About the Role
Our Commercial Sales Legal Counsel will be a business partner to our Elsevier Academic and Government and Corporate Sales teams in North America with some support to our Latin American region. You will provide legal support and guidance to our Sales teams, and work closely with our contract managers and sales support teams and will be part of the Elsevier Legal team reporting into the General Counsel EMEA APAC LA.
Legal support has a strong focus on commercial transactions interacting directly with our customers. You will also help to deliver training, projects and initiatives to our organization, acting as a trusted business partner.
Responsibilities
1. Providing support on transactional matters including legal advice, contract negotiation and drafting
2. Provide best in practice professional legal services aligned with the strategic drivers of the business ensuring significant impact.
3. Builds relationships with the aim to become the trusted business partner including stakeholder management
4. Act as a role model in the team, actively endorsing team operating principles including on teamwork and collaboration, change, working in an international environment, and open and meaningful communication.
Requirements
5. Have substantial in-house legal experience (7 to 10 years+) and preferably also experience working for a law firm.
6. Have experience working in an international environment.
7. Have extensive experience working in the United States and/or with North American customers.
8. Have excellent academic qualifications and substantial relevant experience in providing legal advice and support to businesses.
9. Have a well-developed technical knowledge about relevant areas of law. Could apply that technical expertise to practical matters. Knowledge of IP, licensing including Software as a Service contracts, if possible
10. Be accustomed to communicating complex legal and commercial issues clearly and concisely in a way that is readily understandable and can be acted upon by the business.
11. Be a collaborative team player who demonstrates leadership qualities appropriate for a member of the Legal Department.
12. Fluent in Spanish and English and if possible, Portuguese in both writing and speaking.
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, family leave, and tuition reimbursement, we will help you meet both your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.
13. Working remotely from home and at our office in a hybrid working style
14. Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day
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