Senior Legal Counsel
Company
Rackspace
Location
UK, Germany
Type
Full Time
Job Description
- Acting as a dedicated Legal business partner for all German commercial transactions, with a strong focus on sales, and supporting other transactions in the EMEA region.
- Structuring, negotiating and drafting sales, partner and related agreements which can range from standard contracts to bespoke, complex and enterprise transactions.
- Advising senior executives and other business team members on general legal and contract specific issues and risks, their impact and mitigating actions.
- Providing the requisite legal approval on sales contracts in accordance with our standard policies and procedures, escalating non-standard matters to the VP, Deputy General Counsel.
- Partnering with our International Legal team and US Legal team to ensure we have a consistent global approach in the way we work with our internal clients.
- Providing training to the sales teams on legal engagement and our standard legal policies and procedures
- Attending regular meetings with the sales and legal stakeholders, providing written progress reports and delivering on process improvement initiatives.
- Providing employment legal support where required.
- Dual qualified (Germany and UK) solicitor with over 5 years post qualified experience, with a strong academic background.
- Previous in-house legal experience working as a sales lawyer for a global technology company.
- Extensive background in information technology and data protection law
- Proven experience in negotiating sales contracts on customer calls and leading complex contract negotiations.
- A good understanding of cross jurisdictional issues that may arise when negotiating global agreements with multinational companies, particularly in relation to the EMEA region.
- Ability to build strong relationships with internal client and legal stakeholders and act as a business enabler.
- Confident in advising senior management on legal, risk and strategic issues with a willingness to challenge when required.
- Flexible approach, willing to accommodate UK working hours to support our EMEA sales teams.
- Ability to simplify, problem solve, multitask and work effectively against deadlines.
- Excellent commercial and strategic business judgment.
- Fluent in German and English.
- International Legal team
- International leadership and sales teams
- US Legal team
- Rackspace customers and partners
Date Posted
08/24/2024
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