Description:

The Team: the team provides legal support to the An American Publicly Traded Corporation Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) business, including legal advice and support to internal clients; draft, review and negotiation of contracts and other legal documents; legal research; management and coordination of external legal resources; and training to employees on legal issues and contracting procedures.

The Impact:

You will respond to internal client inquiries, provide valuable support in handling legal matters.
Have a specific focus on commercial contracting, including, review, negotiate and draft data and intellectual property license agreements.
Provide training to the commercial organization on legal and contracting procedures, draft, and update template agreements; and assist with special projects outside of routine client facing contracting as needed.

What's in it For You:

You will work in a dynamic, global, client-facing (both internal and external) environment and will have the opportunity to work independently and be part of a legal team that provides crucial support to the organization.
Excellent opportunities for growth and to work on a broad range of legal matters.
Involvement in various commercial transactions, ad-hoc business projects, as well as assisting with research, process review and innovation, and information review and analysis.

Responsibilities:

Review, negotiate and draft a wide variety of commercial agreements on matters such as index data subscription and distribution, financial products, inbound data, custom calculation services, web-based services, marketing, consulting, and confidentiality.
Support sales and other business teams including shared services groups based in the U.S. and other regions globally, advise them on legal risk, and provide business-oriented legal solutions.
Collaborate with An American Publicly Traded Corporation DJI Legal Team to provide strategic and legal input on matters across different business areas.
Draft and maintain template agreements.
Encourage compliance by An American Publicly Traded Corporation DJI colleagues with applicable policies and procedures (e.g., confidentiality, insider trading, and compliance).
Assist the business on response to requests for proposal, customer due diligence/risk questionnaires.
Special projects as assigned by manager.

What We're Looking For:
Basic Skills:

Admitted to practice law in any of the states listed within the Location.
5+ years' legal counsel or contract specialist experience in an in-house legal environment, with a focus on commercial contract negotiation and drafting.
Experience with data licensing, business technology, and a general understanding of intellectual property issues.
Excellent drafting, negotiating, and communication (both written and spoken) skills.
Ability to anticipate and respond to problems.
Ability to recognize and accommodate internal and external client needs while adequately protecting An American Publicly Traded Corporation DJI's interests and mitigating liability risk.
Strong organizational skills.

Preferred Skills: