Legal Counsel - Commercial & Technology Transactions

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Canonical Ltd., City of Westminster

Full time
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Remote working
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Canonical Ltd.

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Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts with customers and vendors in many countries across the globe
Providing legal support to various internal clients across the company, including Canonical's sales organisation
Interfacing with cross-functional teams to support company initiatives
Utilising Canonical's contract management system to ensure accurate data is maintained for signed contracts
Working with local counsel in many countries to seek and implement advice, We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We assess performance and revisit compensation twice annually to ensure we recognize outstanding colleagues. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person.
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
Bi-annual compensation review.
Company recognition rewards.
40 days annual leave per annum, including public holidays and our All Company holiday periods.
Maternity and paternity leave.
Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform.
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Candidates must be able to demonstrate good commercial judgement as well as being organised, efficient, and capable to provide high quality legal and commercial advice. We are looking for a rigorous work ethic, detailed analysis, conscientiousness, and the ambition to identify opportunities for improvement.,
An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
A degree in law, JD or equivalent, and active licence to practise law or current progress towards that
Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-cultural environment
Effective both independently and as part of a team
A passion for technology evidenced by personal initiatives and projects
Professional written and spoken English with excellent drafting and presentation skills
Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
Appreciative of diversity; polite and effective in a multicultural multinational organisation
Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
Business level written and spoken English.
Sincere personal motivation aligned with our mission.
International travel 2-4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long.
Experience in commercial transactions, intellectual property, or corporate law
Leadership and the ability to influence others to embrace new ideas or practices
Understanding of the open source software community and values
Understanding of the technology industry - silicon, data centers, PCs, connected devices, and software
Experience working on in-house legal team and/or law firm
Precise, taking care to deliver correctness and clarity.
Reliable, delivering high quality work that builds trust and confidence.
Accessible, collaborating to build products and systems that are usable.
Adroit, blending enthusiasm, knowledge, adaptability, style and character.

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of globally-distributed collaboration, with 1500+ colleagues in 90+ countries and very few roles based in offices. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

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Legal Counsel - Commercial & Technology Transactions

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