General Counsel
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CanonicalSoftware Technology
Home based - EMEA; Office Based - London, UK, EMEA time zonesFull-TimeDirector
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- Languages
- English
Requirements
- Exceptional academic track record.
- Degree in law and active license to practice in an EMEA or Americas jurisdiction.
- Substantial senior in-house experience in a global technology or software business.
- Proven experience leading a distributed legal team and managing managers across regions.
- Track record of setting high performance standards and developing talent.
- Experience building or restructuring an in-house legal function.
- Experience negotiating commercial technology contracts including enterprise software, subscriptions, and cloud services.
- Technical familiarity with open source licensing, including permissive and copyleft licenses.
- Demonstrable experience or readiness for public company governance, listing preparation, and board support.
- Depth in at least two areas: data protection, IP/trademark, export controls, competition, or disputes.
- Professional written and spoken English with excellent drafting and presentation skills.
- Available for international travel two to four times a year for up to two weeks.
Responsibilities
- Lead the global Legal and Compliance function, setting structure, standards, and priorities.
- Build and manage a distributed team across EMEA and the Americas, developing managers and setting performance objectives.
- Establish the function's operating cadence, including intake processes and service expectations.
- Manage public-market readiness, including corporate governance, entity structure, and disclosure controls.
- Advise the CEO, COO, CFO, and Board on legal, regulatory, and governance matters.
- Own the commercial contracting framework, including templates, negotiating positions, and escalation processes.
- Drive intellectual property and open source licensing strategy for products like Ubuntu.
- Direct the global compliance program, covering data protection, export controls, anti-bribery, and AI regulation.
- Manage litigation, regulatory engagement, and external counsel panel budgets.
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