Legal Counsel / Commercial Contracts Lawyer, Americas and Global Markets
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India, primarily work outside of regular business hours (including late evenings and/or very early mornings) to support international time zones, especially the Americas regionFull-Time
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Job Details
- Languages
- Fluent English
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer with extensive experience in an international western law firm and/or multinational in-house law department
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in fluent English
- Experience drafting and negotiating multinational commercial contracts, especially client sales or service agreements is required
- Willingness and ability to primarily work outside of regular business hours (including late evenings and/or very early mornings) to support international time zones, especially the Americas region, is required
- Self-starter with strong organizational and time-management skills
- Able to ‘triage’ and balance many projects at once simultaneously
- Customer-service oriented approach to practicing law with a focus on practical application
- Detail-oriented and skilled in legal drafting
- Ability to interact with company leadership, propose practical and creative solutions to complex business issues, and provide pragmatic risk assessments
- Work collaboratively across multiple functions, organizations and with a diverse group of colleagues at all levels
- Team-player who will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
Responsibilities
- Review, negotiate, and draft various commercial contracts, working directly with our sales and account management teams. These will include client, supplier, technology contracts, and other legal documents, including multinational global agreements
- Provide expert and strategic legal and business advice to BCD’s commercial stakeholders, including sales, program management, procurement, finance, and supplier relations
- Negotiate directly with clients
- Serve as a primary legal contact for assigned accounts
- Advise business clients on legal and regulatory issues and risks, data privacy and security issues, approval processes, company policies and procedures, and business strategy
- Increase legal awareness of the commercial teams by communicating contractual obligations in non-legal terms through presentations/trainings and creating and distributing necessary documentation
- Maintain and update template agreements for supported regions
- Monitor the development of new laws affecting the business
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