Transactional Lawyer

**OVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB**:
The Transactional Support Services works in relative independence, to perform legal and contract work of medium to high complex level for the company’s global clients across Europe pre dominantly in Germany. This will cover services such as New Information and Communication Technologies (NICT) and commercial transactions, intellectual property, software licensing, outsourcing, data privacy and pre-litigation. This role can be remote.

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Bachelor or Masters degree in Law in Germany.
- Up to 3-5 years of relevant PQE Lawyer in a global corporation’s legal department or Law firm.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and German.
- Ability to communicate effectively with other professionals in the legal department and business teams
- Detail oriented with excellent judgment and analytical skills
- Strong understanding of core legal knowledge and ability to advise in the technical areas relevant to our client and their industry sectors (NICT, consulting, outsourcing)
- Personal time management to adhering to deadlines and proactively manage conflicting priorities
- Ability to work highly collaboratively within a onsite and virtual global team and also to work independently
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, MS Outlook, Excel, Teams and related software programs
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required

**COMPETENCIES**:

- Good knowledge in NICT and outsourcing sectors
- Ability to learn new skills and knowledge quickly
- Open-minded / ability to think out of the box
- Strong client-service and customer orientation
- Action oriented and practices attentive and active listening
- Ability to demonstrate sound legal and business judgment in complex situations
- Effective in a variety of formal presentations both inside and outside the company
- Ability to work independently and contribute successfully to cross-functional teams
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to manage multiple assignments at once, and meet deadlines
- Proficient in technology and tools used by the company and with the client

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Drafts, reviews and negotiates legal documents and commercial agreements (including non-disclosure agreements, outsourcing agreements, master service agreements, teaming agreements, statement of work, amendment etc.) with customers, teaming partners, and outside counsel as requested by the client or the business
- Understands and gathers all the necessary approvals aligned with client’s governance and policies
- Completes research into relevant laws and regulations, interpret contracts and legal documents, in order to assist in the resolution of problems and providing answers to questions as requested and oversee compliance to these documents
- Responsible for keeping stakeholders abreast of the progress of a case by creating reports and communicating verbally
- Under supervision, serve as a trusted advisor to members of the business team and company stakeholders
- Determines organizational risk, surfaces/escalates risks in accordance with market practices and client’s guidelines, and proposes potential alternative courses of action.
- Works closely with multifunctional teams
- As needed and according to required qualifications provides legal assistance and/or representation on behalf of the company