kong - Senior Legal Counsel EMEA, (Commercial)
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Requirements
• Law degree, and member in good standing in England and Wales (or if France, CAPA and registration with local bar association) • Experience with UK or US headquartered companies, and strong English technical drafting skills • Minimum 4-6 years of experience practicing law both with a law firm and in-house (preferably with late-stage private and/or early-stage public technology companies) • Demonstrated experience in negotiating and closing complex software and SaaS contracts with large, sophisticated customers • Great judgment and bedside manner with customers, and an ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships within the company, with customers, and others • Working knowledge of intellectual property, AI, data governance, EMEA regulation and privacy matters • High professional and personal standards, and a commitment to inclusiveness • Attention to detail and an ability to view legal issues within the context of business objectives • A passion for team work, collaboration and customer success - at Kong we win together
Responsibilities
• Serve as a trusted advisor and business partner to all levels of Kong’s EMEA sales team, from VP to Account Executive • Support our AMER and APAC sales team as needed • Lead complex cross-border commercial transactions with sophisticated counterparties located across EMEA • Review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of other commercial agreements • Help ensure compliance with a variety of laws and regulations impacting our enterprise software and SaaS offerings, including intellectual property, privacy, security, compliance and government contracting • Partner with Finance, Sales Ops and Deal Ops to support the end-to-end contract negotiation and close process • Advise internal teams on legal matters and provide general commercial legal advice, as well as providing training and enablement to our growing Go to Market organization • Assist in building out AI tools and processes to assist with our growth and scale • And any additional challenges and tasks to help support Kong’s growth
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