Associate Legal Counsel, Commercial

This position is based in London, UK.

The area: Legal

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for tackling some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer that headed to law school, Google Legal lets you tackle unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.

The role: Associate Legal Counsel, Commercial

As Associate Legal Counsel at Google, you will negotiate, draft, and analyse a wide variety of commercial agreements in Europe. You're a qualified solicitor who will explain EU contract and commercial law issues to business and technical colleagues, taking their input to address their concerns during the negotiation process. You are hardworking, patient and an outstanding communicator: You're also able to produce high-quality work in a flexible, fast-paced environment. Furthermore, you will collaborate with Google Legal teams throughout Europe and the US, advising on localisation issues when needed.

Responsibilities:

• Negotiate agreements and maintain templates that comply with company policies and local law.
• Develop expertise in a range of Google products and create strong business relationships with business clients in all European offices.
• Advise senior management, business clients and U.S. legal teams on aspects of contract, IP, IT, data protection and commercial law.
• Advise on legal issues and risks, complex deal structures and company policies.
• Serve as a liaison with outside counsel on issues arising under local European laws.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA/BSc/LLB degree. In lieu of degree, relevant skills or equivalent experience.
• Qualified solicitor, with experience in private practice or in a leading in-house team in the U.K.
• Speak and write English fluently and idiomatically.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sound knowledge of contract, commercial, IP, IT, data protection, and commercial law, and experience drafting and negotiating contracts for technology and media clients.
• In depth experience advising clients on structuring complex, high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions.
• Flexibility and willingness to work on a broad variety of matters.
• European language(s); willingness to travel.