Legal Counsel - Oracle

Preferred Qualifications

• Responsible for providing legal advice to the organization.
• Close liaison to business in providing a variety of corporate and commercial legal services.
• Manage litigation on Oracle's behalf and coordinate litigation and other legal, administrative or investigative actions handled by outside counsel.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts with public and private sector customers, including licensing agreements, professional services agreements, and cloud services agreements.
• Advising on legal issues involving government and regulatory compliance.
• Responds to ad hoc queries to include identification, analysis, and evaluation of risks in order to provide appropriate legal solutions.
• Works closely with other lawyers throughout Oracle and coordinates legal matters handled by outside lawyers.

• Demonstrates intermediate level general commercial or functional knowledge across a sub discipline within specialty area(s), (e.g., general corporate law, antitrust/competition law, regulatory compliance, employment law, cloud transactions, data privacy, contract management, intellectual property and other laws/regulationsspecific to the computer and technology industry).
• Participates in EMEA-wide initiatives as required.
• Develops understanding of Oracle´s products and services. Corporate housekeeping / company secretarial duties.
• Provides training to other Oracle functions on legal policy and business practices.
• Ensures compliance with Oracle business practices, policies, procedures and law.
• Performs all other tasks that are appropriate for and required by an in-house company lawyer and as required by the Manager.

Qualifications

• 5+ years post qualification related experience from a leading law firm or appropriate in-house experience.
• Completed Law Degree, Completed Articles and Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
• Excellent legal skills and business judgment in areas of responsibility.
• Proficient writing skills. Self-starter with proven ability to manage a fast-paced workload in a demanding, high pressured environment.
• Ability to work as part of a team. Some travel may be required when safe to do so.