Senior Associate Legal Counsel

About the Role

• Role: Senior Associate Legal Counsel - Continental Europe
• Location: Bangalore / Pune

Key Responsibilities

• Drafting and reviewing of complex commercial IT contracts, mostly in English language, governed by Dutch and other European laws.
• Examples include: IT outsourcing agreements, IT service agreements, alliance agreements, subcontracting agreements, license agreements, and other agreements relevant to the business of an IT service provider.
• Reviewing proposals and requests for proposals (RFPs), assisting in preparing proposals and providing assistance in responding to RFPs.
• Participating in negotiations with customers and vendors across BeNeLux and continental Europe.
• Ensuring conformance with internal contracting requirements and policies, as well as risk mitigation requirements.
• Managing and controlling internal escalation and approval procedures.
• Analyzing legal issues and issues related to commercial risks.
• Presenting clear recommendations to business teams and senior management.
• Acting as an interface between local offices and the global headquarters.
• Creating standard contract forms, including translation from English into local language, and adapting contracts to local law.
• Performing Legal advisory functions and acting as a local interface to the global legal team in relation to general corporate compliance.
• Tracking laws and regulations relevant to the Company’s business and policies.
• Sharing knowledge about local laws and business trends within a global community of the Infosys legal department.
• Open to travel within Continental Europe to client meetings and negotiations at short notice.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• 2 to 4 years of prior experience in handling high value and complex, multi-layered transactions.
• Excellent contract drafting / writing and negotiation skills.
• Well organized, stress-resistant, and autonomous – able to work both independently as well as in multidisciplinary teams.
• Very good domain expertise in contracting and legal matters related to the IT industry and its various industry verticals.
• Excellent English language skills, both spoken and written.
• Demonstrate/show examples of solutions provided to complex commercial and legal issues.
• Basic knowledge of Litigation is preferable.
• Humor and stress resistance.

Qualifications

• LLB / Equivalent Law Background
• LLM would be preferred.
• Preferred knowledge and understanding of common law principles and of other European laws; preferable gained through an LLM or similar Masters’ degree.