Senior Legal Counsel, UK - #138977
Oracle
Date: 10 hours ago
City: Reading
Contract type: Full time
Job Description
Based at Oracle’s UK headquarters in Reading, you will join an established legal team supporting UK Sales on major deals for customers across all lines of business. As legal counsel you will draft, review, and negotiate technology contracts with public and private sector customers, including cloud services agreements, licensing agreements, and professional services agreements.
The Candidate Must be UK qualified with at least 5 years relevant experience from a leading law firm or with appropriate in-house experience. Must have significant experience in drafting complex IT agreements and advising clients on commercial tech deals. Must be self-starting and have proven ability to manage a fast-paced workload and to work as part of a team.
General Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Responsible for providing legal advice to the organization. Close liaison to business in providing a variety of corporate and commercial legal services. May perform litigation on Oracle's behalf or coordinates litigation and other legal, administrative or investigative actions handled by outside counsel. May draft, review, and negotiate major and/or non-standard technology contracts with public and private sector customers, including licensing agreements, professional services agreements, and cloud services agreements. May advise on legal issues involving government and regulatory compliance. Responds to ad hoc queries to include identification, analysis, and evaluation of risks in order to provide appropriate legal solutions. Works closely with other lawyers throughout Oracle and coordinates legal matters handled by outside lawyers. Demonstrates deep general commercial or functional knowledge across a wide range of sub disciplines within the individual's specialty area(s), (e.g., general corporate law, antitrust/competition law, securities compliance and regulatory, employment law, immigration law, cloud transactions, data privacy, risk management asset-backed financing, contract management, intellectual property, trade secrets, advertising law, registration and other resolutions specific to the computer and technology industry)
About Us
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s challenges. We’ve partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector—and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.
We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.
Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.
We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing [email protected] or by calling +1 888 404 2494 in the United States.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
Based at Oracle’s UK headquarters in Reading, you will join an established legal team supporting UK Sales on major deals for customers across all lines of business. As legal counsel you will draft, review, and negotiate technology contracts with public and private sector customers, including cloud services agreements, licensing agreements, and professional services agreements.
The Candidate Must be UK qualified with at least 5 years relevant experience from a leading law firm or with appropriate in-house experience. Must have significant experience in drafting complex IT agreements and advising clients on commercial tech deals. Must be self-starting and have proven ability to manage a fast-paced workload and to work as part of a team.
General Responsibilities
- Responsible for legal support to sales teams across various industry sectors
- Independent handling of contracts’ negotiation and drafting
- Continuous interface with commercial approvers and related risk management
- Close liaison with Business Practices and Contract Specialist organisations
- Draft and negotiate major or complex non-standard agreements
- Advise the Business on structure of contractual relationship, including appropriate documents to use
- Respond to ad hoc queries, providing appropriate legal solutions
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate risks
- Work closely with other lawyers throughout Oracle
- Ensure compliance with Oracle business practices, policies, and procedures
- Solicitor or barrister qualified to practice in the UK (5yrs+ PQE)
- Fluent in English
- High-level legal drafting skills
- Extensive knowledge extensive of cloud services
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Negotiation skills
- Presentation skills
Responsibilities
Responsible for providing legal advice to the organization. Close liaison to business in providing a variety of corporate and commercial legal services. May perform litigation on Oracle's behalf or coordinates litigation and other legal, administrative or investigative actions handled by outside counsel. May draft, review, and negotiate major and/or non-standard technology contracts with public and private sector customers, including licensing agreements, professional services agreements, and cloud services agreements. May advise on legal issues involving government and regulatory compliance. Responds to ad hoc queries to include identification, analysis, and evaluation of risks in order to provide appropriate legal solutions. Works closely with other lawyers throughout Oracle and coordinates legal matters handled by outside lawyers. Demonstrates deep general commercial or functional knowledge across a wide range of sub disciplines within the individual's specialty area(s), (e.g., general corporate law, antitrust/competition law, securities compliance and regulatory, employment law, immigration law, cloud transactions, data privacy, risk management asset-backed financing, contract management, intellectual property, trade secrets, advertising law, registration and other resolutions specific to the computer and technology industry)
About Us
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s challenges. We’ve partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector—and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.
We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.
Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.
We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing [email protected] or by calling +1 888 404 2494 in the United States.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
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