Job Description
As Senior Legal Counsel, you will:
* Provide a full range of in‐house legal services with emphasis on support to Sales and other stakeholders in our diverse lines of business in Australia and New Zealand, covering cloud, software, hardware and services to public and private sector customers.
* Advise and support Sales and other stakeholders on matters related to commercial contracts, dispute resolution and litigation, privacy, general legal compliance and Oracle policies, practices and processes.
* Draft, review, negotiate and provide legal advice on high volumes of public and private sector commercial contracts.
* Provide mentoring and guidance on Oracle approvals, policies, processes and compliance requirements.
* Participate in ANZ Legal Department initiatives as required, and collaborate with legal colleagues across Oracle locally and internationally.
* Conduct training for sales and legal staff, and other employees regarding commercial, compliance and other legal matters, including sales onboarding training.
* Anticipate problems and initiate actions to ensure complex deals are handled efficiently.
Required Skills/Experience
What You'll Bring
Your drive, knowledge and dedication will help us become the number one cloud company in the world. We are looking for a highly motivated lawyer with:
* Law degree and current practising certificate to practise law in an Australian jurisdiction.
* 10+ years of experience as a legal practitioner.
* Extensive experience with commercial negotiations, business dealings and IT contracting.
* Ability to work well as part of a team and independently.
* High level of legal drafting and negotiation skills.
* Solutions‐oriented approach to commercial and legal issues and risk assessment.
* Ability to manage multiple and sometimes competing priorities.
* Ability to adapt to evolving requirements.
* Ability to quickly develop an understanding of applicable business requirements and policies.
* Ability to instill trust and confidence in others and be seen as a trusted and valued adviser.
* Deep experience with government contracting is highly desirable.
Responsibilities
Responsible for providing legal advice to the organization. Close liaison to business in providing a variety of corporate and commercial legal services. Coordinate litigation and other legal, administrative or investigative actions handled by outside counsel. Draft, review and negotiate major and/or non‐standard technology contracts with public and private sector customers, including licensing agreements, professional services agreements and cloud services agreements. Advise on legal issues involving government and regulatory compliance. Respond to ad‐hoc queries, including identification, analysis and evaluation of risks to provide appropriate legal solutions. Work closely with other lawyers throughout Oracle and coordinate legal matters handled by outside lawyers. Demonstrate deep general commercial or functional knowledge across a wide range of sub‐disciplines within the individual's specialty area(s), e.g., general corporate law, antitrust/competition law, cloud transactions, data privacy, risk management, intellectual property regulations applicable to IT vendors.
Qualifications
Career Level: IC4
About Us
Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life‐saving care. With AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives.
True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.
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