Senior Counsel, SaaS & Tech Transactions — Global Deals

Thomson Reuters; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Mental Health Days

Headspace app

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer days

Job summary

Thomson Reuters Senior Counsel, SaaS & Technology Transactions, advises on and negotiates complex software, data and technology agreements supporting the global sale of Thomson Reuters products and services. You’ll be a hands‑on commercial lawyer working across Sales, Product Management and business teams.

The role sits in the Customers & Commercial team of the Thomson Reuters General Counsel Office, delivering practical legal solutions while managing risk and enabling growth for a global

Qualifications

• 7 years minimum post qualification experience in private practice and/or as in‑house legal counsel advising on the sell rather than the buy side.
• Excellent written/verbal English language communication skills.
• German, French or Spanish language skills or legal experience working in these jurisdictions are an advantage
• Excellent technical legal knowledge in contract and commercial law, particularly with SaaS products and solutions.
• Excellent negotiation and drafting skills.
• Ability to think strategically and creatively, to identify and resolve legal issues.
• Authorisation to practice law.
• Candidates will need to have a commercial focus and real interest in developing their privacy, data protection and cybersecurity knowledge and applying to our customer contracting.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of customer facing and partner agreements, primarily complex software (including SaaS) and information licensing agreements, data protection and security, hosting, content acquisition, consulting and professional services agreements, non‑disclosure agreements and other commercial agreements relating to sales of Thomson Reuters products and services.
• Work within the Customers & Commercial team identifying legal, regulatory and compliance requirements and risks associated with various business initiatives and developing and implementing appropriate mitigation strategies. Work with members of the General Counsel Office on enterprise‑wide legal issues and projects.
• Research and respond to general legal inquiries from Thomson Reuters internal customers that relate to corporate, commercial, intellectual property and compliance matters, including privacy‑related matters, and advise business on appropriate legal action to be taken.

Education

7 years post-qualification experience

Job description

Thomson Reuters Senior Counsel, SaaS & Technology Transactions, advises on and negotiates complex software, data and technology agreements supporting the global sale of Thomson Reuters products and services. You’ll be a hands‑on commercial lawyer working across Sales, Product Management and business teams.

The role sits in the Customers & Commercial team of the Thomson Reuters General Counsel Office, delivering practical legal solutions while managing risk and enabling growth for a global