Assistant General Counsel

Inizio Partners Corp; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services firm in New York is seeking an Assistant General Counsel to lead technology negotiation and vendor contracts. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in corporate law, particularly in technology and software licensing. Strong negotiation, communication, and project management skills are essential. This hybrid role requires working from the office two days per week.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in corporate law, including technology and software licensing.
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong bias for action and responsiveness.
• Excellent communication and listening skills; the ability to effectively convey complex issues to senior business executives
• Ability to work under limited supervision
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Takes ownership of issues, is highly responsive and has a strong bias for action

Responsibilities

• Lead technology transaction negotiations.
• Enhance enterprise approach to vendor contracting.
• Balance business and legal goals effectively.
• Balance business and contract goals against legal, business, policy and reputational risks;
• Have the judgment to make reasoned decisions to take appropriate risks;
• Be able to defend positions and views to business team members as well as counterparties;
• Experience coordinating with other in-house counsel on issues and be able to work cooperatively as one member of a larger team;
• Background and experience working with complex commercial agreements (i.e. Software Licenses, MSAs, and others);
• Experience with very intensive, detail-oriented legal work;

Skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Judgment

Education

Graduate of a top tier US law school

Job description

Location: Hybrid (New York, NY) (2 days per week from office)

The Assistant General Counsel will:

• Lead technology transaction negotiations in one or more business units;
• Own, enhance and lead our enterprise approach to vendor contracting with direct responsibility for cloud and data agreements;
• Ensure business teams view the implications of contracts from an end-to-end perspective;
• Balance business and contract goals against legal, business, policy and reputational risks;
• Have the judgment to make reasoned decisions to take appropriate risks;
• Be able to defend positions and views to business team members as well as counterparties;
• Experience coordinating with other in-house counsel on issues and be able to work cooperatively as one member of a larger team;
• Background and experience working with complex commercial agreements (i.e. Software Licenses, MSAs, and others);
• Experience with very intensive, detail-oriented legal work;

Qualifications:

• Graduate of a top tier US law school
• 5+ years of experience; ideally a combination of time with a large law firm as well as in-house experience with a focus on general corporate, technology, SaaS and software licensing matters
• Ability to prioritize and undertake mission critical tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and listening skills; the ability to effectively convey complex issues to senior business executives
• Ability to work under limited supervision
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Takes ownership of issues, is highly responsive and has a strong bias for action