation projects.
• Reviewing and analysing new regulations in particular for Outsourcing Cloud and Technology Risk Management.
• contact and support senior management in the Firm.

Required qualifications skills and capabilities

• Qualified lawyer with current practicing certificate with at least 3 years of post-qualification experience;
• Candidate should ideally have trained at and previously worked for a multinational law firm with post-qualification experience in the Commercial/TMT or equivalent practice;
• Experience in structuring drafting and negotiating commercial contracts involving technology with a solid grasp of the key technology and data issues presented;
• 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 environment
• Ability to effectively partner with all levels across a diverse set of functions locations and business;
• Strong analytic skills and ability to distill large bodies of information into key messages for business stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications skills and capabilities

• Ability to present and speak with clarity on complex novel legal issues to legal and non-legal audiences is preferred;
• Understanding of regulatory environments desirable;
• Qualified with English law preferred