Senior Legal Counsel , Cloud

The Senior Legal Counsel will provide in-house legal services across countries in the Middle East region with focus on transactional work supporting the business in negotiating drafting and closing cloud transactions. The position is based in Dubai. The Middle East Legal function is part of the wider EMEA Legal organisation.

The Senior Legal Counsel will report to the Senior Legal Director Middle East (located in Dubai) and will be responsible for the following main tasks and activities in relation to cloud transactions:

• Advising the business on legal and contractual matters including the structuring of contracts and appropriate documents to be used
• Assisting the business in negotiations with customers and partners (including face-to-face meetings when required)
• Working closely with sales management to ensure alignment and appropriate prioritization of legal resource
• Working closely with Oracles Customer Deal Desk group product compliance teams operations teams and the Privacy & Security Legal group including in connection with internal approvals and consequent drafting to ensure a smooth and efficient support to the business and compliance with Oracle policies and procedures as well as local laws and regulations
• Identifying analysing and assessing legal/contractual risk in connection with business transactions including in connection with internal approvals to assist approvers in making decisions on an informed basis
• Reviewing vetting and drafting of non-standard contracts and clauses
• Localizing Oracle model standard agreements and clauses when required
• Responding to various ad-hoc queries
• Assist in connection with disputes and litigation matters (related to cloud transactions)
• Assisting the Compliance & Ethics group in connection with compliance cases (related to cloud transactions)
• Working with other legal groups in EMEA in connection with cross-border deals and EMEA-wide initiatives and projects
• Providing legal training and updates to the business and other functions on cloud contracting matters and developments
• Performing various other tasks as are relevant for an in-house lawyer

Minimum job requirements:

• Fluency in English and Arabic oral and written
• Law degree
• 6-8 years of relevant work experience with a significant proportion of that time spent supporting cloud transactions; experience from an in-house legal function will be a distinct plus
• Basic computer skills (including experience with Word Excel and PowerPoint)
• Willingness to travel if required (not often)

Required key skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to explain legal matters to non-lawyers
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Well-organized structured and proactive way of working including adherence to deadlines
• Sound judgment
• Creative thinking and problem solving orientation
• Business orientation; ability to balance legal considerations with commercial considerations
• Ability to work independently but also as part of teams
• Ability to perform under pressure in an often fast-paced environment
• Ability to work in an environment with multiple stakeholders and within a framework governed by corporate policies and business practices

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 Oracles 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 individuals 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)

Career Level - IC4