Corporate Counsel

1110 Invesco Group Services, INC.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

401(K) matching

Health & wellbeing benefits

Parental Leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

Invesco, a leading global investment firm, seeks a Corporate Counsel to support a broad range of general corporate matters including IP, real estate, procurement, and commercial contracts. The role works closely with the Assistant General Counsel in a global, matrixed organization.

You will provide practical, business-oriented advice, develop templates and playbooks, and help manage cross-border matters and AI-related contracting issues.

Qualifications

• J.D. degree from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Approximately 5–8 years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, in-house department, or a combination.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Ability to analyze legal issues, exercise sound judgment, and provide clear, practical advice.
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn new subject areas, manage competing priorities, and collaborate in a global, matrixed organization.
• Familiarity with AI-related legal and contracting issues is preferred.
• Experience in IP, corporate real estate, procurement/technology contracts, litigation management, privacy, or data protection is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Providing legal research, analysis, drafting, and practical advice on corporate matters and strategic projects assigned by the Assistant General Counsel, while managing priorities, communicating status and risk, and escalating when appropriate.
• Supporting Invesco’s intellectual property matters, including trademarks, copyright, brand protection, software and content licensing, confidentiality, and IP provisions in commercial agreements.
• Providing legal support for corporate office leases, amendments, renewals, construction and facilities agreements, related transactions, and property disputes.
• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on procurement and commercial agreements, including professional services, vendor, marketing, licensing, confidentiality, technology, software, and SaaS agreements.
• Reviewing agreements involving AI-enabled products or services, applying approved contracting positions, and identifying and escalating material issues involving data use, model training, confidentiality, IP, output rights, human oversight, indemnities, and risk allocation.
• Assisting with non-fund litigation, commercial disputes, subpoenas, demand letters, investigations, discovery, mediation, settlement, reporting, information preservation, and coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
• Providing first-line support on routine privacy and data protection issues in contracts and corporate matters, including data-use, security, confidentiality, and cross-border transfer provisions, with appropriate escalation to specialist teams.
• Developing and maintaining templates, playbooks, training materials, guidance, and matter-management processes, and building effective relationships across functions, regions, and external advisers.

Skills

Legal drafting

Contract negotiation

Analytical thinking

Clear business-oriented advice

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Active bar admission (US)

Job description

About Invesco

As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.

What’s in it for you?

Our people are at the very core of our success. Invesco employees get more out of life through our comprehensive compensation and benefit offerings including:

• Flexible paid time off


• Hybrid work schedule


• 401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution


• Health & wellbeing benefits


• Parental Leave benefits


• Employee stock purchase plan

Your Team

The Corporate Legal team provides practical, business-oriented legal support across Invesco. The team partners with colleagues in Legal, Procurement, Corporate Properties, Technology, Security, Privacy, Risk, Compliance, and the business. We work collaboratively across regions and with outside counsel where specialist or local-law advice is needed. Our focus is on delivering clear, commercially focused, responsive, and efficient legal support.

Your Role

As Corporate Counsel, you will support a broad range of general corporate legal matters, including intellectual property, corporate real estate, procurement and commercial contracts, litigation and dispute management, and selected privacy and data matters. You will work closely with the Assistant General Counsel and internal stakeholders, moving among different subject areas and taking increasing ownership of matters over time. You will provide clear, practical advice, coordinate with specialist counsel and business partners, and help develop processes that improve consistency and efficiency. This role is well suited for an attorney who is adaptable, exercises sound judgment, and can manage competing priorities in a global, matrixed organization.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Providing legal research, analysis, drafting, and practical advice on corporate matters and strategic projects assigned by the Assistant General Counsel, while managing priorities, communicating status and risk, and escalating when appropriate.


• Supporting Invesco’s intellectual property matters, including trademarks, copyright, brand protection, software and content licensing, confidentiality, and intellectual property provisions in commercial agreements.


• Providing legal support for corporate office leases, amendments, renewals, construction and facilities agreements, related transactions, and property disputes.


• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on procurement and commercial agreements, including professional services, vendor, marketing, licensing, confidentiality, technology, software, and SaaS agreements.


• Reviewing agreements involving AI-enabled products or services, applying approved contracting positions, and identifying and escalating material issues involving data use, model training, confidentiality, intellectual property, output rights, human oversight, indemnities, and risk allocation.


• Assisting with non-fund litigation, commercial disputes, subpoenas, demand letters, investigations, discovery, mediation, settlement, reporting, information preservation, and coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.


• Providing first-line support on routine privacy and data protection issues in contracts and corporate matters, including data-use, security, confidentiality, and cross-border transfer provisions, with appropriate escalation to specialist teams.


• Developing and maintaining templates, playbooks, training materials, guidance, and matter-management processes, and building effective relationships across functions, regions, and external advisers.

The Experience You Bring

• A Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.


• Approximately 5-8 years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or a combination of both.


• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements.


• Demonstrated ability to analyze legal issues, exercise sound judgment, and provide clear, practical, business-oriented advice.


• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with careful attention to detail.


• Ability to learn new subject areas, manage competing priorities, work independently within appropriate boundaries, and collaborate in a global, matrixed organization.


• Experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred: intellectual property, corporate real estate, procurement or technology contracts, litigation management, privacy, or data protection.


• Familiarity with AI-related legal and contracting issues, in-house or regulated-industry experience, and experience coordinating cross-disciplinary or cross-border matters are preferred.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time Worker Type Employee Job Exempt (Yes / No) Yes

Workplace Model

Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply