Legal Counsel responsible for drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts at AVEVA. Supporting compliance and working collaboratively with global teams in North America.
Responsibilities
The Legal Counsel, United States will primarily be responsible for reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a range of complex commercial contracts to support AVEVA’s business, largely in an assigned territory or in connection with AVEVA’s academic licensing program.
Provide counsel regarding compliance with applicable laws, regulations and company policies.
Maintain current knowledge of, and support compliance with, applicable laws and regulations.
Provide pragmatic legal and commercial advice, generally, within North America by summarizing and communicating legal concepts to management and employees in the field.
Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts, including those dealing with software licenses, SaaS and other cloud offerings, software consulting and service delivery, strategic teaming, prime and subcontractor agreements, as well as RFQ and RFP support and a range of NDAs, all within an agreed approval matrix and legal policy framework.
Assist in reviewing and revising current processes, structures and procedures for efficiency and support projects and initiatives to realign and streamline same.
Assist in developing, maintaining and updating legal systems and records.
Establish good working relationships throughout the department and across all business units, notably Sales and Finance.
Work on special projects as requested.
Requirements
Possess a law degree from an ABA-accredited law school and is a member in good standing of at least one state bar association.
At least 4 years work experience as an in-house or transactional attorney with progressive, relevant experience in commercial software transaction agreements as described above.
Working knowledge of and experience with state and federal laws governing account collections including the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Ability to quickly identify and analyze problems to form an opinion and offer practical advice to the business.
Pays strong attention to detail and possesses commitment to excellent client service.
Possess high-level legal drafting and negotiation skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Work effectively in both team and independent settings with the ability to work cross-functionally.
Manage multiple tasks simultaneously and efficiently.
Be a self-starter who has the ability to work independently and manage many simultaneous projects under deadline pressure.
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