Senior Counsel

Description:

At A Bond Credit Rating Company's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today's risks into tomorrow's opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are-with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Senior Counsel
A Bond Credit Rating Company's seeks a highly qualified Senior Counsel to provide support to the Data Solutions and Know Your Customer (KYC) operating units of A Bond Credit Rating Company's and handle partnerships and other strategic product-related transactions. This position will be based in one of A Bond Credit Rating Company's offices located in New York City, NY, Charlotte, NC, King of Prussia, PA or Omaha, NE. The Senior Counsel position presents an opportunity to provide business-critical professional services in an important and growing segment of the company. The Senior Counsel will provide legal, intellectual property, and regulatory support related to certain KYC's and/or Data Solutions' product offerings. Additionally, the Senior Counsel position will focus on drafting and negotiating technology and data transactions related to product development such as license, subscription and services agreements with A Bond Credit Rating Company's sophisticated vendors and service providers. The successful candidate will draft and negotiate JV and partnership agreements with complementary technology, information and service providers, and participate in due diligence and integration efforts for acquired businesses.

• Developing and maintaining contract templates to support partnerships, licensing and other product-related transactions. Handling drafting and leading negotiations relating to such transactions, including software and data licenses, SaaS product subscriptions and related service level agreements, maintenance agreements, professional services agreements and alliance partner/subcontractor agreements, conduit agreements, referral agreements, distribution and reseller agreements, and intercompany agreements.
• Managing a large portfolio of data and software provider contracts that feed into A Bond Credit Rating Company's products; and offering professional legal advice on a wide range of product-related issues impacting such contracts, including advising on contractual restrictions and permitted uses, development of new products, and product integrations.
• Developing and maintaining contract templates to support the sale of products and services to A Bond Credit Rating Company's customers, while providing support to product managers, sales and services organizations in a broad range of commercial transactions.
• Supporting and carrying out A Bond Credit Rating Company's business policies and practices, including preferred contract terms and compromise positions; developing guidance documents, gaining familiarity with and observing compliance policies such as anti- bribery, economic and trade sanctions and competition law policies; navigating privacy and information security issues arising from partnerships and other transactions related to A Bond Credit Rating Company's products; and observing A Bond Credit Rating Company's policies in the preparation and conclusion of contracts. The successful candidate must also have the ability to explain these policies and procedures clearly to others and provide related training.
• Working closely with the company's other in-house lawyers, sales operations and finance staff, as well as product management, support and delivery teams in KYC and/or Data Solutions, including providing guidance regarding contracting practices.
• Navigating counterparty bureaucracies and working to effectively close deals in a timely manner on acceptable terms to A Bond Credit Rating Company's.
• Complete special projects and/or provide guidance on other corporate projects and initiatives as needed.
• Managing and streamlining internal processes. We value employees who exercise initiative and display creativity in solving challenges while accomplishing business objectives.

Required Qualifications:

• Law degree from an accredited law school
• Member of a State bar in good standing
• 7-10+ years total legal experience, of which: (i) at least 3 years of which are in a law firm, with a practice focused on IP licensing/tech transactions, corporate, securities, capital markets, financial services, M&A or other transactional based work; and (ii) the remaining years of experience are either with a law firm or with an in-house legal team, preferably with a technology, professional services or financial services company

• Strong analytical and writing skills
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills and a sound understanding of various types of software licensing and services transactions, subscription-based business models and familiarity with software revenue recognition principles
• Experience in technology / software company and in transactional and technology licensing.
• Hard working, well organized, detail-oriented and process-driven candidates who have a demonstrated ability to work independently and manage a diverse workload under demanding deadline pressures

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience serving as product counsel for data and/or cloud based software products.
• Experience advising on transactions involving artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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