Legal Counsel (12 months FTC)

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Job Title: Legal Counsel (12 months FTC)

Location: KL Malaysia (Hybrid 50% working time at the office)

Employment type: Full-time

The job

To support the legal operations team in mitigating risks across a range of areas with particular emphasis on software piracy claims day-to-day support to AVEVAs global license compliance audit team (ALC) as well as some general litigation support on global commercial disputes from time to time.

Key Responsibilities

• An interesting and varied role to support the Global Legal Operations team at AVEVA

• Reports toLegalDirector Commercial Disputes & Software Piracy Global Legal Operations(based in Australia)

• Provide software piracy and ALC support to the Legal DirectorCommercial Disputes & Software PiracyGlobal Legal Ops (based in APAC region)

• Support will include:

  • assistingthe Legal Director with escalations from the ALC team and Software Piracy Investigations team including litigation enforcement actions settlement and resolution support on complex matters

  • providing day-to-day support to the Software Piracy investigations team onidentifyingthe most legally cogent and cost-effective cases for escalation to the Legal Director

  • liaising with global stakeholders to obtain further information and instructionsidentifyingpreliminary key risks andissuesand undertaking risk assessment (and any early mitigation strategies) for review by Legal Director

  • assistingthe Legal Director with drafting instructions to external counsel preparing internal advice on risks exposure and options for riskmitigationand negotiating and drafting of settlements

  • providing support with business as usual legal support requests from the ALC team to:

    • conduct contract reviews of audit rights and remedies (particularly where there are legacy agreements)

    • obtain engagement from customers with ALC teamlicensecompliance audit including preparing NDAs legal notices of breach ghost-writing of comms to sensitive customer accounts

    • assistALC and Sales in settlement and resolution support on non-complex matters preparing commercial terms as part of settlement under a holistic resolution

    • assistingthe Legal Director with monthly and quarterly internal litigation reporting of risks and/or reporting of KPI metrics (as they relate to software piracy matters) to the VP of Global Legal Operations and the ELT

• An opportunity toassistthe Legal Director withgeneral litigation support other global commercial disputes from time to time

Important Working Relationships

• Stakeholders across the business

• Software Piracy and Licence Compliance team

• The ALC team

• The Sales team

• Relevant Finance Teams

• Director of Commercial Disputes and Software Piracy

• VP Legal Operations

Knowledge Skills &Experience Required

• Minimum 58 years post-qualification experience as a qualified lawyer/attorney gained in a top-tier law firm and/or multinational in-house environment.

• Experience with global IT services company providing software licensing and maintenance services preferred

• Experience handling commercial disputes copyright infringement intellectual property enforcement software licensing disputes or software piracy matters

• Good command of spoken and written English. Knowledge of another Asian language would be a significant advantage

• Familiar with business culture and ethics in Asia and experienced in international business horizon

• Strong influencing and negotiation skills at all levels

• Ability to build rapport and robust relationships

• Strong teamplayer

• Willingness to explore and upskills in the other areas mentioned above with any prior experience in any of these fields preferrable

• Previousin-House experience preferrable

Legal at AVEVA

Our global team of lawyers compliance experts and contract managers play a central role in protecting AVEVAs interests and ensuring the company operates with the highest levels of integrity.

We provide guidance on regulatory compliance risk management contracts and legal frameworks all at the fascinating and fast-moving intersection of technology and the industrial sector. If youre flexible and enjoy tackling complex challenges youll be right at home in the AVEVA Legal team.

About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises. Nine out of ten industrial leaders count on AVEVA software to help them deliver the essentials of life such as energy water food and medicine - safely efficiently and sustainably.

Our impact on the sustainability of the industrial sector has led to us being named one of the worlds most innovative companies and our own sustainability commitments lead the global software industry. At AVEVA youll be part of a team that has not only won hundreds of patents but also awards for our diversity equity and inclusion programs.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we take immense pride in the diversity of our people. We are driven by our corporate values of Impact Aspiration Curiosity and Trust and youll even get three days to help save the world every year in the form of paid volunteer time to work on causes that matter to you.

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may subject to those laws include proof of educational attainment employment history verification proof of work authorization criminal records identity verification credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.

Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.