Global Corporate Counsel: IP, Real Estate & Tech Contracts

Invesco EMEA; 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

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.