🚀 Contracts Counsel

Overview

Contracts Counsel position at Acronis. Join us to help protect data, applications and systems across environments by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex agreements for our cloud cybersecurity business.

What You’ll Do

• Review, interpret, draft, revise, and negotiate commercial contracts, including: intellectual property partnership agreements; SAAS contracts; cloud reseller, distributor & OEM agreements; software licenses; cloud master service provider agreements; data center agreements; and consulting and services agreements.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure accuracy and completeness of contract documents, compliance with contractual obligations, and adherence to company policies and procedures.
• Respond to requests from other departments by summarizing and communicating legal concepts, and advising on agreement structures and interpretation, approval processes, and company policies and procedures.
• Assist with the design, development, implementation and monitoring of corporate policies, procedures, and related training in collaboration with other departments and other members of the legal team.
• Help review, update and maintain standard form templates.
• Review non-standard agreements for compliance with corporate policies and regulatory requirements.

Who We’re Looking For

• 2 to 3 years of substantive prior SAAS and Cloud contracts review and negotiation experience.
• Big firm experience and/or experience as in-house counsel in a global technology/software/cloud company.
• Advanced knowledge of contract law, with strong knowledge of licensing and distribution channels.
• Advanced knowledge and experience in contract management discipline, process, strategy, and execution, and drafting and negotiating key intellectual property provisions.
• Able to confidently and independently lead complex negotiations, and to raise and resolve issues directly, with client, partner and supplier representatives, in diverse global situations.
• Juris Doctor or LLM from a US or foreign accredited university, and in the US, admission to a bar.
• Superior interpersonal and presentation skills, with demonstrated ability to work well and communicate effectively with peers, all levels of management, and external resources in a hybrid/virtual team environment, and proven ability to work with, influence, and inform diverse groups.

Who You Are

• Detail-oriented, organized, and motivated to learn
• Hands-on, dependable, and results-driven, with a strong sense of ownership
• Collaborative and team-focused, committed to supporting colleagues and building positive working relationships
• Adaptable and resilient, able to handle shifting priorities, never give up attitude

Who We Are

Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), enterprise IT departments and home users. Our all-in-one solutions identify, prevent, detect, respond, remediate, and recover from modern cyberthreats with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and business continuity.

A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis offers over twenty years of innovation with 15 offices worldwide and more than 1800 employees in 50+ countries. Our culture focuses on mutual trust, respect and contribution to the world every day. Each member of our team plays an instrumental role in driving the success of our innovative and expanding business.

Acronis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.