Partnering with the sales organisation internationally, providing guidance and counsel on customer related queries
Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial, revenue-generating agreements (including NDAs, data privacy documents and Master Subscription Agreements)
Provide legal analyses of applicable laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact customer license and services agreements, and assist in the design and implementation of appropriate policies and practices
Collaborate with the broader legal team in enhancing its capabilities and services efficacy through technology and other legal operations tools and best practices
Assist in development and implementation of various legal templates, forms, communications, and operational systems to improve the delivery and scalability of legal resources to a worldwide, distributed client base by working collaboratively with other legal team members and the sales organization
Proactively communicate issues back to leadership and drive good business, legal and operational processes and practices throughout the organisation; drafting and implementing related policies, and seeking ways automate key legal processes

Fully Qualified lawyer in an EU country
Complete fluency in German and English
Experience in practice, and also ideally in-house experience in the High-Tech industry
Ideally you will have experience of partnering with Sales teams in a fast-paced environment that requires client-interaction, sound judgment, excellent counselling skills and ability to prioritise
Sound knowledge and understanding of the core principles of SaaS, Software, and Intellectual Property and/or licensing
Experience handling data privacy and security issues
Excellent negotiation skills and diplomacy, including ability to build consensus, “soft” skills to encourage, motivate and influence at all levels of the organization and those of our customers and partners
Strong drafting skills with keen attention to detail and the ability to improve our forms and work using customer or partner paper
Effective communication and presence in person, in groups, over video and teleconference, email and in more formal documentation
Highest degree of personal and professional integrity and ethics
Fluency in both English and German is essential; plus fluency in another European language would be an advantage.

Corporate Counsel

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