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In-House
Attorney
Corporate - Contract Law
Corporate - General
Min 7 yrs required
Vice President, Corporate Counsel The candidate will provide comprehensive, timely, and high-quality legal services associated with the acquisition and use of a wide-variety of vendor goods and services, with a key focus on technology acquisition and use agreements. Position requires extensive contract drafting and negotiation. Will also provide legal advice on technology-related issues such as open source software, software audits, technology consortiums, and software deployment in third party cloud environments. Draft and negotiate complex agreements, with a focus on all types of technology acquisition and use agreements (such as software-as-a- service, software licensing, hardware acquisition, telecom services, and information technology consulting arrangements), as well as general vendor agreements for other goods and services (such as management consulting, tax and audit services, advertising services (custom content, influencer and advertising network), travel arrangements, and health care benefits). Draft and negotiate information technology outsourcing (ITO) and business process outsourcing (BPO) agreements and related complex statements of work and exhibits. Coordinate input on contract matters from company's internal subject matter experts in Tax, Labor and Employment, Risk Management, Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Insurance, Government Affairs, Records Law Executives, and Vendor Governance. Counsel business personnel on complex contract and legal issues and facilitating timely risk decision processes to finalize contract matters and identify relevant risk mitigation strategies. Supervise paralegals and contract analysts who are negotiating low risk contracts (such as trial evaluation agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and speaker/training agreements), researching contract issues, and digesting contract clauses for technology implementations, M&A transactions, and IPO/PBO transactions. Assist the business areas with negotiating pricing and discount arrangements.
Qualification and Experience
The candidate must have 7+ years of vendor contract and/or technology law experience at a law firm and/or in house legal department. Should have ability to research, prepare legal documents and provide advice to the client. Should also have ability to explain complex contract issues and terms in everyday language. Excellent writing and contract drafting skills are required. Good working knowledge of the information technology business, services and products within the financial services industry is needed. Must have the ability to negotiate and draft complex contracts for acquisition of technology and complex services, including the ability to construct business and financial terms of transactions in addition to legal terms. Experience with MS 365, Excel, DocuSign, and online vendor contract management systems essential.
Ref. #: TEC00053
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