Corporate Counsel

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

* Provide business-oriented legal advice to business management with an emphasis on actionable insight and recommendations.


* Work closely with business management to develop and implement new business models, ensure understanding of legal concepts and implications, and formulate negotiation strategies and roadmaps.


* Draft and negotiate a broad range of IP- and technology-related agreements, and ensure proper internal alignment and approval of deals.



MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

* Juris Doctorate (JD)
* 5+ years of legal experience, preferably in both law firm and in-house corporate legal departments with a focus on technology transactions including IP licenses, joint development agreements, IP purchases and sales, and other strategic alliances.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills; active listener.
* Excellent negotiation skills including first-hand experience of leading negotiations with parties across multiple jurisdictions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION

* Registered US patent attorney, or substantial experience in patent and trade secret litigation and transactions.


* Licensed to practice in California.


* Technical acumen, and a capacity to quickly learn new business and technology concepts.


* Experience with IP-related investigations and competitive intelligence.


* Experience working with startup companies.


* Familiarity with key US and foreign antitrust and unfair competition issues impacting licenses and other IP transactions.


* Strong intellect and capacity for handling complexity (both in terms of sophisticated legal and business issues and multiple, overlapping projects)


* Sound legal and business judgment, and personal standards of excellence.


* Ability to organize and condense complicated legal and business situations into easily-understandable presentations with clear guidance and recommendations.


* Understand how to translate business needs into contract language, including creativity in finding solutions to help resolve business issues.


* Passionate, proactive, highly-motivated, able to work independently on a wide variety of tasks and drive results.


* Ability to prioritize and manage projects, and shift priorities quickly as business needs evolve.


* Excellent organizational skills, including attention to detail and ability to define specific action plans based on general guidance and deliver results.


* Ability to see the big picture and identify and design-out problems from the outset; continuous improvement mindset.


* Ability to work collaboratively across organizational boundaries, and with a diverse group of colleagues and internal clients in multiple countries.


* Personal presence that inspires trust and confidence; highest integrity; willingness to engage in constructive debate; desire to do things the right way and fortitude to speak out when confronted with challenges.


* Ability to lead, and to perform as part of a team.

Flexible, personable, and enjoys a dynamic corporate culture