In House Counsel
- Recruiter
- gmk
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 13 Jun 2018
- Closes
- 11 Jul 2018
- Ref
- LT26383
- Contact
- Liam Taaffe
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- PQE Level
- 10+
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
A global US Tech/SaaS business is seeking an experienced public procurement lawyer to establish a new in-house counsel team and act effectively as Head of Legal where you will support public sector customers throughout the EMEA and the MENA.
Responsibilities of the in-house counsel include:
- Acting as sole counsel to support the sales and development teams on cloud/IT/ICT infrastructure services for public bodies.
- A specific focus on drafting and negotiating on-demand compute capacity, storage, content delivery, database services and browsers.
- You will be responsible for reviewing, negotiating, and drafting a wide range of technology contracts and subcontracts with public and private sector customers, including licensing, teaming, reseller and framework agreements and responses to requests for proposals and tenders.
- Develop and supporting internal policies and training programs relating to public procurement compliance.
Experience, qualifications and skills:
- Must have a minimum of 10yrs+ PQE.
- Strong transactional and technology licensing experience.
- Some credible knowledge of local and national government procurement processes.
- Have gained legal experience from a leading international law firm with knowledge of EU public procurement directives, rules, and procedures.
- Must have a credible in-house legal career focusing in IT infrastructure, outsourcing, telecommunications or cloud computing services.
- Candidates must be UK Qualified and have top class academics with a passion for innovative technology and embraces working in a fast paced and challenging environment.
- Candidates with business level fluency in another EU language would be highly advantageous.
In return you will be offered a generous and negotiable salary. This is truly a unique opportunity where you will be granted the responsibility of establishing your own in-house counsel team for an innovative and exciting company.
In order to be considered for this in-house counsel role, please submit an application below.