Legal Counsel

This position reports directly to a senior level managing attorney and is responsible for providing legal analysis and advice across a broad range of legal issues of moderate to significant complexity with minimal managing attorney supervision to the various functional departments of the company and provides specialized legal services as required.

Scope of the Role: 

• Direct Reports: No 

• Working with our Sales team in the EMEAI region, this position is responsible for supporting the Syniverse businesses as they contract customers with support and supervision from more senior members of the International Legal team. 
• Serve as the point of contact in the Legal department for our EMEAI Sales team and work with other functions (e.g. Product Management, Customer Service, Finance etc) for the whole contracting lifecycle, from providing input to RFPs, reviewing and responding to contract requests for new contracts, reviewing customer contracts, amendments to existing contracts, or other documents. 
• Support and utilize the company’s contracting processes and procedures while developing a detailed understanding of products and services across all lines of business. 
• Take a proactive lead in developing and updating standard contract templates and adopting a continuous improvement approach to how Syniverse contracts customers. 
• Handle all aspects of privacy for customer contracting matters, including review and drafting of data processing agreements as well as any other privacy related legal issues relevant to the EMEAI business operations. 
• In addition to commercial work, will be responsible for supporting  Finance, Tax and Treasury teams on corporate or other ad hoc legal matters for the EMEA region

• Qualified lawyer from a European jurisdiction 
•  4+ years of commercial transactional law practice (in-house experience is a plus) 

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including negotiation skills, and fluency in English. 
• This position requires a good level of expertise in contract law on an international basis with the individual capable of handling routine commercial contract negotiations with customers or vendors.  
• Able to manage and prioritize a demanding workload with some supervision, working with clients in Product, Sales and other functions. 
• Experience in contract negotiations, able to read, interpret, draft, modify and negotiate legal agreements, analyze legal situations, and supervise outside counsel. 
• A basic understanding and experience in European data privacy laws with a willingness to learn more. 
• Some inhouse experience, especially in the technology sector a plus 
• Ability to deal professionally at all levels of the organization, dealing with complex matters and producing a high standard of work. 
• Business savvy, commercial approach to legal issues, able to balance legal and commercial interests of the business. 
• Able to work well independently as well as part of a team, in an international environment. 
• IT literate and skilled in Microsoft software applications 

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Join us as we write a new chapter, guided by world-class leadership. Come be a part of an exciting and growing organization where we offer a competitive total compensation, flexible/remote work and with a leadership team committed to fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and transparent organizational culture.

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