Key to your success as a Legal Counsel will be your ability to:
- Draft, redline, and negotiate contractual terms with customers, including cloud, software licensing, professional services agreements, data processing agreements, etc. for SAP’s Cloud, Software, and Professional Services business.
- Work closely with the Internal Sales, Pricing, and Revenue Recognition teams during the drafting and negotiation process.
- Assist the commercial and sales teams with legal escalations relating to the transactions you are working on.
- Help achieve SAP’s business goals and objectives by serving as a true business partner, balancing legal risks appropriately against the commercial objectives.
- Identify contractual risks and suggest alternatives that lead to optimal solutions.
- Work with sales, finance, and operations teams to ensure that contractual terms are compliant with legal, regulatory, and company policies and risk preferences.
- Integrate legal, business, technical, and practical analysis, into the provision of legal advice.
- Assist in handling various field and corporate legal matters, including but not limited to non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements, real estate/facilities, procurement, marketing, privacy, intellectual property rights, and claims management matters.
Education and Skills:
- Tertiary qualifications in Law from an accredited law school.
- Licensed to practice law in the Philippines or India (having passed the Bar exams in the Philippines or India) based on the location of the applicant to be hired.
- 2 - 4 years of post-qualification legal experience (gained in either a reputable law firm or in-house legal environment), with contract and transactional law background / experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial and/or technology contracts.
- Customer-service mindset, with strong written, communication and interpersonal skills with a high attention to detail.
- Team player with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and communicate in a timely and responsive manner.
- Excellent/Fluent written and oral English language skills.
- Inquisitive and not afraid to ask questions.
- You will work under supervision, but you show initiative, are motivated, self-driven and self-organizing.
- The job location will be in Manila - Philippines, or India (Bangalore is preferred location)
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