Senior Legal Counsel
RELX
- Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
- Vast
- Voltijds
- Structure, draft, and negotiate high-volume commercial contracts ranging from simple statements of work to complex partnership and novel/strategic deals. Typical agreements include subscription agreements (Terms and Conditions, order forms, frame agreements…), licence agreements, distribution agreements, marketing and promotional campaign agreements;
- Align and collaborate across various business and legal teams, including with other LexisNexis legal team members and Europe regional counsels;
- Develop/Assist with and execute global initiatives to support the evolution of the LexisNexis legal team;
- Collaborate with team members on product development and go-to-market implementation;
- Strategic partner and trusted advisor to a demanding business unit; counseling the business on deal matters as well as general business matters;
- High level of interaction with business clients;
- Manage wide-ranging issues such as data usage/privacy, intellectual property, compliance, regulatory by partnering with subject matter experts in these areas and other stakeholder teams, and balancing these issues against reputational risk to ensure product constructs and commercial agreements are consistent with corporate strategy, internal policies and procedures and applicable laws and regulations; and
- Provide back-up support to other colleagues on the Lexisnexis legal team, as needed.
- Must have strong drafting and negotiations skills with the ability to manage complex issues and deal structure;
- Ability to manage, perform and enjoy highly repeatable and high-volume work in addition to strategic and unique issues;
- Must be pragmatic, solutions-oriented, business-friendly, creative, thought provoker, and an advocate for the business and have a “let’s make it happen” attitude;
- Must have leadership skills in bringing different perspectives together and work through competing priorities;
- Must be able to work independently and collaboratively, including with our global colleagues, but also take direction from manager and other team members, as appropriate;
- Have 8 years of relevant experience as legal counsel (external or in-house) ;
- Qualified in the Netherlands, fluent spoken and written English
- Must multi-task effectively in an extremely fast-paced team environment with short turnaround times;
- Must have strong communication skills to interact with clients and colleagues;
- Must be a team player and willing to take on responsibilities and roles that support the team, region, department and the company;
- Must be interested in working in a very international environment.