Senior Counsel, SaaS & Technology Transactions

Thomson Reuters; Województwo pomorskie; Hybrid; PLN 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible policies - Flex My Way

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Thomson Reuters in Gdansk seeks a Senior Legal Counsel to advise on and negotiate complex SaaS, software, data, and technology agreements supporting global sales. You will be a hands-on commercial lawyer, partnering with Sales, Product Management, and other teams, drafting and negotiating broad commercial agreements and ensuring regulatory compliance.

This role sits in the Customers & Commercial team within the General Counsel Office, offering a hybrid work model and opportunities to influence

Qualifications

• 7+ years post-qualification experience in private practice or in-house, focused on sell-side technology deals.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• German, French or Spanish language skills or experience are advantageous.
• Experience in SaaS, information licensing, data protection and security clauses.
• Strong negotiation and drafting capabilities.
• Ability to think strategically and resolve issues.
• Authorization to practice law.
• Interest in privacy, data protection and cybersecurity for customer contracts.
• Experience negotiating data processing, GDPR and data transfers; US privacy knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate customer-facing and partner agreements including SaaS and data licensing.
• Identify legal, regulatory and compliance risks and advise mitigation strategies.
• Respond to general legal inquiries related to corporates, IP and privacy and advise action.

Skills

English proficiency

SaaS contracts

Negotiation

Drafting contracts

Privacy & data protection

Cybersecurity knowledge

Strategic thinking

Commercial law

Education

Legal degree (LL.B./J.D. or equivalent)

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Counsel to advise on and negotiate complex SaaS, software, data and technology agreements supporting the global sale of Thomson Reuters products and services. You'll be a hands-on commercial lawyer with deep experience on the supplier (sell) side of technology transactions. You'll also take a practical, problem-solving approach and work in a technology-enabled, data-driven legal department.

You'll be a trusted advisor to Sales, Product Management and other business teams. You'll spot and analyse legal issues, draft and negotiate agreements, give commercially sound recommendations, and ensure legal compliance. We want someone who makes working with Legal simple and efficient, for both internal stakeholders and customers.

This opportunity is with Thomson Reuters based in Gdansk. The role sits within the Customers & Commercial team of the Thomson Reuters General Counsel Office, a highly collaborative team focused on enabling business growth and mitigating risk for the customer-centric commercial group. To be successful in this role you should have the experience and capability to handle a broad range of legal and compliance matters.

Key Responsibilities

In this opportunity as Senior Legal Counsel, you will:

• 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.

Required Qualifications

You're a fit for the role of Senior Legal Counsel if your background includes:

• 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.
• You will have had experiencenegotiating and drafting clauses & agreements relating to data processing, data protection and cybersecuritywith GDPR, data transfers and data sharing; knowledge of US privacy laws would also be an advantage.

Preferred Qualifications

• German language communication skills would be an advantage.

What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges