Palo Alto Managing Senior Counsel 

Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam 

327582965

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

The Managing Senior Counsel will provide advice and assistance on a range of legal matters mainly for the EMEA region, with a focus on complex commercial transactions. Based in Amsterdam, this position will also provide advice and assistance on a variety of legal issues, including compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

The Managing Senior Counsel will report to the Vice President Legal - EMEA & LATAM, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Your Impact

• Draft, negotiate, and conclude a wide variety of commercial agreements involving software, subscriptions, professional services, hardware, and customer support, including sales, licensing, subscription, data protection and other commercial and intellectual property agreements that comply with the company’s policies and risk tolerance

• Respond promptly and effectively to legal requests from senior management, sales, operations, channels, marketing, corporate finance, and other internal clients, and advise on recommended courses of action and legal risks

• Advise on data protection/privacy questions and issues as they arise and implement recommended courses of action, policies, and procedures to comply with EU and other EMEA data protection/privacy requirements

• Monitor and advise on current and upcoming legislation and regulatory requirements, including those relating to cyber security, data protection, artificial intelligence, financial services sector, and critical infrastructure

• Train employees on legal issues, company policies, and impactful regulations, including anti-corruption, business conduct and ethics, data protection / privacy, and artificial intelligence, and assist with implementation of policies

• Support the continuous improvement of standard form agreements, policies, and legal processes

• Additional tasks and special projects as needed

Your Experience

• Must be a lawyer qualified to practice in the EU

• 6+ years of relevant legal experience with ability to work both independently and with a team and show demonstrated success, including a minimum of 3 years in-house experience

• Public sector and financial services experience a plus

• Experience working at a European subsidiary of a U.S. publicly traded company is a plus

• English fluency required; superior and proven written and verbal English language skills are required

• Significant experience advising clients on structuring sales, licensing, subscription, privacy, and other commercial and intellectual property transactions and arrangements

• Extensive experience with data protection/privacy requirements, including GDPR and other data protection/privacy regimes

• Excellent interpersonal skills, business judgment, strategic thinking and superior work ethic and must be dynamic and highly team oriented

• Ability to work efficiently with cross-functional teams and manage numerous complex projects simultaneously under tight deadline pressure

• Flexibility to work on a variety of legal matters

• Experience in cyber security or other high technology is preferred

• Up to 10% travel required within EMEA and occasional travel to HQ in Santa Clara, California

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.