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Description
Acts as a legal advisor to designated internal clients (encompassing various company businesses and functions). Identifies legal risk and recommend solutions that align with the client s objectives. Represents company in transactions, interactions or disputes with customers, suppliers, partners, and competitors. Balances the business interests of client groups with ultimate fiduciary responsibility to the company. Represents the company before industry policy-setting organizations, government agencies and other regulatory bodies. Applies foundation of a functions principles, theories and concepts to assignments of limited scope. Employ professional concepts and theoretical knowledge acquired through specialized training, education or previous experience. Develops expertise and practical knowledge of applications within business environment. Contributes as a team member by providing information, analysis and recommendations in support of team efforts while exercising independent judgment within defined parameters. Responsibilities: Contributes to legal advice impacting client decisions in a country and/or business or sub-division. Assists in the development of risk profiles addressing routine commercial or specialty law. Support the country legal counsels and geographic business units in smooth handling of a variety of legal documentation requests. Draft, review and negotiate technology contracts such as NDAs, CDAs, RFP s, Proposals, Amendments, Statement of Work, Change Orders, Framework Agreements, Teaming Agreements, etc. and other legal requirements related to general corporate business practices and commercial contracting. Review tender documents and other customer documents to support sales teams and managing multiple clients, deals, tasks and deadlines. Handle analytical requests in general Compliance and Regulatory/Statutory Compliances, including Thirty Party and Partner Due Diligence requests. Support the Ethics and Compliance Office in handling Anti-Corruption and Anti Bribery matters by managing legal reviews of amenities provided and accepted by HPE employees such, gifts and entertainment, drafting of sales incentive documents for internal stakeholders worldwide, and outside business interests and affiliations. Supports the development of routine legal awareness and training activities for clients. Analyzes routine legal issues and makes recommendations. Education and Experience Required: Minimum of a bachelor s degree in law (LLB) from a recognized institution and strong academic background Preferably meets local legal license requirements. Any internships with exposure to commercial legal work at a recognized law firm, multinational corporation, with an in-house legal department, LPO etc., would be ideal. Basic knowledge of law acquired through academic, recognized law firm, MNC in- house legal department, or similar institutional exposure. Knowledge and Skills: Academic and practical legal knowledge in areas relevant to position. Developing knowledge of company policies and procedures. Emerging experience advising on legal matters. Basic legal writing, verbal and listening skills. Good analytical reasoning skills. English language skills to business standard preferred. Desirable experience and personal attributes Demonstrates high degree of capability to make sound logical decisions based on policy guidelines, an ability to learn processes and create documentation and manuals, exercise sound business judgment, work collaboratively, and engage in critical thinking and analysis Demonstrates proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Word skills.
