Legal Counsel

We’re looking to recruit a Legal Counsel into the Veeam Legal team. The successful candidate will work in close partnership and providing support on a variety of matters, including intellectual property, commercial software licensing, compliance. You may also support the HR, Procurement and other teams based on interest and need.

Job Details

• Legal counsel to the Veeam Legal team providing support on a variety of matters, including intellectual property, commercial software licensing, compliance. May also support the HR, Procurement and other teams based on interest and need.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating: (a) end user license agreements; (b) distributor, (c) aggregator; (d) pro-partner/reseller agreements; and (e) and other legal documents related to licensing and/or distribution of Veeam’s software to the territory of EMEA.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements and other legal documents related to Veeam-partner (alliances) relations (not regarding licensing or distribution of the software).
• Manage contract forms, including periodic review and change processes.
• Providing legal advice on GDPR and data protection matters related to licensing or resale and distribution of the software to the territory of EMEA.
• Resolve legal issues and contract interpretation matters that arise in existing commercial relationships.
• Anticipate problems and initiate actions to ensure contractual issues are addressed efficiently.
• Develop and deliver trainings for employees and executives on a variety of subjects within counsel’s areas of responsibility, including on compliance matters, competition, the use of contract templates, risk management, procurement and good contracting practices.
• Assist with legal support of efforts to expand business operations internationally.
• Provide business partners with thoughtful legal perspective and guidance, as well as risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
   

Additional Job Description

• 2-5 years’ experience as an attorney with a mix of significant law firm and in-house experience focusing on general commercial contract negotiation and drafting (not litigation), and with a minimum of one-two years’ experience working as an in-house attorney at a technology company.
• English is mandatory, and a second language, French or German, would be advantageous.
• Preference for experience in drafting and negotiating license software contracts.
• Exercises meticulous attention to detail and an organized approach to quickly identify a problem to be solved, and then solve it.
• Ability to be creative and flexible but with a focus on business-oriented outcomes.
• Highly developed written and oral communications skills, with the ability to clearly articulate recommendations and options about complex legal issues.
• Highly collaborative and able to organize and manage projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Tactful with strong external negotiation skills.

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