Legal Counsel

UNAVAILABLE; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global software solutions provider is seeking a Legal Counsel to provide legal support for its businesses located in the UK and Ireland. The ideal candidate will have 6-9 years of in-house experience within a software/IT company, focusing on drafting and negotiating software contracts. This role requires excellent analytical and communication skills, with an emphasis on compliance and legal risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• 6-9 years of experience working in-house in a software/IT company.
• Drafting and negotiating software/IT contracts.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and negotiate software license agreements and SaaS agreements.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies.
• Mitigate potential legal problems.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Diplomatic skills

Research skills

Drafting skills

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

Overview

Legal Counsel UK remote

About Aptean

Aptean is a global provider of mission-critical, industry-specific software solutions. Aptean’s purpose-built ERP and supply chain management solutions help address the unique challenges facing process and discrete manufacturers, distributors, and other focused organizations. Aptean’s compliance solutions are built for companies serving specific markets such as finance, healthcare, biotech, and pharmaceuticals. Over 10,000 organizations in more than 20 industries across 54 countries trust Aptean’s solutions at their core to assist with running their operations.

General Summary

As a Legal Counsel, you will provide legal support and assistance to the Aptean businesses located in UK and Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing, summarizing, advising on, drafting and negotiating all kinds of contractual documentation including software license agreements and SaaS agreements for customers
• Ensuring compliance with Aptean’s corporate policies
• Negotiating with outside parties on contractual issues and legal disputes
• Anticipating and mitigating potential legal problems within the organization and developing strategies to avoid costly litigation and reduce potential areas of risk
• Consulting with management, commercial advisors, tax experts, accountants and marketing staff

Work experience and requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 6-9 years of experience working in-house in a software/IT company drafting and negotiating software/IT contracts with customers
• Excellent analytical, communication, diplomatic, research and drafting skills
• Ability to work well independently and in a team in a dynamic, rapidly changing workplace
• A combination of law firm and in-house company experience

Aptean pledges to promote a company culture where diversity, equity and inclusion are central. We are committed to applying this principle as we interact with our customers, build our teams, cultivate our leaders and shape a company in which any employee can succeed, regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, sexuality and gender identity, religion, disability or age. Celebrating our diverse experiences, opinions and beliefs allows us to embrace what makes us unique and to use this as an asset in bringing innovative solutions to our customer base.